About this episode

The episode discusses the unresolved issues surrounding Nolan Wells' second autopsy and the ongoing investigation into his death.

A second autopsy is supposed to be a backstop. In the Nolan Wells case it has become the whole argument — because the family arranged one, sent their eighteen-year-old's body to Washington, D.C. for it, and still doesn't have an answer. Neither examination has been released. Not the one done by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner's Office, and not the one the family paid for. Cause and manner of death remain undetermined. Attorney Ben Crump initially suggested the independent findings would land quickly, then said he hoped to share them soon. Tony Brueski takes the mailbag on the credibility collapse in this case. Investigators signaled early that they believed Nolan drowned and did not suspect foul play — before there was a finished autopsy to point at. The sheriff's office has since underscored that the work of determining exactly what occurred is ongoing. Then there's the device. Crump has said Nolan's friends carried his phone off Horn Island and that when the family received it, messages had been deleted. Crump's specialists and county investigators agreed to inspect it jointly. The questions in this episode go where nobody official will. What if the two examinations…

People in this episode

Host: Tony Brueski

Topics covered

• Nolan Wells case
• autopsy
• investigation
• death classification
• foul play
• digital evidence

Keywords

• Nolan Wells
• autopsy
• Ben Crump
• investigation
• foul play
• Horn Island
• digital evidence
• death classification

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mississippi State Medical Examiner's Office

Places: Washington, D.C., Horn Island

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