Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump releases data from Nolan Wells’ cellphone

Key Points:

• Civil rights attorney Ben Crump released forensic findings from Nolan Wells’ cellphone and details from the official autopsy shortly after a Mississippi grand jury found no evidence of criminal conduct in the 18-year-old's death.
• Wells’ family and legal team have demanded transparency, calling for the public release of grand jury materials and the official autopsy report, and have requested federal authorities to investigate further.
• The grand jury concluded Wells’ death was consistent with drowning and found no signs of a fight, but both official and independent autopsies could not determine a definitive cause of death, noting fresh bruising on Wells’ head.
• Forensic analysis showed Wells’ phone was active and receiving messages up until his family recovered it, with some messages indicating concerns about racism on Horn Island, where Wells died after attending a July 4th party.
• District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath defended the grand jury investigation, while Wells’ family and attorneys question the findings and the circumstances of his friends leaving the island without him.