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GPS data tracks boat movement before Nolan Wells’ disappearance and death
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Key Points:
- GPS data from the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources tracked the boat Nolan Xavier Wells was on before his disappearance and death near Horn Island.
- Wells, 18, was reported missing on July 4 after not returning from a boating trip; his body was found in the water off Horn Island on July 6.
- The boat left a private dock at 9:56 a.m. on July 4, arrived at Horn Island at 11:14 a.m., left at 4:31 p.m., and returned to the dock by 6:06 p.m., but Wells did not return on the same boat.
- Later that night, the boat was taken out of the water at Fort Bayou boat launch and transported over land to its owner's home in Biloxi.
- The boat owner, his mother, and another person with Wells are cooperating with the investigation, which has since been taken over by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.
