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Nolan Wells’ autopsy completed; will go to grand jury

Katherine Langford
Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Friday, July 31, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Nolan Wells’ autopsy completed; will go to grand jury — WFTV Trending Orlando, Winter Garden Health news
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A medical examiner completed the autopsy on Nolan Wells, the 18-year-old college student who vanished during a Fourth of July boat trip with friends.Read more trending news Wells went to Horn Island, an uninhabited barrier island off the coast of Mississippi, with a group of high school friends. The Associated Press noted he was the only Black person on the boat. He did not come back with the group when they returned to the mainland of Mississippi that night. The friends had his phone, but they told officials that he had stayed behind to talk to a girl and other friends, the Sun Herald reported.His body was found two days later off the coast of the island.The State Medical Examiner’s autopsy report, which was the first of two, is now complete, ABC News reported. The results have not been made public.The autopsy, along with the other results of the investigation, will be sent to a grand jury, which will determine if his death was due to crime. The Jackson County, Mississippi, sheriff’s

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