The household of Nolan Wells, a Mississippi teen who was recovered dormant aft going missing past weekend, is demanding answers astir what happened to him.
Wells, 18, did not instrumentality with friends from a boating travel to Horn Island connected 4 July and his assemblage was recovered successful the h2o 2 days later.
The Jackson County Sheriff's bureau said "no foul play was suspected" but is calling connected the nationalist to travel guardant if they person immoderate information.
Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump - who has been hired by the household - said determination person been conflicting witnesser statements. He added that helium has ordered an autarkic autopsy to beryllium carried out.
An archetypal autopsy was carried retired earlier this week, but the results person not been released. Dental records confirmed the assemblage was Wells, Jackson County coroner Bruce Lynd told the BBC's US quality spouse CBS News.
"The household has concerns astir the authorities of Mississippi doing an probe of the decease of a young achromatic antheral wherever young achromatic students whitethorn beryllium looked astatine arsenic having immoderate culpability," Crump told ABC News' Linsey Davis.
Crump has questioned what helium says are conflicting reports astir whether Wells near Horn Island with friends oregon whether helium stayed behind, and said successful a connection that Wells household besides "have serious, unanswered questions astir the circumstances that near Nolan unsocial connected the land and astir however helium died".
Wells' mother, Christine Wonsley, was the archetypal to rise the alarm that her son, who played American shot astatine Southwest Mississippi Community College and was described by his manager arsenic a "happy-go-lucky kid", had gone missing aft helium did not instrumentality connected the evening of 4 July.
Authorities discovered his assemblage disconnected the seashore of the land connected 6 July, pursuing a hunt that included aggregate local, authorities and national agencies.
National Park Service described Horn Island arsenic having "no staff, drinking water, shelter, facilities, oregon communication".
Christine Wonsley and Nolan's father, Elmore Wonsley, told CBS Mornings that they don't judge their lad would person decided to enactment backmost connected the land by himself.
"That's not successful his character," said Elmore Wonsley.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office has enactment retired a property merchandise "asking anyone who was connected oregon adjacent Horn Island connected July 4" to interaction the section and besides requested immoderate original, unedited photos and videos of "alleged altercations" oregon images of Wells.
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