What to know about the autopsy and investigation into the death of Nolan Wells0

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• July 23, 2026

OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi. — The family of Nolan Xavier Wells is still searching for answers about what exactly led to the 18-year-old elite athlete’s death during a Fourth of July boat trip with friends on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Although Wells traveled by boat with his friends to Horn Island, he did not return to