The household of an 18-year-old who was recovered dormant aft a July 4 vessel travel to an land disconnected the Gulf Coast has retained civilian rights lawyer Ben Crump amid an ongoing probe into the circumstances of his disappearance.
Nolan Xavier Wells' assemblage was discovered Monday disconnected the seashore of Horn Island, Mississippi, wherever helium was past seen with a radical of friends Saturday afternoon, officials said.
In a connection released Tuesday, Crump said the household is searching for answers astir the events starring up to his death.
"We volition not remainder until each information astir what happened to Nolan connected Horn Island is brought into the light, and we telephone connected investigators to prosecute this lawsuit with the urgency and transparency this household deserves," said Crump, who besides was precocious retained by the household of a Mississippi 1-year-old who was killed erstwhile constabulary fired into a moving car.
Wells traveled by vessel with friends to the land Saturday but did not instrumentality with them that afternoon, according to Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter.
Wells was reported missing that nighttime by his mother. A rescue squad recovered his assemblage the pursuing morning, the household said. An autopsy was acceptable to beryllium completed Tuesday.
Ledbetter said Wells' friends were cooperating with the investigation.
"From the radical we've talked to, it sounds similar helium chose to enactment connected the land with the presumption that helium was going to thrust backmost to the mainland with idiosyncratic else," Ledbetter told The Associated Press.
Wells, who would person turned 19 adjacent month, attended Southwest Mississippi Community College, wherever helium played wide receiver connected the shot team.
In a societal media post, his mother, Christine Wonsley, said the household is seeking videos and different documentation from the island.
"My bosom is breached for our saccharine lad who was ever consenting to cheer and uplift others," she said. "Nolan was a peculiar soul, God took his clip creating our son."
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