# Nolan Wells’ mom says she doesn’t believe he ‘simply and accidentally drowned’

https://mins.news/en/video/69642

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-22 21:15 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbtBu9y_VnE

> A grand jury found insufficient evidence to bring charges in the death of Nolan Wells, a Black college student found dead after a July 4 boating trip and party on an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. His family quickly rejected the finding.

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