Nolan Wells Update: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves breaks silence, 'I'm confident...'

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves breaks silence nolan wells On Wednesday, July 15, the teen’s mother, Christine Wonsley, met with Mississippi’s local district attorney. Once the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department’s investigation into Wells’ death is completed, the case will be presented to a grand jury by the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office.

Nolan Wells update: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves breaks silence (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File, Christine Wonsley/Facebook)

“I don’t know all the facts about this case,” Reeves said, according to WAPT. “I haven’t seen any facts or evidence that there was any foul play, but if there was, I’m confident that the members of the Sheriff’s Office, the District Attorney’s Office, the Department of Public Safety who handle these crimes, if there is one, they will find it and take the necessary action.”

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The District Attorney’s Office explained that convening a grand jury does not indicate that any crime was committed. This is standard procedure for most unnatural or suspicious deaths in the county.

Autopsy update

Two investigations are ongoing. On Monday, July 13, Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter told ABC News that his department was still working. Meanwhile, Wells’ family hired attorneys Ben Crumpwho will conduct a private investigation, including a second autopsy.

An Ocean Springs, Mississippi, teen was found dead in the water on the northwest tip of Horn Island on Monday morning, July 6. Wells disappeared on July 4 after sailing to the island with friends. this The search for the teen has been called off Passed by a body found Monday, July 6, park rangers.

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Wansley has repeatedly asked that any public demonstrations in her son’s name remain peaceful, AOL reported. She stressed that Nolan “would never want violence of any kind.”

Wansley is desperately seeking the public’s help to find out what happened to their son. She wrote in a recent social media post: “Elmore Wansley and I are urgently asking that if you have any information, videos and photos of our son Nolan Wells from July 4th, please contact local authorities at 228-769-3063 and also my legal team at 1-800-691-7111. We need to know what happened to our child. Please contact both men with any information!!”