Viral pool party photos of Nolan Wells when he was last seen alive as a teenager? The truth is revealed amid wild speculation
lawyer Ben Crumpwho has been employed by the family Nolan Xavier Wells After the 18-year-old died, he retweeted a photo he claimed showed the teen at a land-based pool party in Jackson County on July 5, the day before he was found dead. However, Crump stressed on Instagram that he didn’t know “whether these are facts or rumors.”
The photo sparked wild speculation on social media, with some saying it was proof Wells was alive on the mainland that night, possibly long after he was last seen alive on Horn Island. However, the truth of the photo was finally revealed.
The photo shows a group of young people in a swimming pool, with one boy marked in red to identify him as Wells. His face cannot be seen clearly in the photo.
The truth about viral pool party photos
Wells’ friend Tracetin Shepherd told Rolling Stone the photo was taken on Saturday, June 27, in Pass Christian. He also told ABC it was released as part of a summer photo dump. When lies about the photo began to surface, the original poster of the photo deleted it.
A Rolling Stone reporter who obtained the metadata confirmed that the photo was taken on June 27 at 11:58 p.m.
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Recently, an unverified account claimed to have a story about pool party photos depicting a brutal murder. The post described events after Wells was reported missing, a story that did not match previously reported facts about the case, the Clarion Ledger reported.
It has now been confirmed that the photo was not taken on July 5. However, screenshots continue to circulate on social media, with some calling it a “breakthrough.”
Journalist Sarah Field blasted Crump for “helping spread unsubstantiated information.”
“This is ridiculous. Ben Crump is a lawyer. But here he is, acting like a teenager with a social media account chasing clicks. He knows – or at least should know – the difference between evidence and internet gossip. Yet here he is, amplifying a post that literally admits, ‘I don’t know if these are facts or rumors.’ “He is helping to spread unsubstantiated information,” she write on Xadding that “this is exactly how false narratives are created.”
A teenager from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, was reportedly 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.
