Grand jury finds no evidence of criminal conduct in the death of Nolan Wells

A Mississippi grand jury has decided not to bring indictments in the case of Nolan Wells, a teenager who was found dead off the Mississippi coast in early July.

National Independent autopsy 'inconclusive' on cause of death for 18-year-old Nolan Wells in Mississippi "The Grand Jury finds no credible evidence to support the public allegations that any persons who rode to or from Horn Island on July 4, 2026 on the Triton, the Palm Beach, or the Tideline engaged in any criminal conduct related to the death of Mr. Wells," the report reads .

The grand jury met from Sept. 14 to Sept. 18, ultimately finding that Wells' cause of death was consistent with drowning, based on where his body was found and multiple autopsies. The cause of death is undetermined, but clear absence of other causes of death make drowning a likely "diagnosis by exclusion."