Nolan Wells' phone to undergo 'mutual inspection' after deleted content concerns, attorney reveals
The cellphone of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, who died after a boat trip, will undergo a mutual inspection by authorities and independent experts. The family requested this due to concerns that content on the device may have been deleted.
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Add The New York Post on Google Nolan Wells’ cellphone will undergo a “mutual inspection” by authorities and independent experts after suspicions were raised that content on the device may have been deleted, his family’s lawyer has said.
The 18-year-old did not return with friends from a boat trip to Horn Island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast on the Fourth of July. His body was found there two days later.
Police have said nothing “yet” points to foul play, but the college football player’s family is conducting their own investigation .
Questions have been raised over why Wells left his phone before his pals returned to shore and whether Snapchat content had been deleted before it was retrieved by his family.
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