GPS Data Traces Nolan Wells Boat on July 4 Before 18-Year-Old's Death

Q: After the grand jury review, was anyone ever charged in the death of college athlete Nolan Wells?

No one is shown in the provided reporting to have been charged in Nolan Wells’ death after a grand jury review. The available coverage says the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office was still investigating and that the case was expected to go to a grand jury once that investigation was complete. The district attorney’s office described that as a standard step in unnatural-death cases, not proof that charges were imminent. Just as importantly, the material you provided does not show that the grand jury process had finished, nor does it report any indictment or criminal charge against the boat owner, his mother, the other people on the trip, or anyone else. So, based on the news story and the related web content here, there is no confirmed report that anyone was ever charged in connection with Wells’ death. If you want, I can help check whether any later court records or local reporting updated the case after these articles.

3 articles · Updated · WLOX · Jul 16

Mississippi marine GPS records show the boat carrying 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells left a private dock at 9:56 a.m., reached Horn Island at 11:14 a.m., and departed at 4:31 p.m. on July 4.
The tracking data then places the boat in Fort Bayou at 5:52 p.m. and back at the dock by 6:06 p.m., while officials say Wells did not return on that same boat.
At 7:19 p.m. that night, the boat went to the Fort Bayou launch, was removed from the water, and was transported over land to its owner's home in Biloxi.
Wells was reported missing the night of July 4 and his body was found off Horn Island on July 6; the boat's owner, his mother and another person with Wells are cooperating as Jackson County sheriff's deputies lead the case.