Ben Crump to Reveal Nolan Wells Autopsy as Al Sharpton Offers $50,000 Reward
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
Ben Crump to Reveal Nolan Wells Autopsy as Al Sharpton Offers $50,000 Reward
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
Summary
Wednesday’s Chicago news conference at the NAACP convention is set to deliver the first public medical findings in 18-year-old Nolan Wells’ death through an independent autopsy arranged by his family.
A $50,000 reward announced by Al Sharpton at Wells’ funeral aims to spur tips leading to an arrest and conviction, as the family and its lawyers launch an independent investigation.
Wells disappeared July 4 after boating with friends to Horn Island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, and a National Park Service ranger found his body near the island’s northwestern tip on July 6 after a two-day search.
Authorities still have not released an official cause or manner of death, while Sharpton has questioned why Wells’ phone and keys were with his friends and why police were not contacted immediately.
The case has drawn national civil-rights attention, with the NAACP urging a transparent federal, state and local probe and Tyler Perry pledging to help fund the reward.