Nolan Wells' mother Christine Wonsley responds after a grand jury unanimously found no evidence to support bringing charges in the death of her son. The 18-year-old was found dead after a Fourth of July trip with friends off the Mississippi coast.
A homeowner in southeastern England got more than he bargained for when a builder working on a kitchen addition unearthed human remains that turned the backyard into a crime scene, only for specialists to confirm the bones were roughly a thousand years old. Ross Sledger, 49, was at work in the spring of 2019 when […] The post English couple's kitchen renovation turns up 1,000-year-old Anglo-Saxon bones — and a police investigation appeared first on American Almanac .
A homeowner in southeastern England got more than he bargained for when a builder working on a kitchen addition unearthed human remains that turned the backyard into a crime scene, only for specialists to confirm the bones were roughly a thousand years old. Ross Sledger, 49, was at work in the spring of 2019 when the builder adding a kitchen extension to his home in Wye, Kent, called with news no homeowner wants to hear. Fox News Digital reported that the builder told Sledger he had found bones in the ground, and he was not joking. Sledger's first instinct was to shrug it off. Rural properties in England sit on centuries of agricultural use, and animal bones turn up regularly. But the builder made clear this was something different. "[The…Open
A Mississippi grand jury found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, concluding his death was consistent with drowning, but the young man's family and their attorneys reject the findings and want the U.S. Department of Justice to step in. The grand jury issued its report this week after a […] The post Grand jury clears all suspects in Nolan Wells drowning as family demands federal probe appeared first on American Almanac .
A Mississippi grand jury found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, concluding his death was consistent with drowning, but the young man's family and their attorneys reject the findings and want the U.S. Department of Justice to step in. The grand jury issued its report this week after a sweeping investigation that included 132 subpoenas and testimony from 43 witnesses, AP News reported . The panel concluded that the position, condition, time of discovery, and location of Wells' body were all consistent with drowning. No charges were filed. District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath went further, directly addressing the racial conspiracy theories that had swirled around the case for months. She explicitly…Open
Ben Crump, the attorney representing the family of Nolan Wells, led a press conference Tuesday after a Mississippi grand jury determined that there wasn't sufficient evidence to warrant charges for the 18-year-old black man's death. Wells' body was found after a July 4 boating trip and party on an island off the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Wells, an 18-year-old Black man, died during a boat trip in July. The case sparked concern that Mississippi authorities did not do enough to investigate the case.
A grand jury in Mississippi on Monday unanimously decided there was no evidence of criminal activity in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells. The 23-person jury reviewed forensic reports and heard from 43 witnesses before coming to a determination. Forensic analyst Joseph Scott Morgan joins “Jesse Weber Live” to discuss. #nolanwells #grandjury #evidence "Jesse Weber Live" brings a fresh, fast-paced, and often unexpected take on the day’s headlines, diving into the biggest stories through the lens of legal expertise.
Specifically, the grand jury “finds that the position of, the condition of, time of discovery, and location of Mr. Wells’ body is consistent with drowning,” according to its report.
It could be months before the Los Angeles County medical examiner releases final results determining what caused the death of model Presley Gerber. Forensic analyst Joseph Scott Morgan joins NewsNation's Laura Ingle to discuss the key questions investigators are working to answer and where the case goes from here. "Jesse Weber Live" brings a fresh, fast-paced, and often unexpected take on the day’s headlines, diving into the biggest stories through the lens of legal expertise.
The grand jury reviewing the death of Nolan Wells has found that, based on all the evidence they reviewed, no criminal charges are warranted at this point.