Nolan Wells independent autopsy doesn't point to foul play, former medical examiner says

Attorney Ben Crump revealed that nan results of an independent autopsy into Nolan Wells' decease are "inconclusive" arsenic a erstwhile aesculapian examiner said nan findings aren't accordant pinch a "cover up" aliases immoderate wrongdoing.

Crump announced nan independent autopsy's results connected Wednesday astatine nan NAACP National Convention successful Chicago, stating that an area of "red discoloration" was recovered connected Wells' head. He said Dr. Roger Mitchell, who performed nan autopsy, couldn't travel to a conclusion "pending further investigation." The charismatic autopsy hasn't yet been completed.

"Why is this acheronian reddish present successful nan backmost of his head?" Crump said. "This pathologist cannot norm retired if immoderate intervening non-accidental factors contributed to aliases caused nan decease of Nolan Wells."

When asked by Fox News Digital astir nan case, forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden said nan head injury doesn't constituent to foul play.

"So that could beryllium from bumping into thing successful nan water. There's a batch of debris successful nan water, for example. It depends really heavy it is, but it's describing a really superficial effect that could person happened earlier decease aliases aft death," Baden said.

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Nolan Wells smiles connected nan section while playing wide receiver for Southwest Mississippi Community College. (Christine Wonsley/Facebook)

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"What he's describing is simply a insignificant wounded that could be... wholly innocent," Baden said.

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Nolan Xavier Wells vanished connected nan Fourth of July while boating pinch friends, according to authorities. (Jackson County Sheriff's Department via Facebook)

Baden said Mitchell was "reaching for straws" successful nan independent autopsy report, adding that nan findings are accordant pinch accounts from section rule enforcement that his decease was accidental and nary foul play was involved.

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Wells, 18, initially vanished July 4 aft he went pinch friends connected a vessel travel to Horn Island, which is simply a obstruction land disconnected Mississippi's Gulf Coast. Officials and hunt crews searched for 2 days earlier a National Park Service ranger located his assemblage connected July 6 while connected nan island's northwestern tip.

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Attorney Ben Crump speaks astatine a property convention extracurricular nan national courthouse connected July 15, 2020, successful Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Getty Images)

Officials haven't released a origin of decease arsenic officials continue to investigate.