The boys who were on the boat with Nolan Wells when he went overboard are receiving harrowing death threats. They receive thousands daily, and their families do too. It is especially troubling since the boys probably did nothing wrong. They were all partying on a boat with their friend Nolan. However, the media and the family’s lawyer won’t let it go. There is a lot of misreporting and revving up of the crazies.
It is tragic when people are smeared and threatened with no evidence and no trial. That isn’t justice. I don’t blame the family; they lost a good son and are devastated, but the lawyer, Mr. Crump, knows the importance of evidence.
This tragic event appears to have been an accident, a horrible accident, and certain bad actors are making it about race.
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Nolan Wells was an 18-year-old college football player from Mississippi who died following a July 4, 2026, boating trip to Horn Island, leading to a grand jury decision that declined to bring criminal charges.
Overview of the Tragedy
Nolan Xavier Wells, aged 18, was a wide receiver at Southwest Mississippi Community College and a graduate of Ocean Springs High School.
He disappeared on July 4, 2026, after attending an Independence Day gathering on Horn Island off the Mississippi Gulf Coast. His body was later found face down on the shoreline of the island on July 6, 2026.
The Mississippi State Medical Examiner listed the official cause and manner of death as undetermined. Autopsies noted non-fatal bruising and blunt-force trauma to the back of the head, with no skull fractures.
On September 22, 2026, a Jackson County grand jury returned a “no true bill,” declining to bring criminal charges and concluding the circumstances were consistent with accidental drowning. The media, some politicians, and a lawyer continue to suggest his friends killed him.
The distraught family hired attorney Benjamin Crump, who is very similar to Al Sharpton. He is a bulldog even when there is no case and will pursue a case in the media. He sometimes spreads information that people say is inaccurate. Mr. Crump receives big paydays to go away.
Mr. Crump seems to have a problem with white people, but that is just my impression.
The parents want justice, but the only justice would be to have Nolan back. It appears to be an accident.
More on the story from Gunther Eagleman:
A MISSISSIPPI GRAND JURY JUST TORCHED THE RACE HOAX AROUND NOLAN WELLS.
Eighteen years old. Fourth of July trip. Found dead. Consistent with drowning. No criminal charges. No racial motive. GPS, phones, witnesses, digital evidence. The district attorney said the viral story of three white boys and one Black boy was false, and people who knew better still fanned it.
Ben Crump wants more questions. The friends’ lawyers say they were innocent all along. Look at the pattern. A tragedy gets turned into a national hate plot before the facts land, then the facts land and the activists keep the camera rolling. Stop convicting kids on social media. Let evidence win. Media that sold the hoax owes America an apology.
A MISSISSIPPI GRAND JURY JUST TORCHED THE RACE HOAX AROUND NOLAN WELLS.
Eighteen years old. Fourth of July trip. Found dead. Consistent with drowning. No criminal charges. No racial motive. GPS, phones, witnesses, digital evidence. The district attorney said the viral story of… pic.twitter.com/iW38CBv7YN
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) September 22, 2026
However, politicians like far-left race-agitator Ayanna Pressley keep it in the press.
We’ll never have justice for Nolan Wells, for in a just world he’d still be alive.
But there must be accountability.
We’ll never stop saying his name & demanding the answers his family deserves.
And we’ll never stop fighting for a world where Black men can grow old and thrive.… pic.twitter.com/QhO4MsFA8O
— Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) September 30, 2026