Days after a grand jury declined to charge anyone in Nolan Wells’ death, questions still remain about what happened to the teenager, who was found dead on July 6, two days after he took a boating trip with friends on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. At a Thursday news conference, Andrew Garrett, a digital forensic expert […]
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Ida B. Wells’ Family Is Debunking a Viral Claim About Nolan Wells
The messages came suddenly, and in great numbers. Friends. Colleagues. Acquaintances. Even strangers on Facebook and X. People kept asking Michelle Duster the same question: Was Nolan Wells — the Black 18-year-old from Mississippi whose death this month has triggered national outrage and demands for justice — really a descendant of Ida B. Wells? “I […]
