Nolan Wells’ Friends Will Return to Horn Island With Attorneys to Investigate Themselves

The friends of Nolan Wells who have lawyered up and claim that they have nothing to do with his mysterious death are returning to Mississippi’s Horn Island with their attorneys.

Lawyers J. Tyler Cox and Edward Andrew Paltzik told TMZ in a joint statement on Thursday, August 6, that they plan to inspect the island’s “layout and dynamics” on Friday with their clients, Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour.

According to the outlet, the trio and their legal representation are launching an investigation of their own alongside the separate investigations led by Wells’ family and Mississippi law enforcement.

Paltzik “needs to lay eyes on the island himself,” according to TMZ; however, the group reportedly have no plans to gather evidence.

Cox and Paltzik added that they’re “proud to stand with and fight for three completely innocent young men,” adding that the three had “nothing whatsoever to do with the tragic death of Nolan Wells.”

Hudson, Pitalo and Seymour — who were with Wells during the July 4 outing, according to the Sun Herald — were part of a GiveSendGo fundraiser claiming that they have been targeted with death threats and defamation as the case intensifies.

TMZ also reported that the trio’s legal team is combing through mainstream and social media coverage of Wells’ death for allegedly defamatory statements.

As Globe reported, Wells traveled to Horn Island with friends on July 4, and the boat left around 9:56 a.m., according to CBS affiliate WLOX. He was last seen near the island around 3 p.m., and he was found dead on July 6.

Wells’ friends have maintained that the Mississippi college football player opted to stay on Horn Island with an unknown female despite the others getting on the boat and heading back to the mainland.

However, his parents, Christine and Elmore Wonsley, have pushed back, saying that it would be unlike their 18-year-old son to do so. They hired civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump to conduct a separate investigation into his death.

Many have said that race has played a factor in how the death of Wells, who was Black, was handled. His friends are white. Wells’ family is expected to take legal action.

The official autopsy for Wells has been completed, but it has not yet been released to the public.