Family Identifies 18-Year-Old Nolan Wells After Body Found on Horn Island
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Updated · WLOX · Jul 6
Family Identifies 18-Year-Old Nolan Wells After Body Found on Horn Island
3 articles · Updated · WLOX · Jul 6
Summary
A park ranger found a body on Horn Island’s northwest end around 8:45 a.m. Monday, and Nolan Wells’ family said it was the missing 18-year-old.
Jackson County Coroner Bruce Lynd said DNA testing will formally confirm the identity, but officials said the body matched Wells’ description and saw no reason to doubt it was him.
Wells’ mother reported him missing late Saturday after he was last seen about 3 p.m. July 4 on Horn Island.
The search drew the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, Department of Marine Resources, Gulf Islands National Seashore, U.S. Coast Guard and United Cajun Navy before being called off.