‘Cannot rule out foul play' after independent autopsy for Nolan Wells, attorney says

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An independent autopsy could not “rule out foul play” in the mysterious death of Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old who disappeared after a Fourth of July boating trip with friends before his body was found floating in the water near the Mississippi island they ventured to. The preliminary findi...

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