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Black Caucus Urges DOJ Review of Nolan Wells Death

8/14/2026

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McBath Urges Review

Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) and attorney Ben Crump told the NABJ Convention that the Black Caucus is urging the Department of Justice to review Nolan Wells’s death.
The Caucus sent a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel requesting a response within seven days.
Wells vanished on July 4, 2026, on Horn Island off Mississippi and his body was recovered on July 6, 2026.

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Fathers Sue

Deepfake videos impersonating Christine and Elmore Wonsley have circulated online, falsely showing them comment on the case.
The fathers of Warren Hudson and Bart Edmiston Jr. filed defamation suits alleging social-media users falsely linked them to Wells’s death.
Crump’s lawyers sent preservation letters to Wells’s friends, ordering them to keep phone data and warning of spoliation liability.

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McBath Urges Review

Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) and attorney Ben Crump told the NABJ Convention that the Black Caucus is urging the Department of Justice to review Nolan Wells’s death.
The Caucus sent a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel requesting a response within seven days.
Wells vanished on July 4, 2026, on Horn Island off Mississippi and his body was recovered on July 6, 2026.

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