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Nolan Wells' family targeted with hateful message as they question teen's death: ‘Whoever sent this…’
Nolan Wells' family was sent a hateful message, the late teen's mother shared, even as they raised questions surrounding his death.
Nolan Wells' family was sent a hateful message, as per the late teen's mother Christine Wonsley. She shared the photo on Facebook, along with a scathing message directed towards the sender.
This comes as the family has raised questions surrounding the 18-year-old's death, and race has become a talking point in the case as Wells – a Black teen – had been out with his white friends, before he was found dead.
Wells, a Mississippi football player, was found dead on July 6 after he had gone out on July 4 with his friends for an all-day party on Horn Island, off the coast of Ocean Springs. Notably, authorities said that initial indications did not point to foul play but they have not ruled it out yet as autopsy results are not back. The family, and their lawyer, Ben Crump have also sought an independent autopsy and the attorney indicated that the findings of the same would be turned over to the grand jury so they could make their decisions.
Meanwhile, race has become a talking point in the case with celebrity pastor Al Sharpton joining the family for a news conference. The Reverend said “He was one Black with three young white men who happened to end up with his phone, happened to end up with his keys.”
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Sharpton also pointed to the fact that it was Wonsley who had to track down Wells' phone and and his friends did not voluntarily disclose that they either had the phone or his keys. “So some people are saying, ‘Reverend, are y’all bringing in race?’ Well, we’re not bringing in race, but we’re not discounting race, either, because we don’t know what it is. This does not smell right,” he added.
Amid this, Wonsley received a hateful message indicating Sharpton and Crump were looking to make money off the matter.
A photo cutout was sent showing Wonsley with Sharpton on one side and Crump on the other. While Wells' mother was seen crying, two arrows were drawn from the pastor and lawyer's eyes respectively, followed by dollar signs in black ink on the paper.
Nolan Wells' mother issues scathing message
Wonsley shared the hateful message she got and tagged Elmore Wonsley in the post as well.
“Whoever sent this to my home, may the good Lord have mercy on your soul,” she wrote. Directing her attack at the sender, Wells' mother continued “Bold enough to send this crap but not bold enough to list your return address.”
She also lamented about the state of the country, saying “This is America where a grieving mother and father have to deal with this type of behavior because we asked a simple question of what happened to our son and accepted all the help we could get to find answers. Please go touch some grass.”
