Trump says he is considering asking FBI to investigate the death of Nolan Wells
Lawyers for Wells’s family have called for a federal investigation into 18-year-old’s disappearance and death
TL;DR
- Donald Trump is considering asking the FBI to investigate the death of Nolan Wells.
- Wells, an 18-year-old Black college freshman, went missing on July 4th and was found dead on Horn Island.
- His family and lawyer Ben Crump are calling for a federal investigation, citing an independent autopsy that contradicts the local grand jury's findings.
- The independent autopsy noted blunt force trauma and found no evidence of drowning.
- Concerns have been raised about potential racial bias in the local investigation and treatment of the family.
- The US National Park Service has also been urged to investigate as Horn Island is federally designated land.