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Mississippi grand jury finds no cause for charges in the July death of Nolan Wells

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A Mississippi grand jury declined to bring charges in the death of Nolan Wells, a Black college student found dead after a July 4 boat trip. The body was discovered off the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Wells' family has expressed disagreement with the grand jury's decision.

A grand jury determined that there wasn't evidence to warrant charges in the death of Nolan Wells, a Black college student whose body was found after a July 4 boating trip and party on an island off the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Wells' family swiftly pushed back on the findings.

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