Rev.Al Sharpton is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the death of Mississippi teenager Nolan Wells as attorney Ben Crump prepares to reveal preliminary findings Wednesday from an independent autopsy that could provide the first public medical insight into the 18-year-old's mysterious death.Crump is expected to announce the findings during a news conference at the 117th NAACP National Convention in Chicago, where he will appear alongside Wells' parents, Christine and Elmore Wonsley.
The family's legal team plans to release the first public findings from the independent examination.The announcement comes days after the NAACP adopted a resolution urging local, state and federal authorities, including the U.S.Department of Justice, to conduct what it described as an in-depth and transparent investigation into Wells' death.SEARCH CALLED OFF AFTER BODY MATCHING MISSING TEEN NOLAN WELLS FOUND OFF MISSISSIPPI COASTNolan Wells smiles on the field while playing wide receiver for Southwest Mississippi Community College.
(Christine Wonsley/Facebook)The renewed attention comes as TMZ released previously unseen video it said was recorded during the July 4 gathering on Horn Island.The footage pans across dozens of boats and people in the water before briefly focusing on an individual TMZ identified as Wells, though Fox News Digital has not independently verified the video's authenticity, when it was recorded or the identity of the person shown.Wells disappeared July 4 after traveling by boat with friends to Horn Island, a barrier island off Mississippi's Gulf Coast, to celebrate Independence Day.
Search crews spent two days looking for the teenager before a National Park Service ranger found his body near the island's northwestern tip on July 6.Authorities have not announced a cause or manner of death, and the investigation remains ongoing.The official autopsy has not yet been released, making Wednesday's announcement the first in...