What we still dont know from Nolan Wells autopsy results and if findings point to foul play: former medical examiner

Autopsy results for a Mississippi teen who vanished during a Fourth of July boat trip still don’t indicate that there was foul play involved in his death, as investigators await crucial details from his toxicology report, a former top medical examiner has told The Post.The cause of death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells is yet to be determined, with key factors such as challenges due to decomposition and uncertainty over the cause of a 12-inch “discoloration” to his scalp delaying the answers his family needs.“I think just to be clear that so far there’s nothing dependent on foul play, but we don’t know what their findings were,” Dr.Michael Baden, former Chief Medical Examiner of New York City, told The Post.“Right now, the situation is you can’t tell the cause of death,” he said.“Normally, routine toxicology for drugs of abuse is finished as a priority.

And within a week or two, almost all the drugs can be identified,” added Dr.Baden, who is also a former chief forensic pathologist for the New York State Police.“The drugs that take longer are some of the more recent cannabinoid drugs, marijuana type drugs,” he added.

“But they usually aren’t the major factor.They don’t usually kill people.”During a press conference with Wells’ grieving family on Wednesday, civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump highlighted how the victim’s throat had been removed prior to his body being flown to Washington, DC, for a second autopsy.However, Dr.

Baden, who himself carried out the autopsy on Jeffrey Epstein, said this wasn’t unusual.“Normally if there were fractures of the windpipe or the Adam’s apple, which would indicate neck compression, it’s pretty apparent at the first autopsy,” he said.“However, the keeping of the windpipe is not uncommon.It’s not usual, but in cases like this, it’s kept for further, closer examination because there can be very tiny fractures that are missed,” Dr.

Baden said.The experienced pathologist also ...