Timeline for Nolan Wells official autopsy revealed after independent medical examination leaves unanswered questions

Nolan Wells’ official autopsy results will remain sealed until after a grand jury reviews evidence into the Mississippi teen’s mysterious dissperaance and death.Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath made the announcement on Thursday — a day after Wells’ family released an indepedent autospy that left unanswered questions into how the 18-year-old turned up dead following a July 4 trip with friends to Horn Island.“Every death in the county, except those of natural causes and non-criminal car wrecks, are presented to your grand jury.

Many people don’t know that,” McIlrath said in a video statement.“Nolan’s case is being handled the same way, with the same care, and the same commitment to the truth that we handle all death investigations.”“I understand the public’s urgency to know what happened to Nolan, but we are not taking time for time’s sake.

We are taking the time required to complete the work this investigation demands,” she added.The Jackson County DA doubled down on the efforts by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies investigating Wells’ death amid criticism on how the case has been handled — including scathing accusations by NAACP President Derrick Johnson that local and state Mississippi officials have been “derelict in their duties,” throughout the investigation.“Every piece of evidence must be examined.Every credible lead must be followed to its conclusion.

Every witness interview must be analyzed in context of all other evidence,” McIlrath said.“The pressure for answers does not change what the work requires,” she said. McIlrath said that the “rules of professional conduct restrict the information” that a prosecutor can reveal during an investigation, but emphasized that their “responsibility to Nolan and our community is to complete this investigation thoroughly, carefully, without compromise, supported by the evidence, and worthy of the confidence of the people we serve.�...