MISSISSIPPI – The FBI is investigating threats against the people who were with Nolan Wells in the hours before the Mississippi teen vanished and was found dead, one of the state's top law enforcement officials says.Wells, 18, disappeared July 4 after joining friends on a boat trip to Horn Island, a barrier island off Mississippi's Gulf Coast.Search crews scoured the area for two days before a National Park Service ranger found his remains on the island's northwestern tip on July 6.Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell said Wednesday that the FBI is investigating threats made against public officials, the people who were with Wells before he vanished and their families.
Tindell made the comments on Mississippi Public Broadcasting's "The Sit Down" hosted by Magnolia Tribune Founder and CEO Russ Latino.NOLAN WELLS' HOMETOWN OFFICIALS RALLY BEHIND SHERIFF AFTER 'DERELICT IN THEIR DUTIES' ATTACKNolan Xavier Wells disappeared on the Fourth of July while boating with friends, according to authorities.(Jackson County Sheriff's Department via Facebook)"I'm sure state law enforcement and, the FBI is going to be very interested in investigating, so, you know, when you make those types of threats against public officials, against possible witnesses, and against, the, you know, the folks that are involved in this investigation and the family, then you are also, committing a criminal act, and that's going to be taken very, very seriously," Tindell said.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XTindell said "false information" shared about Wells' death has incited "rage and emotion" that has led to a higher level of calls coming into his office, some of which are "direct threats." Tindell said he believes Wells' mother, Christine Wonsley, has also received threats."I can tell you, the FBI has reached out.
They're working in any capacity.They've offered a hand, in this case, to do anything that that's needed from their end.
But they're also taking a serio...