YouTuber Ms. Rachel stirs controversy with racial claim about Nolan Wells investigation

A controversial children’s educator and YouTube star is weighing in on the investigation into Nolan Wells’ mysterious death, with a now-viral social media post pointing to unsupported allegations that race played a role in law enforcement’s handling of the case.In a post shared on Instagram, Ms.Rachel — a popular content creator whose real name is Rachel Accurso — appeared to question the case surrounding Wells’ death, suggesting the investigation would have played out differently had the races been reversed.“We know the investigation and everything that followed would have been different if Nolan Wells were white and his friends were Black,” Accurso wrote in a post on Monday.

“Nolan and his family deserve justice.”Wells, 18, vanished while on a July 4 boat trip with a group of high school friends to Horn Island, a barrier island located roughly eight miles offshore from Mississippi’s Gulf Coast.His remains were found on the northwestern tip of the island by a National Park Service ranger just two days later, with his friends returning to shore on the evening of his disappearance without him.An independent autopsy later commissioned by Wells’ family labeled his manner of death to be “undetermined” pending further investigation.Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who was hired to represent the Wells family, revealed the findings last week at the annual NAACP National Convention in Chicago, according to the Associated Press.Crump reportedly pointed out that the autopsy report showed no evidence of fractures or deep tissue injuries, and labeled a “red discoloration” located on the back of Wells’ skull as “inconclusive” — meriting further investigation.Forensic pathologist Dr.Roger Mitchell reportedly wrote that, without the additional information, he was unable to rule out the possibility that “non-accidental factors contributed to or caused the death.”The results of a second autopsy, commissioned by the Mississippi med...