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What Happened to Nolan Wells?
Nolan Wells left home on July 3 to spend the Fourth of July with close friends at Horn Island. He never made it home. His phone returned to the mainland without him, the search widened, and two days later he was found near the island’s northwest tip. This is the story of what everyone says happened—and the unanswered questions their accounts leave behind. Read the sourced case summary or master investigation notes without JavaScript.