{
  "title": "July 2026 Facebook search and source audit — social-source ledger",
  "version": "1.12",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-08-07",
  "parentPost": {
    "author": "Christine Wonsley",
    "published": "2026-07-05T17:54:00-05:00",
    "visibleText": "This is our Nolan Wells aka Nono. One of the sweetest and kindest souls you could ever meet. He went missing on Horn Island on July 4th. I’m looking for any pics or videos that was taken on the Northwest tip of Horn. Please help us find our sonshine.",
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl"
  },
  "scopeNote": "The audit covers exposed comments and selected reply threads on Christine Wonsley’s July 5 appeal, a United Cajun Navy reel, Will Polston’s active-search reel, the SMCC Athletics appeal, Anna C. Moore’s July 7 clarification, and the Nicol.Everything Katelynn Brochard repost. It separately preserves eight supplemental source sets whose complete comment trees were not audited: Christine Wonsley’s original July 5 public-group appeal and attached image, the Boogie LowDown post and four attachments, the Natalya King post and five attachments, the Allyson Lawrence July 5 post preserving the Brochard statement-and-photo screenshot, the Jessy Wessy July 6 post with six attachments, Robbie Robertson’s direct July 5 west-end photo post, Tiffani Riley’s July 10 preservation of a screenshot attributed to Danny Jones, and Stephanie Adams’s direct July 5 north-side location post. It is not a forensic export: Facebook displayed higher totals than it exposed in some threads, and direct July 2026 Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and Mississippi NAACP post permalinks were not recovered. Visible Facebook post and message times authenticate only what the interface displays, not sender identity, media capture, completeness, delivery, police receipt, or the time and truth of a described event.",
  "reviewedThreads": [
    {"source":"Christine Wonsley appeal","exposed":"566 loaded top-level comment blocks plus selected replies","url":"https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl"},
    {"source":"Christine Wonsley original Horn Islands public-group appeal","exposed":"Direct post text, public-group context, attached image, visible July 5 date, and earliest exposed 12:40 AM comment reviewed; exact post time and full comment tree not recovered","url":"https://www.facebook.com/groups/266768749392186/posts/1000261322709588/"},
    {"source":"United Cajun Navy reel","exposed":"2,253 top-level comments; interface displayed 2,569","url":"https://www.facebook.com/reel/1561236092337427/"},
    {"source":"Will Polston active-search reel","exposed":"586 top-level comments; interface displayed 856; 20 photo URLs reviewed","url":"https://www.facebook.com/reel/895769156900111/"},
    {"source":"SMCC Athletics appeal","exposed":"10 top-level comments; 55 engagements displayed","url":"https://www.facebook.com/smccathletics/posts/pfbid02113aFAvazJm6pgdfcXb7yotj68N7DsjFadx6H2joDsuJJin9i3xAFFVyZfqjQCw1l"},
    {"source":"Anna C. Moore clarification","exposed":"10 top-level comments plus selected relevant replies","url":"https://www.facebook.com/anna.grace.cooper/posts/pfbid02bimdnAUwCFJCZJdYb8Mm5s1uqGqcMjYiA1G6yLdYnPMA8Mm8jEJYu1zoxcPVkeYdl"},
    {"source":"Boogie LowDown attributed-message post","exposed":"Exact caption and four image attachments preserved; comments not audited","url":"https://www.facebook.com/marcust.hughes.7/posts/warren-hudsons-mother-katie-hudson-seymour-reached-out-to-me-on-7526-at-around-1/1669989390895030/"},
    {"source":"Natalya King attributed-witness post","exposed":"Exact post context and five image attachments preserved; exposed comments checked for a direct Faith Lauren reply, but the full 250-comment tree was not audited","url":"https://www.facebook.com/richedreams/posts/pfbid0cunvci1mCDcYCTVXG3smk2jQXYDR24hRV5LunmQ6kggV5UBitH9e8Dx9aPmLbopPl"},
    {"source":"Allyson Lawrence July 5 Brochard preservation post","exposed":"Post caption, displayed Brochard statement-and-photo image, and relevant visible thread timestamps reviewed; the full comment tree was not audited","url":"https://www.facebook.com/allyson.lawrence.3/photos/cell-phones-in-this-age-are-good-and-badand-in-this-case-they-are-helping-out-co/10163954994904564/"},
    {"source":"Jessy Wessy July 6 image-set preservation post","exposed":"Six image attachments preserved, including the complete Brochard/Briana May exchange without the later video overlay; the author caption is not used as evidence and the full comment tree was not audited","url":"https://www.facebook.com/jessywessy615/posts/-why-isnt-more-of-the-country-talking-about-thisan-18-year-old-black-young-man-g/1536252414626271/"},
    {"source":"Robbie Robertson July 5 west-end photo post","exposed":"Direct post text and Facebook-served image preserved; visible publication date, author, public audience, and photo statement reviewed; full comment tree not audited","url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=28511108171823416&set=p.28511108171823416&type=3"},
    {"source":"Tiffani Riley July 10 Danny Jones screenshot preservation","exposed":"Direct preservation-post text and one Facebook-served screenshot reviewed and archived; screenshot is attributed to Danny Jones; native Jones post and full comment tree were not recovered","url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10244355907623687&set=p.10244355907623687&type=3"},
    {"source":"Stephanie Adams July 5 north-side location post","exposed":"Direct first-person post text and one Facebook-served map screenshot preserved; visible publication date, author, public audience, location claim, and reported observation interval reviewed; full comment tree not audited","url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10101555674903949&set=p.10101555674903949&type=3"},
    {"source":"Katelynn Brochard Nicol.Everything derivative repost","exposed":"Public repost and four attachments preserved; All comments selected; every visible reply set expanded; 62 exposed comment/reply articles reviewed against 68 displayed; Callie Strong clarification attachment archived; no direct video file exposed; native comment export not recovered","url":"https://www.facebook.com/100086436944537/posts/katelynn-brochard-with-some-insight-on-the-nolan-wells-situationsave-this-and-sh/1021993407358548/"},
    {"source":"JCSO and Mississippi NAACP Facebook posts","exposed":"Direct July 2026 post permalinks not recovered; original comment trees not audited","url":null}
  ],
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    {
      "id": "christine-original-group-appeal",
      "sourceType": "direct family missing-person appeal in a public Facebook group",
      "poster": "Christine Wonsley",
      "profileUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley",
      "group": "Horn Island, Ship Island, Sand Island, Petit Bois Island, Cat Island",
      "published": "2026-07-05",
      "publishedPrecision": "Date visible in Facebook interface; exact publication time not exposed",
      "earliestExposedComment": "2026-07-05T00:40:00-05:00",
      "reviewedAt": "2026-08-07",
      "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/266768749392186/posts/1000261322709588/",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10174843537195076&set=gm.1000261322709588&idorvanity=266768749392186",
      "messageExcerpt": "My son, Nolan Wells, is missing. Last seen 3 PM, west tip, north side of Horn Island…",
      "messageSummary": "Christine identifies Nolan as missing, gives a reported 3:00 PM west-tip north-side last-seen location and clothing/physical description, says the family believed he had not left the island, says the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, MDMR, and Coast Guard had been contacted, asks for direct messages with information, and says comments would be turned off.",
      "reportedEventDate": "2026-07-04",
      "reportedEventTime": "15:00",
      "reportedEventPrecision": "Family-reported time; source and precision not identified in the post",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-source-audit/christine-wonsley/2026-07-05-original-horn-islands-group-appeal.jpg",
      "sha256": "6107b30277c12a0bd5b527a9325e2ec967ce231e30013666590962bf44b44f2c",
      "dimensions": "565x2281",
      "grade": "B-direct family search appeal",
      "status": "Material contemporaneous public report; underlying 3:00 PM sighting and agency-notification times not independently verified",
      "assessment": "The direct post establishes what Christine Wonsley was publicly reporting by early July 5. It does not authenticate who supplied the 3:00 PM account, prove Nolan remained on Horn Island, or establish when each named agency received notice. The earliest exposed comment supports publication by 12:40 AM, not the exact initial post time. A later sentence says comments would be turned off, but no edit history was available to determine when that sentence was added."
    },
    {
      "id": "ashton-east-tip",
      "commenter": "Ashton Beach Jennings",
      "published": "2026-07-05T18:00:00-05:00",
      "message": "East Tip. July 4",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl?comment_id=1602711797954891",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10242801249149116&set=p.10242801249149116&type=3",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-july-5-comments/2026-07-05-ashton-east-tip.jpg",
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      "grade": "B-media lead",
      "status": "Potentially useful",
      "assessment": "A contemporaneous public submission showing boats, a personal watercraft, and people in shallow water. The commenter labels it East Tip and July 4. No original file metadata, capture time, vessel identification, or Nolan identification is public. It concerns the east tip, not the northwest search/recovery area."
    },
    {
      "id": "victoria-lamp-repost",
      "commenter": "Victoria TayTay Anderson",
      "published": "2026-07-05T22:58:00-05:00",
      "message": "Idk if this true or not I just came across this",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl?comment_id=1654359162303012",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=37319920070932161&set=p.37319920070932161&type=3",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-july-5-comments/2026-07-05-victoria-matthew-lamp-repost.jpg",
      "sha256": "a76b194b694b1005367cefc76077be8eefb39242212cf94a85087b3b999ec1f7",
      "grade": "C",
      "status": "Lead; duplicate source chain",
      "assessment": "A repost preserving the same Matthew Lamp thread later shared by other commenters. It is not independent corroboration."
    },
    {
      "id": "michelle-ebony-screenshot",
      "commenter": "Michelle Robinson",
      "published": "2026-07-06T08:04:00-05:00",
      "message": null,
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl?comment_id=1349597970452588",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=27367248569583594&set=p.27367248569583594&type=3",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-july-5-comments/2026-07-06-michelle-ebony-article-screenshot.jpg",
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      "grade": "D-media summary",
      "status": "Derivative",
      "assessment": "A screenshot of later media reporting about Katie and Nolan. It is not a contemporaneous witness statement and adds no independent source."
    },
    {
      "id": "terra-reel-link",
      "commenter": "Terra Carroll",
      "published": "2026-07-06T08:13:00-05:00",
      "message": null,
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl?comment_id=3400282020151311",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1299636648820604/",
      "archivePath": null,
      "sha256": null,
      "grade": "Pending review",
      "status": "Link preserved; media not auto-played",
      "assessment": "The parent comment contains only a reel link. The site does not auto-play external video, and no evidentiary claim is assigned without reviewing provenance and contents."
    },
    {
      "id": "maybe-christine-photos",
      "commenter": "Maybe London",
      "published": "2026-07-06T09:15:00-05:00",
      "message": "The photos from that night alone says alot.",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl?comment_id=4559123194364376",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1555100659671253&set=p.1555100659671253&type=3",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-july-5-comments/2026-07-06-maybe-christine-photo-post-screenshot.jpg",
      "sha256": "fc5bd2ec9aafb661994fec6666dd9e50c925cf44be0d5c7f080e16bc9034036f",
      "grade": "D-media repost",
      "status": "Derivative",
      "assessment": "A screenshot of Christine Wonsley’s separate post showing several July 4 group photographs. The comment’s interpretation is not evidence; the underlying photos remain useful media records whose exact capture times are not authenticated."
    },
    {
      "id": "latasha-lamp-thread",
      "commenter": "Latasha A Manuel",
      "published": "2026-07-06T09:23:00-05:00",
      "message": null,
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl?comment_id=1758629241845860",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1481058804065660&set=p.1481058804065660&type=3",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-july-5-comments/2026-07-06-latasha-matthew-lamp-thread.jpg",
      "sha256": "197d54d6e91f1a32ae64cc3803d8e8acea6c5fbebf2cb7db85876d8a1d8eee6e",
      "grade": "C",
      "status": "Potentially material lead",
      "assessment": "The screenshot attributes to Matthew Lamp that one passenger was pretty certain Nolan was part of a group that was almost fighting around 5 PM, that a blue-top Bertram left shortly afterward and fast, and that three people on Lamp’s boat said the dispute was among the group. This is Lamp relaying unnamed passengers, not Lamp claiming a personal sighting. The exact event time, vessel, participants, original thread, and passenger statements remain unverified."
    },
    {
      "id": "jerry-public-narrative-summary",
      "sourceType": "text-only comment",
      "commenter": "Jerry Carroll",
      "published": "2026-07-06T10:30:00-05:00",
      "message": "Friends state that Nolan was last seen around 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 4. United Cajun Navy Incident Commander Josh Gill reported that witnesses last noted Nolan ‘hanging out with a girl’ on the island. The waters there are notorious for being dangerous to swim in. Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter announced that a body was discovered on Horn Island. While officials are on the scene, they have not yet publicly confirmed the identity of the person found. Nolan's mother, Christine Wonsley, publicly confirmed via social media that she has personally spoken with the girl to gather details about her son's final known moments. The conversation shed light on the logistical confusion that occurred on the island. The girl reportedly stated that there was a massive misunderstanding regarding Nolan's transportation—where different factions of acquaintances mistakenly believed he had secured a boat ride back to the mainland with someone else.",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl?comment_id=1925599364803702",
      "mediaUrl": null,
      "archivePath": null,
      "sha256": null,
      "grade": "D-text-only source trail",
      "status": "Relevant narrative record; not independent evidence",
      "assessment": "This comment compiles claims already attributed to friends, Josh Gill, Sheriff Ledbetter, Christine Wonsley, and an unnamed girl. It is useful for documenting how the public narrative was being summarized by the morning of July 6, but it is not firsthand and does not independently corroborate any of those claims."
    },
    {
      "id": "carolina-swimming-lifeguard-reply",
      "sourceType": "text-only reply",
      "commenter": "Carolina Ruby Rebel",
      "published": "2026-07-06T10:53:00-05:00",
      "message": "HE ABSOLUTELY KNEW HOW TO SWIM THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN STATED AND HE DO LIFEGUARD DURING THE SUMMERS",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl?comment_id=1459527565939700&reply_comment_id=1409855900973055",
      "mediaUrl": null,
      "archivePath": null,
      "sha256": null,
      "grade": "D-unverified context",
      "status": "Relevant; source basis not stated",
      "assessment": "The reply states that Nolan knew how to swim and worked as a lifeguard during summers. The commenter does not state a relationship to Nolan, a firsthand basis, employer, dates, or supporting record. It is preserved as a low-confidence lead and must not be treated as verified swimming or employment history without corroboration."
    },
    {
      "id": "nette-body-found-update",
      "commenter": "Nette Wilks",
      "published": "2026-07-06T11:03:00-05:00",
      "message": null,
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl?comment_id=2439230806556562",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3945346342440984&set=p.3945346342440984&type=3",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-july-5-comments/2026-07-06-nette-body-found-update.jpg",
      "sha256": "1d3b7576a98b414f13741811a9b28d7eec1dcd3a5bb0abf5db58bb9a2ed56d91",
      "grade": "D-public update",
      "status": "Derivative",
      "assessment": "A public news-style update stating that a body had been found and identity was not yet confirmed. Official and contemporaneous news records are stronger sources for the recovery chronology."
    },
    {
      "id": "racquel-lamp-thread",
      "commenter": "RaćQuel Kirsten",
      "published": "2026-07-06T11:48:00-05:00",
      "message": "This what a man said happened on the boat !",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl?comment_id=1802007094509647",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3450530698447853&set=p.3450530698447853&type=3",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-july-5-comments/2026-07-06-racquel-matthew-lamp-thread.jpg",
      "sha256": "acf32c5138bedd2f6629fa60787e9c2ddc42f21f15242764130703d2190774bd",
      "grade": "C",
      "status": "Duplicate capture of material lead",
      "assessment": "A second screenshot of the Matthew Lamp source chain. It gives more of the visible thread and shows Christine Wonsley being tagged, but it does not independently corroborate the underlying passenger account."
    },
    {
      "id": "tom-group-photo",
      "commenter": "Tom McCarthy",
      "published": "2026-07-06T22:49:00-05:00",
      "message": "racists, stop your demonic ranting. He was not with any of the guys when he disappeared. He was with a girl and then they parted ways, so it sounds like an accident.",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl?comment_id=2463366147420632",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10167633409998012&set=p.10167633409998012&type=3",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-july-5-comments/2026-07-06-tom-july-4-group-photo.jpg",
      "sha256": "0fe78f3c2d0c22027253e7b026e075f3a6716ba235eb5be7601303fd548a72de",
      "grade": "D commentary / media record",
      "status": "Photo useful; narrative unsupported",
      "assessment": "The attachment is a July 4 group photo that may help identify people, vessels, or surrounding boats. The commenter’s narrative is not presented as firsthand and is not evidence that the death was accidental. Exact photo time and provenance remain unauthenticated."
    },
    {
      "id": "ruby-boat-screenshot",
      "commenter": "Ruby Bard",
      "published": "2026-07-07T14:38:00-05:00",
      "message": "This one I wouldn’t trust!",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/christine.wonsley/posts/pfbid0C4exFqFakf7SW625QkonBCrCjqfzKhPW71ZRG2A7cCPuZnUa3DvwVK436aDBEYEbl?comment_id=4461909550791082",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1068259509103643&set=p.1068259509103643&type=3",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-july-5-comments/2026-07-07-ruby-boat-photo-screenshot.jpg",
      "sha256": "6df50f510c1eb857d0153c454521bade3c5cb849c965e303907c58075aad9087",
      "grade": "D-media repost",
      "status": "Photo preserved; accusation excluded",
      "assessment": "A screenshot of one image from Christine Wonsley’s July 4 photo set. The commenter’s distrust statement supplies no factual basis and is excluded from the evidence analysis."
    },
    {
      "id": "ucn-coach-search-comment",
      "sourceType": "text-only comment",
      "commenter": "Liz Ware",
      "published": "2026-07-05T16:20:00-05:00",
      "message": "The football coach is out there at horn island as well looking for him",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1561236092337427/?comment_id=1351212920444884",
      "mediaUrl": null,
      "archivePath": null,
      "sha256": null,
      "grade": "C-contemporaneous search report",
      "status": "Relevant; basis unstated",
      "assessment": "The comment records public search status while the search was active. The commenter does not state a firsthand basis. Later reporting says Nolan’s father and coach searched on July 5, so the comment is retained as a contemporaneous source trail rather than independent verification."
    },
    {
      "id": "ucn-blue-shorts-correction",
      "sourceType": "text-only comment",
      "commenter": "Stephanie Cook",
      "published": "2026-07-05T16:41:00-05:00",
      "message": "The mom updated he was wearing BLUE shorts. She has a picture on her page.",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1561236092337427/?comment_id=896547232839803",
      "mediaUrl": null,
      "archivePath": null,
      "sha256": null,
      "grade": "D-public-alert correction trail",
      "status": "Relevant correction trail; source basis attributed",
      "assessment": "This preserves a contemporaneous clothing-description correction attributed to Nolan’s mother. It is a source trail, not independent verification; the family’s own post or official bulletin remains stronger."
    },
    {
      "id": "rammy-lamp-repost",
      "commenter": "Rammy Deal",
      "published": "2026-07-06T09:48:00-05:00",
      "message": "Just saw this on another post. I don't know the person who posted it or if it's true. It may or may not help.",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/895769156900111/?comment_id=4540276809579057",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=27453418350935844&set=p.27453418350935844&type=3",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-source-audit/2026-07-06-rammy-matthew-lamp-repost.jpg",
      "sha256": "1b3f0d641a021c98a64f797c8280c379be000b35cae386237c5c6a387d820763",
      "grade": "C",
      "status": "Third duplicate capture of one source chain",
      "assessment": "This independently preserves the same Matthew Lamp thread but does not independently corroborate the underlying unnamed-passenger claim."
    },
    {
      "id": "julie-lahue-narrative",
      "sourceType": "text-only comment",
      "commenter": "Julie Lahue",
      "published": "2026-07-06T13:00:00-05:00",
      "message": "There were crowds and families who saw Nolan & said he was walking with a couple girls. He and his friends said ok, but they all agreed on a time to meet back at their boat. As soon as that time came and he was nowhere around, the friends contacted his mom & authorities Immediately! They were like brothers and are all devastated! Strong currants, riptides, undertows are no joke even if you’re an avid swimmer. And alcohol added to the mix is beyond risky. Takes a split second for something to happen and nobody have seen. One family in particular noticed him walking alone after walking around with the 2 girls. Him just looking at the water & boats. And the family was tending to their little kids or else they might have seen him possibly get in to cool off. This is all so terribly sad!",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/895769156900111/?comment_id=2409286156218073",
      "mediaUrl": null,
      "archivePath": null,
      "sha256": null,
      "grade": "D-secondhand narrative",
      "status": "Specific but uncorroborated",
      "assessment": "The writer does not identify the families, explain her basis, or provide exact times. The claim that family and authorities were contacted immediately conflicts with other public timing accounts. It is retained as a public-narrative lead, not a fact."
    },
    {
      "id": "stephen-ray-east-end-sighting",
      "sourceType": "screenshot-preserved comment",
      "commenter": "Stephen Ray",
      "published": null,
      "message": "I feel like we seen him on the east end yesterday standing on one the sand dunes",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/895769156900111/?comment_id=1317849450563956",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10240943057968949&set=p.10240943057968949&type=3",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-source-audit/2026-07-06-sherida-stephen-ray-east-end-sighting.jpg",
      "sha256": "89f3e5c6c45c9b5da97dc0f82cc4f06f8753c172f3ae6f208743bf10c810972e",
      "grade": "C-apparent firsthand lead",
      "status": "Tentative; time and identification unverified",
      "assessment": "The screenshot preserves tentative language and appears to describe the commenter’s own recollection of seeing Nolan on the east end on July 4. It supplies no exact time, position, image of Nolan, or independent confirmation."
    },
    {
      "id": "lucas-aviz-last-contact",
      "sourceType": "screenshot-preserved comment",
      "commenter": "Lucas Aviz",
      "published": null,
      "message": "Last time I spoke to him was when he said I have to leave and it was probably 2 to 2:30 but there was a huge group of people with several boats around for all I can remember. I last saw him get on a white boat with a center console before I had left so that’s all the information I can provide",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/895769156900111/?comment_id=2512277019214890",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10226069581365621&set=p.10226069581365621&type=3",
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      "sha256": "160f4b0282361132e18c0af39fa9fa84fee73b5f4a904c251a6b4462e27bafd6",
      "grade": "C-apparent firsthand claim",
      "status": "Material lead; parent post and direct comment permalink unrecovered",
      "assessment": "The screenshot presents Lucas Aviz as describing his own conversation and sighting around 2:00–2:30 PM. The cropped parent post is unidentified, the direct Lucas comment was not recovered, and no vessel identity or native timestamp is authenticated. The white center-console boat must not be equated with MI4088BU."
    },
    {
      "id": "amity-search-participation",
      "sourceType": "screenshot-preserved comment",
      "commenter": "Amity LeBleu Thompson",
      "published": null,
      "message": "last night as soon as they realized he hadn’t come back on another boat the coast guard was immediately notified as well as his parents. This kid is very good friends with the people he went out with. They are devastated and have been out there all morning/afternoon helping search for him too! ... And I know for a fact that the kid he went out with yesterday has been back out there all morning/afternoon with other buddies helping to search for him, along with their other friends in other boats...",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/895769156900111/?comment_id=1696510681572652",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1770841900952582&set=p.1770841900952582&type=3",
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      "grade": "C-contextual search account",
      "status": "Relevant; identities and basis incomplete",
      "assessment": "The screenshot records a contemporaneous claim that friends returned to assist the search. It does not identify every person or establish the complete notification sequence, motives, or exact times."
    },
    {
      "id": "anna-clarification",
      "sourceType": "direct Facebook post",
      "commenter": "Anna C. Moore",
      "published": "2026-07-07T08:19:00-05:00",
      "message": "to clarify: I never stated that I saw Nolan. I also never stated that the argument you hear on the video was directed to and/or involved Nolan. I simply posted this to see if he was spotted on camera after his last known sighting at 3pm as stated by law enforcement. *the reason this video was posted yesterday (7/6) is because like 98% of the attendees of Horn Island, I was very intoxicated. I did not even realize I had this video in my Snapchat until a friend who was also in attendance mentioned seeing this on my story and thought it would be helpful to the public when he was still labeled a missing person. This video was sent to the authorities and his mother before being posted. Please stop with the rumor mill. Let the investigators do their job.",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/anna.grace.cooper/posts/pfbid02bimdnAUwCFJCZJdYb8Mm5s1uqGqcMjYiA1G6yLdYnPMA8Mm8jEJYu1zoxcPVkeYdl",
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/1737991076/videos/pcb.10215715446836008/2429098807581621",
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      "grade": "B-firsthand correction",
      "status": "Direct source for Anna’s own statements",
      "assessment": "This directly corrects the claim that Anna saw Nolan or said the argument involved him. It supports that she found the clip in Snapchat after a friend prompted her, sent it to authorities and Nolan’s mother, and posted it publicly on July 6. It still does not authenticate capture time, identify Nolan in the image, or establish the full sequence."
    },
    {
      "id": "ivy-video-account",
      "sourceType": "direct Facebook reply",
      "commenter": "Ivy Elizabeth",
      "published": "2026-07-07T08:43:00-05:00",
      "message": "you can see me and my husband standing In the back of the boat in the video. The person yelling is someone in our boat (who was a mixed guy btw. Not that race matters but to a lot of people around this case it does. Also the guy yelling is also apart of the friend group Nolan was with and had been around them all day). But the guy was yelling because he got in a fight with a white guy and we broke it up and put him on our boat. He was pissed because he wanted to fight and we wouldn’t let him. 2 other white kids ended up fighting the original fight starter white guy. But The video is taken after the fight was already over. And DMR also showed up shortly after. Video was at 4:01 I remembered seeing a video on Anna’s story and told her to look through the footage. We saw someone resembling Nolan in the background. He was not involved in anyway with the actual altercation that happened. We were just trying to help with the timeline of things and possible documented sighting. Since it was originally stated he was last seen at 3 pm but video is at 4. We weren’t 100% it was him though. It could also help if it was him to identify who was potentially last with him.",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/anna.grace.cooper/posts/pfbid02bimdnAUwCFJCZJdYb8Mm5s1uqGqcMjYiA1G6yLdYnPMA8Mm8jEJYu1zoxcPVkeYdl?comment_id=2130380197901966&reply_comment_id=2071292096804541",
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      "grade": "B-firsthand account / uncertain identification",
      "status": "Material direct reply; identity in video explicitly uncertain",
      "assessment": "Ivy identifies herself and her husband in the video and describes the altercation sequence from an apparent firsthand position. Her 4:01 time is not supported by native metadata in the public record, and she expressly says the person only resembled Nolan and that they were not 100% certain."
    },
    {
      "id": "katelynn-nearby-boats-account",
      "sourceType": "named Facebook statements preserved through a direct reply, dated public-post attachments, a public derivative repost, and a full exposed-comment audit",
      "commenter": "Katelynn Brochard",
      "published": "2026-07-07T09:26:00-05:00",
      "message": "In reference to we were out there next to where he was until 7:30 and he was not there left behind anywhere near us. And they just took it and ran. they did leave around 5 tho.",
      "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/anna.grace.cooper/posts/pfbid02bimdnAUwCFJCZJdYb8Mm5s1uqGqcMjYiA1G6yLdYnPMA8Mm8jEJYu1zoxcPVkeYdl?comment_id=1365918772272100&reply_comment_id=1052428337137392",
      "attributedScreenshotStatements": [
        "We were parked right next to them and he was no where in sight when we left at 7:30.",
        "He introduced himself to my husband and everything he was very respectful. The young kids just were rowdy. I didn't see them swimming to the yacht. I wish I would have been more attentive but I do know that he was on that boat with them and that he was having a good time. Prayers that answers come soon."
      ],
      "screenshotContext": "An image attached to a public Jessy Wessy post dated July 6, 2026 shows Katelynn’s first statement, Briana May asking whether this was the group throwing beer cans and whether Nolan was with them, and Katelynn’s complete reply. This source image has no later video-caption overlay. The native parent-post permalink for the original Brochard comment and a native comment export have not been recovered.",
      "earliestKnownPublicPreservation": {
        "source": "Allyson Lawrence / Pretty Klacy public Facebook post",
        "photoPostUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/allyson.lawrence.3/photos/cell-phones-in-this-age-are-good-and-badand-in-this-case-they-are-helping-out-co/10163954994904564/",
        "canonicalPostUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/allyson.lawrence.3/posts/pfbid02TeUtfUaLk1xF49RKTszmciV5ttrUF3QR7RGcR22oyB8mzYK2rueqGr4bC969QujBl",
        "establishedBy": "The public post displays the Brochard 7:30 statement and attached scene photograph. The author’s visible thread comment is timestamped Sunday, July 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM; additional visible comments are timestamped 4:34 PM, 5:34 PM, and 5:53 PM that day.",
        "finding": "The statement-and-photo screenshot was publicly circulating by 3:28 PM on July 5, 2026.",
        "limit": "This dates public preservation and circulation. It does not authenticate the native Brochard comment, establish when the underlying photograph was captured, or prove every statement in the screenshot."
      },
      "jessyWessyPreservation": {
        "source": "Jessy Wessy public Facebook post",
        "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/jessywessy615/posts/-why-isnt-more-of-the-country-talking-about-thisan-18-year-old-black-young-man-g/1536252414626271/",
        "completeExchangePhotoUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1536252204626292&set=pcb.1536252414626271",
        "publishedDate": "2026-07-06",
        "finding": "One of six attached images preserves the complete Brochard/Briana May exchange without the later video-frame overlay. Two other attachments preserve photographs of Nolan with companions on or near boats.",
        "useOfCaption": "The archive uses the dated post only as provenance for its image attachments; the author’s narrative caption is not adopted as evidence.",
        "limit": "The post date establishes public preservation by July 6. It does not authenticate the original Brochard comment, identify the native photograph source, or establish when the photographs were captured."
      },
      "publicRepostUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/100086436944537/posts/katelynn-brochard-with-some-insight-on-the-nolan-wells-situationsave-this-and-sh/1021993407358548/",
      "publicRepostPhotoUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1021993340691888&set=pcb.1021993407358548",
      "commentAudit": {
        "reviewedAt": "2026-08-06",
        "sorting": "All comments",
        "facebookDisplayedCount": 68,
        "exposedArticlesReviewed": 62,
        "replyHandling": "Every visible View replies control was expanded before extraction.",
        "materialFinding": "A July 9 Callie Strong attachment preserves Katelynn Brochard saying her group stayed near where Nolan had been until 7:30, that Nolan was not left anywhere near them, and that an unresolved ‘they’ left around 5. Strong's caption says Katelynn believed her words were being twisted.",
        "materialCommentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid027FByya2FrghYP9v3bLCM7qqDs7D2qjKS1igBm99ztYwFX1YQSfCv2tBKSMWjn2c8l&id=100086436944537&comment_id=4419462718327967",
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        "directVideoFilesExposed": 0,
        "exclusions": [
          "Unsupported accusations and theories",
          "Questions, prayers, and general reactions",
          "Derivative alleged 4:30 and 6:00 sighting material that does not corroborate Brochard",
          "A screenshot of the already preserved 26-second repost rather than a new video file",
          "A separately attached Anna C. Moore clarification misdescribed in the surrounding comment as Brochard context"
        ]
      },
      "workingReportComparison": {
        "reportPath": "/documents/tmz/nolan-wells-geospatial-timeline-vessel-movement-analysis-2026-07-31.pdf",
        "figure6BPage": 12,
        "figure6BFinding": "The report reuses the Brochard scene photograph and applies source labels for Palm Beach, Triton, and Boat #3.",
        "figure10Page": 18,
        "figure10Finding": "The report reproduces the 7:30 statement and calls it a potentially useful negative observation after location, visibility, duration, and recognition are established.",
        "limit": "The report says its vessel names are source annotations rather than independent registration identifications, and its PDF does not identify an author or submitting organization. It does not establish that Brochard witnessed a fight or ride refusal."
      },
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1536252204626292&set=pcb.1536252414626271",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-source-audit/katelynn-brochard/jessy-wessy-july-6/04-boat-and-comment-screenshot.jpg",
      "sha256": "316e853bf40363ea785502bcb4668334275133fc33bebd68dcc08df049465123",
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        {"archivePath":"/media/social-source-audit/katelynn-brochard/jessy-wessy-july-6/06-comment-screenshot.jpg","sha256":"1d3aec52930bc68db9221c85cf2295bab611ac99bbecb06eaa9ccbbbaa68f679","dimensions":"1206x404","note":"Sixth attachment in the July 6 post set; archived for completeness but not used to corroborate Brochard."},
        {"archivePath":"/media/social-source-audit/katelynn-brochard/public-repost-statement-and-scene.jpg","sha256":"269fa35b91b38dcd17181fd48fa272528b535599a558e55a39bd97e9ab283d98","dimensions":"960x1280","note":"Public Nicol.Everything repost combining the 7:30 statement with a nearshore scene; it crops out Katelynn’s follow-up reply."},
        {"archivePath":"/media/social-source-audit/katelynn-brochard/public-repost-boat-still-01.jpg","sha256":"fff4dc1cb60e27d8773c202a9cbed95e3c7ea31ddc85750cdd3b4bed458a0455","dimensions":"960x1280","note":"Second image in the same public repost; native capture time and vessel identifications are unavailable."},
        {"archivePath":"/media/social-source-audit/katelynn-brochard/public-repost-boat-still-02.jpg","sha256":"a20d1882c6b5131022c8176d70d4658dca5cc12e9f4c5ddd14cf66141594cae5","dimensions":"960x1280","note":"Third image in the same public repost; native capture time and vessel identifications are unavailable."},
        {"archivePath":"/media/social-source-audit/katelynn-brochard/public-repost-crop-interface.jpg","sha256":"88f6d64cc9963788f9aaa0a31c643aba8064c53ef56886a9addd1a1502fd050b","dimensions":"960x1280","note":"Fourth image in the same public repost; preserves a phone crop interface and is not native source media."},
        {"archivePath":"/media/social-source-audit/katelynn-brochard/comment-callie-strong-katelynn-clarification-context.jpg","sha256":"7cf6cca61446b208718af56d762538171324d03cff42656e0c9e37c8f57aaa46","dimensions":"1280x720","note":"Facebook viewer capture of Callie Strong's July 9 attachment preserving Brochard's fuller clarification and the unresolved around-5:00 departure wording."}
      ],
      "grade": "B-named firsthand account / derivative media preservation",
      "status": "Material firsthand account; native parent thread and media metadata remain unavailable",
      "assessment": "The attributed statements form a coherent firsthand account: Katelynn says Nolan introduced himself to her husband, that her group was parked directly beside the group, and that Nolan was not in sight when her group left at 7:30 PM. The Allyson Lawrence post establishes that the 7:30 statement and attached scene photograph were publicly circulating by the afternoon of July 5. The Jessy Wessy July 6 post preserves the complete exchange without the later video overlay. The full exposed-comment audit recovered a second screenshot of her clarification and strengthens the source chain for the nearby-boats context. The working report's use of the same photograph in Figures 6B and 10 adds visual-comparison support for adjacency within the existing Medium rating. This remains a local no-sight observation, not a case-wide last-sighting time, and it does not establish where Nolan was then. The dated public posts do not authenticate the photograph’s capture time or recover the native Brochard comment. The statements do not say Katelynn witnessed a fight or Nolan refusing a ride. Her around-5:00 departure wording remains unresolved as to pronouns and vessel; the report's vessel labels are source annotations rather than independent registration identifications."
    },
    {
      "id": "robbie-west-end-7117",
      "sourceType": "direct public Facebook photo post and firsthand statement",
      "poster": "Robbie Robertson",
      "profileUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/robertson.robbie",
      "published": "2026-07-05",
      "publishedPrecision": "Date visible in Facebook interface; exact publication time not recovered",
      "reviewedAt": "2026-08-07",
      "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=28511108171823416&set=p.28511108171823416&type=3",
      "messageExcerpt": "We took this photo of the west end at 7:17 pm… We left at 9 pm.",
      "messageSummary": "Robertson also reports that only four boats remained, that the other three left shortly afterward, and that two people with his party walked to the south side and back at about 7:30 without seeing Nolan.",
      "eventDate": "2026-07-04",
      "eventClaims": [
        "The poster reports taking the attached photograph at Horn Island's west end at 7:17 PM.",
        "The poster reports that his boat and three other boats were the only boats remaining at that time and that the other three left shortly afterward.",
        "The poster reports that his party remained until 9:00 PM.",
        "The poster reports that two people with his party walked around to the south side and back at about 7:30 PM and did not see Nolan."
      ],
      "archivePath": "/media/social-source-audit/robbie-robertson/2026-07-04-west-end-7-17pm.jpg",
      "sha256": "ba4a67496bd3c23c73522fb0196d7c99301e9c75df45b60f578e7057859c4ca7",
      "dimensions": "960x694",
      "grade": "B-named firsthand account / direct public photo",
      "status": "Material evidence of reported visitor presence after 7:30 PM; Nolan's location remains unknown",
      "assessment": "The direct post and attached image support the narrower conclusion that Robertson's party reports remaining at Horn Island at and after 7:30 PM. The image visibly records a low-light west-end scene with distant boats. The 7:17 PM capture time, boat count, approximate walk time, other-boats departure sequence, and 9:00 PM departure are supplied by the photographer's statement rather than native EXIF metadata. The two unnamed walkers' failure to see Nolan is a limited negative observation and does not establish Nolan's location, show that the entire island was searched, or establish that Nolan was alive after 4:31 PM."
    },
    {
      "id": "danny-jones-three-boats",
      "sourceType": "public Facebook photo post preserving a screenshot attributed to a firsthand observer",
      "preservingPoster": "Tiffani Riley",
      "attributedObserver": "Danny Jones",
      "published": "2026-07-10T19:06:00-05:00",
      "publishedPrecision": "Visible Facebook post time",
      "reviewedAt": "2026-08-07",
      "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10244355907623687&set=p.10244355907623687&type=3",
      "preservationCaption": "Tiffani Riley says she selected a post with fewer comments and hoped it might help the family.",
      "messageExcerpt": "Yesterday, the 4th of July, me and my granddaughter were at Horn Island…",
      "eventDate": "2026-07-04",
      "eventTime": null,
      "attributedClaims": [
        "Jones says he and his granddaughter were at Horn Island on July 4.",
        "Jones says his party was parked beside three boats tied together.",
        "Jones estimates each of the three boats carried at least 15 to 20 young people.",
        "Jones describes young people consuming alcohol and repeatedly throwing cans, cups, and lids into the water.",
        "Jones says he did not see an adult and moved his party away after becoming angry."
      ],
      "archivePath": "/media/social-source-audit/tiffani-riley/2026-07-10-danny-jones-screenshot.jpg",
      "sha256": "49f1f910b56327ba9df448b2ad04959fb10f17634ca066fea91a920c2f777873",
      "dimensions": "694x960",
      "grade": "C-attributed firsthand lead / derivative screenshot",
      "status": "Relevant social and vessel-configuration lead; native source and observations unverified",
      "assessment": "The July 10 post preserves a readable screenshot attributed to Danny Jones and is evidence that this account was publicly circulated by then. If authentic, the account may help reconstruct the July 4 social setting and the existence of three tied boats. It provides no clock time, named vessels, scene photograph, or statement that Jones saw Nolan, a fight, a ride refusal, or vessel movement. The native Jones post, author identity, original publication timestamp, full context, and underlying observations have not been independently authenticated."
    },
    {
      "id": "stephanie-north-side-3-7",
      "sourceType": "direct public Facebook photo post and firsthand negative observation",
      "poster": "Stephanie Adams",
      "profileUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.adams.568",
      "published": "2026-07-05",
      "publishedPrecision": "Date visible in Facebook interface; exact publication time not recovered",
      "reviewedAt": "2026-08-07",
      "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10101555674903949&set=p.10101555674903949&type=3",
      "messageExcerpt": "from 3pm-7pm and I know he never came down that way or pass by us.",
      "messageSummary": "Adams says she sent Nolan’s mother a message and image of her exact location, that nobody came down to or passed her party, and therefore that Nolan did not walk that part of Horn Island’s north side during the reported interval.",
      "eventDate": "2026-07-04",
      "eventInterval": "3:00 PM–7:00 PM",
      "eventClaims": [
        "Adams reports being at the map-marked north-side Horn Island area from 3:00 PM until 7:00 PM.",
        "Adams reports that nobody came down to or passed her party during the interval.",
        "Adams says she sent Nolan’s mother the location and map image.",
        "Adams concludes Nolan did not walk that section of the north side during the interval."
      ],
      "archivePath": "/media/social-source-audit/stephanie-adams/2026-07-05-north-side-location-3pm-7pm.jpg",
      "sha256": "ee50aa0b042858274785d27e7337ab3d8fcfbb569db12c8524d19432f29c1fdb",
      "dimensions": "690x960",
      "mapMetadata": {
        "visible": "A blue marker appears on Horn Island’s north side; Gulf Park Estates appears on the mainland.",
        "notExposed": "Coordinates, native location export, map scale, screenshot capture date, and continuous-location history are not exposed.",
        "phoneInterfaceTime": "5:46; this is not treated as an authenticated event or capture time."
      },
      "grade": "B-named firsthand negative observation / direct public map screenshot",
      "status": "Material route-limited negative observation; Nolan’s location remains unknown",
      "assessment": "The direct post supports the narrower conclusion that Adams reports occupying the marked north-side area from 3:00–7:00 PM and seeing nobody come down to or pass her party. It does not establish that Nolan was absent from Horn Island, unseen by every visitor, or unable to use another route. The reported interval, continuous attention, visibility, precise coordinate, observation radius, and delivery to Nolan’s mother are not independently authenticated by the Facebook-served image."
    },
    {
      "id": "faith-lauren-reporting-intent",
      "sourceType": "public post containing attributed social-media screenshots",
      "poster": "Natalya King",
      "profileUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/richedreams",
      "published": null,
      "reviewedAt": "2026-07-31",
      "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/richedreams/posts/pfbid0cunvci1mCDcYCTVXG3smk2jQXYDR24hRV5LunmQ6kggV5UBitH9e8Dx9aPmLbopPl",
      "captionContext": "The poster attributes the attached statements to Faith Lauren, describes her as a passenger on a nearby boat who witnessed an altercation involving Nolan, and summarizes alleged later contact with Erick Alcantara. The caption is a derivative characterization, not independent corroboration.",
      "displayedAccount": {
        "handle": "faithlaurennx",
        "authenticationStatus": "The attached first-person statements are preserved as displayed; ownership and the speaker’s legal identity are not independently authenticated."
      },
      "embeddedMessageTime": "July 7 at 1:08 AM; year inferred as 2026 from case context and not displayed beside the message",
      "messageContext": [
        "A displayed first-person statement alleges a dispute over Nolan’s phone, an argument continuing on shore, a physical confrontation involving several people, and a young woman asking them to stop.",
        "The displayed speaker says her group left as the situation worsened and does not claim to know what happened after leaving.",
        "A separate Instagram message screenshot marked July 7 at 1:08 AM says the sender was on another boat, witnessed an argument, intended to contact police, and says she and her husband had limited footage showing an argument.",
        "The message uses future-tense language about going to police and submitting information. It does not establish that a law-enforcement agency received the account or footage.",
        "Other attachments display an unavailable recipient profile and a statement defending the displayed account’s authenticity; neither independently proves identity, control, blocking, delivery, or police receipt."
      ],
      "reportingStatus": {
        "established": "A screenshot displays a written allegation and an expressed intention to report by July 7 at 1:08 AM.",
        "notEstablished": "No preserved receipt, agency record, case supplement, submission confirmation, or authenticated native message export establishes when or whether police received it."
      },
      "timelineClaim": {
        "displayedTime": "July 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM (year inferred from case context)",
        "claim": "A screenshot records an alleged witness’s intention to provide an account and footage to police.",
        "classification": "Media record / attributed firsthand lead",
        "confidence": "Low",
        "limitation": "The screenshot records intent, not confirmed police receipt, and does not authenticate the account owner, sender, recipient, delivery, or original footage."
      },
      "media": [
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        {"sequence":2,"description":"Displayed first-person witness statement","archivePath":"/media/social-source-audit/2026-07-faith-lauren-witness-statement.jpg","sha256":"d6c77d1197b7ce5fa81aab09d80933cf30edaeee48795611bda68663f3866013","dimensions":"720x1172","mediaUrl":"https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10174940575820453&set=pcb.10174940707335453"},
        {"sequence":3,"description":"July 7 at 1:08 AM reporting-intent message","archivePath":"/media/social-source-audit/2026-07-07-faith-lauren-erick-message-0108.jpg","sha256":"5ae9a4e2be9a63114ae80052e70312d717ded858eb003f3a39735ec92c465b9f","dimensions":"720x1278","mediaUrl":"https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10174940575895453&set=pcb.10174940707335453"},
        {"sequence":4,"description":"Unavailable recipient profile and blocking allegation","archivePath":"/media/social-source-audit/2026-07-faith-lauren-erick-user-not-found.jpg","sha256":"b23b771802ad8db0f8c6ce50f5b067610edb7e24aeaee39d2d797a725b7dddd6","dimensions":"720x1280","mediaUrl":"https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10174940575595453&set=pcb.10174940707335453"},
        {"sequence":5,"description":"Displayed response to account-authenticity criticism","archivePath":"/media/social-source-audit/2026-07-faith-lauren-profile-authenticity-statement.jpg","sha256":"c8f8cab1dfa4c9ab54af6809705db2e83e6a18fc1fa2c6387b434dd574101597","dimensions":"720x1227","mediaUrl":"https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10174940576040453&set=pcb.10174940707335453"}
      ],
      "grade": "C-attributed firsthand lead",
      "status": "Material reporting lead; identity, underlying allegations, footage, submission, and police receipt unverified",
      "assessment": "The public post and all five attachments are preserved. The embedded 1:08 AM message is evidence that the displayed sender expressed an intention to report information; future-tense wording does not show that police possessed it then or later. A separate displayed statement ambiguously says the account was provided or would be provided. No direct Faith Lauren comment permalink was exposed during this review, and the post’s full comment tree was not audited."
    },
    {
      "id": "katie-hudson-seymour-messages",
      "sourceType": "public post containing attributed private-message screenshots",
      "poster": "Boogie LowDown",
      "profileUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/marcust.hughes.7",
      "published": null,
      "reviewedAt": "2026-07-30",
      "captionExcerpt": "reached out to me on 7/5/26 at around 11:30PM",
      "captionContext": "The poster identifies the screenshots as a conversation with Warren Hudson’s mother, Katie Hudson Seymour, concerning Warren, Nolan, Wyatt, and the Horn Island incident.",
      "claimedConversationTime": "2026-07-05 around 23:30 Central; screenshot interface displays SUN AT 11:26 PM",
      "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/marcust.hughes.7/posts/warren-hudsons-mother-katie-hudson-seymour-reached-out-to-me-on-7526-at-around-1/1669989390895030/",
      "displayedConversationIdentity": {
        "name": "Katie Hudson Seymour",
        "handle": "@katie.s.hudson.10",
        "authenticationStatus": "Not independently authenticated from the screenshots alone"
      },
      "messageContext": [
        "The sender identifies herself as Warren’s mother, disputes the poster’s prior information, says Warren did not ride out or return with Nolan, and says Nolan was supposed to board Wyatt’s boat.",
        "The sender says Wyatt repeatedly asked Nolan to get on the boat ‘at five when it was time to leave,’ but Nolan wanted to stay with a girl whose boat was parked next to Wyatt’s.",
        "The sender says Wyatt asked several times within other people’s hearing, that Wyatt’s boat began filling with water, broke down, and was towed.",
        "The sender says Warren was not on that boat, noticed Nolan was missing after returning to a friend’s house, and called Nolan’s mother, the Coast Guard, and the sheriff’s office.",
        "The sender says she briefly saw Warren during a short trip with another son, had spent the day looking for Nolan, and repeatedly asks the poster to remove posts and family photographs.",
        "The final visible recipient message asks whether the information and a description of the girl had been provided to law enforcement."
      ],
      "timelineClaim": {
        "displayedTime": "Around 5:00 PM (reported)",
        "claim": "The sender says Wyatt repeatedly asked Nolan to board at five when it was time to leave, and that Nolan declined because he wanted to stay with a girl.",
        "classification": "Secondhand",
        "confidence": "Low",
        "conflict": "MI4088BU’s official GPS summary records movement beginning at 4:31 PM; the screenshot’s five-o’clock wording is approximate, unauthenticated, and not reconciled to that record."
      },
      "mediaUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1669989237561712&set=pcb.1669989390895030",
      "archivePath": "/media/social-source-audit/2026-07-05-katie-hudson-seymour-message-1.jpg",
      "sha256": "9491f9bc790cd9d38fdc2a987a86eac1ab3b59ce7f0fde3c82c6c4c0f19f83b6",
      "dimensions": "720x1193",
      "additionalMedia": [
        {"sequence":2,"archivePath":"/media/social-source-audit/2026-07-05-katie-hudson-seymour-message-2.jpg","sha256":"d6ef42f81f2fb104b5f8ed28d48ec7ba1bad7af402baad57300f543209200546","dimensions":"720x1272","mediaUrl":"https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1669989354228367&set=pcb.1669989390895030"},
        {"sequence":3,"archivePath":"/media/social-source-audit/2026-07-05-katie-hudson-seymour-message-3.jpg","sha256":"cb0b67a153bea1e3c58d1cbd5ae03c0289fe0beb6bc02f76aad0b2c9fa5e8a8d","dimensions":"720x1299","mediaUrl":"https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1669989314228371&set=pcb.1669989390895030"},
        {"sequence":4,"archivePath":"/media/social-source-audit/2026-07-05-katie-hudson-seymour-message-4.jpg","sha256":"758a245122ceb9dda048087cbf85fed62bbfa71306b2fdcabcdf5d1cd543dfb1","dimensions":"720x1284","mediaUrl":"https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1669989274228375&set=pcb.1669989390895030"}
      ],
      "grade": "C-attributed message screenshots",
      "status": "Material source lead; sender and claims not independently authenticated",
      "assessment": "The public post, caption context, four attachments, displayed conversation name, handle, and 11:26 PM interface marker are preserved. The screenshots establish what the post publicly attributed to the displayed sender. They do not independently authenticate the account holder, sender identity, phone ownership, complete conversation, message-date year, or truth and precision of the underlying claims. The five-o’clock wording is retained as a low-confidence secondhand timeline claim and does not override the verified 4:31 PM GPS movement."
    }
  ]
}