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Trump says he is considering asking FBI to investigate the death of Nolan Wells

The Guardian8 October 2026, 15:35 UTC

Lawyers for Wells’s family have called for a federal investigation into 18-year-old’s disappearance and deathOn Wednesday, Donald Trump said he was considering asking the FBI to investigate the death of Nolan Wells, a Black college freshman who was last seen alive on a 4 July boating trip with friends.Wells, 18, went missing while on Horn Island, a barrier island off the coast of Mississippi. His body was found on the island two days later. Wells’s cause and manner of death are still undetermined. Continue reading...

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