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PASCAGOULA, Miss. (BAMM Network) — A Jackson County grand jury has declined to indict anyone in connection with the death of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells, concluding there was insufficient evidence of criminal conduct or a racially motivated crime. But the decision does not answer the central question Wells’ family has asked for months: How did he die? Wells, a Black college student from South Mississippi, disappeared July 4 during a boating trip to Horn Island with friends

CHICAGO (BAMM Network) — An independent autopsy commissioned by the family of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells has been unable to determine how the Mississippi college student died, adding new questions to a case that has drawn national attention and intensified calls for a transparent investigation. Elmore Wonsley, center, speaks next to attorney Ben Crump, left, and Rev. Al Sharpton during a memorial service for Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old found dead after taking a Jul