00:0218-year-old Nolan Wells died under mysterious circumstances on Horn Island.
00:06His parents believe there is more to the story and have hired civil rights attorney Ben Crump to investigate.
00:11On July 4, Nolan went with friends by boat to Horn Island, but was left behind and never returned.
00:16His mother reported him missing. Two days later, his body was found in the water off the island's northwest end.
00:21Authorities suspect drowning, but the cause of death has not been released, and a toxicology report could take weeks.
00:26However, his parents are deeply skeptical of the investigation.
00:29Crump says Nolan's phone was brought back by friends, and several messages were reportedly deleted.
00:34His parents cannot understand how a healthy football player, just days away from his 19th birthday, could die so mysteriously.
00:40Crump says investigators have not told the family whether murder is involved, and they fear the case may be quickly
00:44dismissed as an accident.
00:46The body has been sent to Washington, D.C. for an independent autopsy to determine if there are any other
00:50injuries beyond drowning.
00:51Or his parents said, we will not let this be swept under the rug.
00:54Why did a young life end so suddenly over a holiday weekend?
00:57The family is still waiting for answers.
00:58The family is still waiting for answers.
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