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The high-profile civil rights attorney representing Nolan Wells\u2019 family has boosted a wild theory claiming he made it back to land before he died \u2014 as a pal claimed it is not the teen in a viral video of an altercation on Horn Island.<\/p>\n

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Wells, 18, was found dead in water near the uninhabited barrier island off Mississippi\u2019s Gulf Coast two days after vanishing during a Fourth of July boating trip he took with friends there.<\/p>\n

Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter has said nothing \u201cyet\u201d that points to foul play, but the youngster\u2019s family is conducting an independent investigation amid claims the circumstances around his death \u201cdon\u2019t add up\u201d.<\/p>\n

Friends pictured with Wells on the day he disappeared have faced criticism after returning to the mainland without him.<\/p>\n

The family\u2019s lawyer, Ben Crump, shared a post on Sunday suggesting that Nolan may have made it back from the island after all and later been pictured at a pool party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe streets are talking! Now listen, I don\u2019t know if these are facts or rumors because no official statements have been confirmed,\u201d read the post reposted by Crump from an account called Shannel Tarot TV.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sometimes have to follow all clues until the truth is found,\u201d the post continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere is what was discovered on social media last night. Social media allegations claim a photo exists of Nolan at a land-based pool party in Jackson County before 1:00 AM on July 5th.\u201d<\/p>\n

The post featured a pic of a group of youngsters in the foreground smiling for the camera in a swimming pool, with a boy in the background whose face is not clearly visible and who has been circled in red. The post suggests the boy could be Wells.<\/p>\n

The unverified theory would mean that Wells was taken back to the island and later discovered there on July 6 by a US Park Service ranger.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, police have been looking into a viral video which allegedly shows an altercation on Horn Island involving Wells shortly before he went missing.<\/p>\n

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Crump claimed Friday that the video shows Wells saying, \u201cGive me my freaking phone, what are you freaking doing?\u201d<\/p>\n

However, a friend of Wells said Sunday that the video, in fact, shows him \u2014 and not Wells yelling.<\/p>\n

Tracestin Shepherd told Rolling Stone that he got into a verbal altercation after an acquaintance from a nearby town got involved in a disagreement he was having with his girlfriend.<\/p>\n

Shepherd said he had gotten on his boat to head home at his uncle\u2019s behest, but then changed his mind and decided he wanted to go back.<\/p>\n

At that point, someone on another boat had begun filming and captured Shepherd shouting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn that video, you hear somebody yelling \u2014 that is me,\u201d Shepherd says. \u201cIt\u2019s me yelling \u2014 my exact wording is, \u2018Get me off this f\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013 boat.\u2019 I wanted to fight, and I\u2019d felt like I hadn\u2019t had my fair share.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shepherd\u2019s girlfriend and uncle backed up his story, as did a family friend who appears in the video, Rolling Stone reported.<\/p>\n

The owner of the viral video told TMZ on Friday that they had heard a verbal altercation took place on the island, but the footage did not show that fight.<\/p>\n

Wells\u2019 friend Jayvon Williams separately told the outlet that a fight did happen but did not involve Wells.<\/p>\n

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The Post has reached out to Ben Crump\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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