{"id":5173,"date":"2026-07-23T13:37:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5173"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:37:47","slug":"united-cajun-navy-sets-the-record-straight-on-how-nolan-wells-body-was-found-families-deserve-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5173","title":{"rendered":"United Cajun Navy sets the record straight on how Nolan Wells&#8217; body was found: &#8216;Families deserve the truth&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The United Cajun Navy has set the record straight and confirmed that Nolan Wells was not fully clothed when the missing teen\u2019s body was found in the water in Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5171\">Hunter Biden bashes \u2018a\u2013hole\u2019 Jake Tapper on Don Lemon\u2019s podcast in foul-mouthed rant: \u2018Full of f\u2013king s\u2013t\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During a Wednesday press conference announcing preliminary autopsy results into the death of the football player, civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump told the national media that Wells\u2019 body was found \u201cfully clothed\u201d on Horn Island \u2013 despite Wells being seen that day wearing only swimming trunks.<\/p>\n<p>The mistake appears to have spiraled from an interview on Monday\u2019s \u201cNancy Grace Show,\u201d when the host interviewed Todd Terrell, founder and president of the volunteer-led disaster relief organization, United Cajun Navy.<\/p>\n<h2>Here\u2019s the latest on the disappearance and death of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells: <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What we still don\u2019t know from Nolan Wells\u2019 autopsy results \u2014 and if findings point to foul play: ex-ME<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nolan Wells was gruesomely missing body part during independent autopsy, pathologist\u2019s report shows<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nolan Wells had been drinking alcohol but seemed \u2018fine\u2019 on day he vanished, \u2018best friend\u2019 says<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nolan Wells\u2019 preliminary autopsy results released after teen vanished on Fourth of July trip \u2014 sparking even more questions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cAs I recall, Todd Terrell, Nolan was face down, still fully clothed, on the beach. Is that correct?\u201d Grace asked Terrell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, that is correct. He was face down,\u201d Terrell responded, later adding: \u201cWhen we say he was found fully clothed on the beach, it was in the same vicinity of where he possibly drowned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Terrell has since said he should have corrected Grace when she said the body was \u201cfully clothed,\u201d adding that he was caught off guard after picking up the phone only three minutes before the show went on air.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5169\">Trump says Saudi Arabia nuclear deal \u2018totally subject\u2019 to Riyadh joining Abraham Accords, normalizing Israel ties<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just agreed with her because the body was clothed. Maybe I should have corrected her,\u201d he told the Sun Herald.<\/p>\n<p>Terrell said a Cajun Navy pilot was in the air when they spotted Wells\u2019 body, and saw he was wearing swim trunks, like most other males on the island.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe was clothed, meaning he had his shorts on, from what we could see,\u201d Terrell said, adding that Wells was wearing blue swim trunks, the same that he was pictured wearing earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Benjamin Crump did not respond immediately to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5167\">Exclusive | Manhattan poker bro sued by ritzy neighbors after ignoring $87K in fines for turning $4M condo into weed den: suit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Cajun Navy has set the record straight and confirmed that Nolan Wells was not fully clothed when the missing teen\u2019s body was found in the water in Mississippi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>United Cajun Navy sets the record straight on how Nolan Wells&#039; 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