                                        {"id":5416,"date":"2026-07-26T14:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5416"},"modified":"2026-07-26T14:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:42:20","slug":"why-nolan-wells-friends-didnt-initially-panic-when-he-went-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5416","title":{"rendered":"Why Nolan Wells&#8217; friends didn&#8217;t initially panic when he went missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Nolan Wells\u2019 friends did not initially panic when he went missing because they assumed he\u2019d just passed out on someone\u2019s couch, according to his self-styled best friend.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5414\">Robert Kraft, Patriots put historic contract offer on table for Christian Gonzalez<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Warren Hudson revealed in an interview on \u201cThe Officer Tatum Show\u201d that one of his pals was called at around 12:30 a.m. on July 5, just hours after they last saw Wells, 18, on Horn Island, where he was found dead.<\/p>\n<p>Wells seemed \u201ccompletely fine\u201d on the day of his disappearance, Hudson said, noting that he was drinking alcohol with the rest of the group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI talked to Nolan a couple times\u2026 but it wasn\u2019t like I was strictly sitting there talking to Nolan the whole day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Here\u2019s the latest on the disappearance and death of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells: <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nolan Wells\u2019 best friend skipped funeral due to death threats<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nolan Wells\u2019 \u2018best friend\u2019 addresses family\u2019s concerns about deleted content on teen\u2019s phone<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Nolan Wells vanished near currents known locally as the \u2018washing machine,\u2019 a Cajun Navy leader claims<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Mississippi gov blames activists in Nolan Wells case for \u2018stoking division\u2019<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He added that there was no initial panic because it was usual to be off your phone while on the island.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5412\">Horrific video shows wild brawl that ended with innocent cop\u2019s son, 12, fatally shot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople come out here, especially on the Fourth [of July] and Memorial Day\u2026 they come out here to celebrate, and people get on the water to be off their phones, first off,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe honestly thought Nolan was passed out at someone\u2019s house or was still hanging out with other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The teen also addressed speculation about the nature of his friendship about Wells, whose body was found on July 6, revealing the pair had been pals since middle school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNolan and I were still just as close, and he was just as close with my friends as anyone else,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5410\">Cop\u2019s son, 12, ID\u2019d after being shot dead in NYC as harrowing video shows victim running into bodega clutching his chest<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nolan Wells&#8217; 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