Was Nolan Wells drinking heavily before death? New details emerge amid probe

New details have emerged after Nolan Wells was found dead in the water on the northwest end of Horn Island on July 6.

Viral Facebook posts claiming Warren Hudson was arrested in the Nolan Wells death investigation are false. No arrests have been made, and Hudson has not been named a suspect. Investigators are still waiting for the state coroner’s findings and toxicology report. Officials continue to treat the case as an active investi

A newly released Marine Patrol email listed 18-year-old Nolan Wells’ alcohol intake as “heavy” during the search for him after he disappeared on a boating trip to Horn Island.

Tragic Mississippi teenager Nolan Wells had been drinking heavily before vanishing on what became an ill-fated Fourth of July trip with friends – and chose to remain on the island with an "unknown female" when his pals left, according to witnesses.

Witnesses told investigators that Nolan Wells had been drinking heavily with friends, according to a document with preliminary information from Mississippi officials.