Nolan Wells' DA Promised THIS To A Grand Jury

Nolan Wells' district attorney says the grand jury will eventually get every piece of evidence collected in his case. Seven weeks after Nolan died on Horn Island, Mississippi, his phone, the device his friends carried off that island, has never actually been collected.
His mother already looked. Before any forensic protocol existed, she and her sister went through the phone themselves and opened both of Nolan's Snapchat accounts. They were completely empty. On July 15, the family's lawyers and District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath agreed to a joint forensic exam at a community college digital forensics lab, possibly with the FBI involved. No date was ever set. A month later came a letter giving the family 48 hours to hand the phone over, while Nolan's parents were out of state. Five days after that, the family offered four dates on twelve hours' notice. Still no exam.
This case has pulled in more outside attention than most. The Congressional Black Caucus has asked the Department of Justice for a federal review. The NAACP joined the family's legal team. Prominent voices, including Al Sharpton, have said outright that the phone was wiped, all before a single forensic test has been run on it. Meanwhile, the three friends who were on the island with Nolan handed their own devices to federal agents with no subpoena required, and the sheriff's office ruled out foul play within two days, ahead of the completed autopsy.
No charges have been filed. The friends deny tampering. The family has subpoenaed Snapchat, Meta, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Life360 for the server records the phone can't hold on its own. Tony Brueski separates what's actually been proven from what's been claimed, and asks what it means when a case draws this much national noise before the most basic piece of evidence has even been opened.
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