United Cajun Navy releases report on Nolan Wells death

The United Cajun Navy has issued a full investigative report concerning the death of Nolan Wells, who disappeared while on Horn Island, Mississippi, and was later found deceased on July 6. The report includes a photograph showing three vessels—identified as Boat #3, the Palm Beach and the Triton—anchored side-by-side on the Fourth of July. According to the document, the Triton began taking on water and left the island at 4:31 p.m., after Wells declined an invitation to board.

Witnesses reported that a woman named Katelynn Brochard photographed the anchored boats and noted that Wells was not visible when her group departed the island at 7:30 p.m. The last independently verified sighting of Wells occurred between 3:23 p.m. and 4:27 p.m. An independent autopsy commissioned by his family listed the cause and manner of death as "undetermined," while a separate autopsy performed by Mississippi officials remains unreleased.

"We begged him to board our vessel to leave the island around 4:30 p.m.," said Warren Hudson, Wells's close friend. The report highlights gaps in the timeline of Wells's whereabouts during the afternoon hours on the day of his disappearance.