The leader of grassroots rescue group United Cajun Navy wants to “set the record straight,” clarifying that Nolan Wells was not fully clothed when the missing teen’s body was found in the water in Mississippi.

During a Wednesday press conference announcing preliminary results from an independent autopsy into the death of the football player, civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump said the United Cajun Navy told him Wells’ body was found “fully clothed” on Horn Island — despite Wells being seen that day wearing only swimming trunks.

The comment appears to have spiraled from an interview on Monday’s “Nancy Grace Show,” when the host interviewed Todd Terrell, founder and president of the volunteer-led disaster relief organization, United Cajun Navy.
“As I recall, Todd Terrell, Nolan was face down, still fully clothed, on the beach. Is that correct?” Grace asked Terrell.
“Yes, that is correct. He was face down,” Terrell responded, later adding: “When we say he was found fully clothed on the beach, it was in the same vicinity of where he possibly drowned.”

SOURCE: https://nypost.com/2026/07/23/us-news/united-cajun-navy-sets-the-record-straight-on-how-nolan-wells-body-was-found-families-deserve-the-truth/