Show Notes
In this episode, Jim Chapman breaks down the updates that have occurred over the past few days regarding the investigation into the death of Nolan Wells. Including a new arrest for a bomb threat made against a sitting judge, and the stepmother of Warren Hudson. A new Give-send-go account that has raised nearly 100k in support of the friends of Nolan Wells. A Press Conference held by the family of Nolan Wells “updating the public”, a 50k reward for information offered up by the family of Warren Hudson and other breaking news on the case!
On July 4, 2026, Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old Ocean Springs, Mississippi native and incoming freshman football player at Southwest Mississippi Community College, joined a group of friends for a boat trip to Horn Island, a wilderness barrier island off the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Thousands of people were on the island that day. According to his friends, the boat began taking on water that afternoon. They say Nolan chose to stay behind talking to a young woman while they returned to the mainland. His phone made it back. He did not.
Timestamps: 02:56 Nolan Wells Family Press Conference 06:35 Judge Cole Speaks Out 14:55 Death Threats and Arrest 18:42 Bart Edmondson Defended 25:51 Subpoenas and Threats 28:13 Ben Hudson Blasts Crump 31:35 Fake Toxicology Report 32:40 Reward for Answers 36:41 Friends Fight Back
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