Friend defends Nolan Wells’ privacy as family questions deleted phone content

An 18-year-old Nolan Wells disappeared after a July 4 boating trip to Horn Island, Mississippi, and was found dead two days later. His self-described best friend, Warren Hudson, says no one deleted anything from Wells’ phone and that no one had access to the password. Wells’ mother had grown concerned when no photos or videos appeared on his Snapchat accounts after the phone was returned. Preliminary autopsy findings list the cause and manner of death as undetermined while investigations continue; Wells was laid to rest at a hometown funeral as officials pursue the truth about his disappearance.