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WASHINGTON \u2014 In the wake of an inconclusive independent autopsy, Mississippi\u2019s only Black U.S. Congressman says the FBI should get involved in the investigation into 18-year-old Nolan Wells\u2019 mysterious death on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGiven Mississippi’s history, it’s very suspicious,\u201d Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) told Raw Story. \u201cFor a young Black boy to, basically, be with all white kids who are friends of his and come up missing and the fact that he was left on an island by the same people who went with him, it’s just not adding up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wells went missing July 4 during s boat trip to Mississippi’s Horn Island and his body was found two days later, facedown near the shoreline. Wells appeared to be the only Black man in the friend group photographed that day, fueling speculation and racial tension around his death. <\/p>\n

A private, independent autopsy found the cause and manner of death “undetermined,” with the pathologist unable to rule out injury to the neck as a contributing factor, describing \u201cdiscoloration in the soft tissue of the back of the head, the occipital region” \u2014 leaving the case unresolved as the official state autopsy remains pending.<\/p>\n

Like Wells’ family, Thompson says he currently has more questions than answers. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to find out exactly what it is. There’s some concerns based on the second autopsy that some of the things that have been outlined were not outlined in the first autopsy, which creates additional suspicion,\u201d the dean of the Mississippi delegation and only Black representative of the state said. \u201cI feel sorry for the family.\u201d <\/p>\n

Local authorities have treated the death as an accidental drowning, but the Mississippi State Medical Examiner\u2019s Office has yet to release its autopsy as officials await a toxicology report. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe authorities need to release more information,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cThe family is not satisfied, nor has there been any public effort to collect information that I’m aware of.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cDo you trust local officials in Mississippi?\u201d Raw Story pressed. \u201cOr do we need the feds as a part of this?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I would hope that the feds have been called,\u201d Thompson, who chaired the Select Jan. 6 Committee, said. \u201cThey should be.\u201d <\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just Mississippi\u2019s history that concerns Thompson. <\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes our local authorities don’t have the capacity to conduct those kinds of investigations,\u201d Thompson continued. <\/p>\n

The FBI\u2019s reportedly assisting with out-of-state threats that have targeted some of Wells\u2019 surviving friends, but they don\u2019t appear to be actively investigating the 18-year-old\u2019s death. <\/p>\n

Thompson said that should change. <\/p>\n

\u201cI’d recommend it,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

The ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee says the family deserves answers, and, now that the case has garnered national attention, so do concerned African Americans coast to coast. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey need not just clarity on what happened but, I think, this whole country deserves it,\u201d Thompson told Raw Story. \u201cThis was not a traditional young person. This was somebody going to school and just out for a July Fourth celebration and came up dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

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