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At the National Urban League conference on July 30, Nolan Wells’ family and Attorney Ben Crump continued to urge the public to share information about his death. Wells’ parents, Christine and Elmore Wonsley also spoke about the attacks they have faced in recent weeks.
As they continue mourning Nolan Wells, his parents, Elmore and Christine Wonsley, joined Attorney Ben Crump for another press conference. During the event, they revealed that an alleged harassment campaign has targeted Christine and reportedly flooded her workplace with negative reviews. They also said Christine has received threatening messages and harassing mail. While speaking about the attacks, Elmore Wonsley said the harassment has made it even harder for their family to grieve Nolan’s tragic death.
“A parent cant grieve when you have people attacking them, attacking their jobs, attacking their character, just attacking them period,” Elmore Wonsley said. “Like, wheres the empathy?”
Additionally, Elmore said the attacks go beyond disrespecting them and have also targeted their parenting. He added that people have even accused them of being racist.
We cant grieve the way we need to because were being disrespected, were being called all kind of racist, bad parents we were not raised like and we did not raise our children like that, so we just want the truth, Elmore said. Any parent would want that, any father would want that, any mother.
Christine Wonsley isn’t the only one facing threats. Nolan Wells’ friends say they have, too. Ashlee Cole, a chancery court judge whose son joined the Horn Island boat trip on July 4, said she shut down her social media after people threatened her entire family, including her younger children. Her son, Warren Hudson, also said his family has received thousands of death threats, adding that the threats pushed him to skip Nolan’s memorial service.
Ben Crump also spoke on the attacks coming at Christine and Nolan’s family. He called the people behind them “sick” and said it’s heartbreaking that anyone would treat a grieving family this way.
“They are just sick, evil people who would attack this mother and this father for simply saying we want to know what happened to our child,” Crump said.
Crump continued explaining that Christine has worked as a nurse for years and never had negative review until now. He feels the only reason people are coming at her is because she and Elmore keep fighting for Nolan.
Christine has been a nurse for years, and she hasnt ever gotten negative reviews. But since she has been advocating to find out what happened to her 18-year-old son after he was washed up dead on Horn Island, sick people have been going on her companys website giving her negative reviews. Can you all imagine anything worse than that?
Christine Wonsley has been opening up about navigating life without Nolan. She shared a heartfelt TikTok where she gave a glimpse into her grieving process and the pain of losing her son. In the clip, Christine shared details about her grief while showing herself completing her morning routine and promising to keep fighting for answers. Christine admitted she’s still trying to process everything, saying it’s been “a trying week” and she feels “all over the place.”Still, she said she’s holding onto her faith and relying on the love and support around her and Elmore.
@christinefnp Trying to get up, keep moving and keep fighting for answers. #JusticeForNolanWells #Forever18 Quiet vlog fashionable chill out(1501557) – Yu Yaguchi
