From the air, the beaches of Horn Island appear free of oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Saturday, June 26, 2010. (Photo by James Edward Bates/Biloxi Sun Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The world heard from Nolan Wells‘ self-proclaimed best friend, Warren Hudson, last week. In a three-part interview, Hudson explained how July 4 allegedly unfolded, from boarding the boat to returning Nolan’s phone. Now, his father is offering $50,000 for information surrounding the death.
According to TMZ, Dr. Benjamin Hudsonis the latest to put up a reward for information about the death of Nolan Wells. Dr. Hudson is reportedly offering the money that “leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for Nolan’s death.”
“We don’t know that anyone had any involvement, but we care about Nolan and want to find out what happened,” Dr. Hudson told TMZ.
Benjamin made it clear that he doesn’t think the teenagers who were on three boats on July 4 had anything to do with the death. He told TMZ again, “We still don’t know what happened.”Dr. Hudson said he’s hoping the $50,000 reward will encourage someone to come forward with credible information. He believes potential witnesses aren’t speaking because of the public pressure surrounding the case.“We feel people aren’t talking because of the pressure of the case,” Dr. Hudson said.
Meanwhile, local law enforcement has suggested Nolan Wells’ death was an accidental drowning. Additionally, the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office has moved to seal the official autopsy report until a grand jury reviews it. A toxicology report is still pending. Meanwhile, an independent autopsy conducted in Washington, D.C., could not rule out foul play and listed “undetermined” for cause of death.
Speaking to TMZ, Dr. Hudson also alleged that his family has been “living through a nightmare” since Nolan’s case went viral. He claims his family has received thousands of death threats. Hudson adds that he believes that’s also an obstacle for investigators gathering information.
Another man who was present on Horn Island on July 4 has also claimed he’s receiving death threats. Bart Edmiston Jr. secured a lawyer, who released a statement saying so and threatened to go after online creators and anyone else spreading unfounded misinformation in the case. So far, at least one cease-and-desist has been issued to creator Kymbra Li.
Following the release of part two of his interview with Warren Hudson, Brandon Tatum clapped back at internet users calling him out for giving Hudson a platform. He took aim at “ignorant melanated people” and claimed they want him to “hate white people.”
“I have said from the very beginning that I support finding out what happened to Nolan Wells. Everybody want to know what happened to Nolan Wells, when I talked to the young boys, they want to know what happened to Nolan Wells cause they werent there when he apparently died. But you want me to go out on a limb and hate these young boys because they white. You want me to hate white people. Im not doing it. Im not going to hate people because of the color of their skin,” Tatum said on Threads.
Still, the backlash has persisted. Most recently, Pastor Jamal Bryant took to the same platform to allege that Tatum is allegedly related to someone who snitched about the Denmark Vesey uprising in South Carolina back in 1822. The intercepted slave rebellion led to the arrests and hanging of at least 35 people.
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