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A Black teenager was found dead after a boat trip, and his family agreed to check his phone with the prosecutor.

A Black teenager was found dead after a boat trip, and his family agreed to check his phone with the prosecutor.

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July 16th, 2026

A Black teenager was found dead after a boat trip, and his family agreed to check his phone with the prosecutor.

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A Black teenager is named Nolan Wells.

一名非裔青少年諾蘭·威爾斯

He took a boat to Horn Island in Mississippi on July 4th.

他在七月四日乘船密西西比州的霍恩島

After that, he went missing.

之後他失蹤了

Later, he was found dead.

後來他被發現死亡

The family's lawyer is Ben Crump.

家屬的律師班·克倫普

He says they will work with the district attorney.

他說他們會和地區檢察官合作

The district attorney is Angel Myers McIlrath.

檢察官安吉爾·邁爾斯·麥克伊拉斯

They will check the content of Wells's phone.

他們會檢查威爾斯的手機內容

The family said earlier that messages on the phone seemed to be deleted.

家屬之前說手機裡的訊息好像被刪除了

That was before they got the phone back.

那是在他們拿回手機之前。

Crump said McIlrath agreed.

克倫普麥克伊拉斯答應了

After the investigation, the case goes to a grand jury.

調查完成後會把案件交給大陪審團

A law professor at the University of Mississippi is named Ronald Rychlak.

密西西比大學法學教授羅納德·里查克

He said most serious crime cases in the state go through a grand jury.

他說該州多數重罪案件都會經過大陪審團

Rychlak also said it is not common for police and family to check evidence together.

里查克還說警方和家屬一起檢查證據不常見

But this may make the investigation faster.

可能讓調查更快

Wells went to Horn Island with his friends.

威爾斯和朋友們去了霍恩島

But he did not leave with them at 3 p.m.

下午3點離開時沒有跟他們一起

Officials say no one lives on that island.

官員那個島沒有人住

You can only get there by boat.

只能坐船到那裡

Wells' mother called the police early on July 5.

威爾斯的母親在7月5日凌晨報警

The next day, his body was found in the water near the island.

第二天他的屍體在島附近的水裡被找到

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office says they do not think the death was murder.

傑克遜縣警長部門他們不認為死亡是謀殺

The official autopsy results are not out yet.

官方的驗屍結果還沒有出來

The family and lawyers said there were nearly 200 people on the island.

家屬律師島上當時200人

Wells was one of the African American people.

威爾斯非裔人士之一

There are very few such people.

這樣的人很少

A group of Black lawmakers in Congress asks for an independent investigation.

國會黑人黨團呼籲進行獨立調查

Wells will turn 19 next month.

威爾斯下個月滿19歲了。

He studies at Southwest Mississippi Community College.

西南密西西比社區學院讀書

He was also a wide receiver on the football team.

還是足球隊外接手

Actor Tyler Perry helped pay for his funeral.

演員泰勒·派瑞幫忙付了他的葬禮費用

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick helped pay for the independent autopsy.

NFL四分衛科林·卡佩尼克幫忙付了獨立驗屍的費用。

July 16th, 2026

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