Body found on Horn Island in search for missing 18‑year‑old Nolan Wells

Horatio Flamethrower🪷🇺🇸🇳🇬🇮🇪35

Black teen. Missing. Mississippi. My goodness. The places my mind immediately went. Especially after looking at the folks in those pictures. I hope he's found safe and sound.

Ellis on an Island 🇩🇴🗽31

Today we’re going to learn how to apply discernment when hanging out with people that don’t look like you.

Rob Mista20

I hope he gets found, I really do but my mom always warn me about being the only black person in areas for this exact reason , its scary

Talks Ted9

He will be found alive and well.

Karlito P8

Even back when I was in high school I knew how dangerous ( for myself ) to be the only black friends in a group, especially growing up in the south. My heart breaks for his family. And why haven’t I heard them “friends” being questioned by police

✨The seasoning fairy ✨7

We don’t need “friends” like these. #restinpower young man.

Pretty Khemyst7

We've heard this story before.😪

Blacksonic5

If you are a black parent, please talk to your child about having white friends only can lead to their death, keep our black children safe and aware of the people they hang around with

mixedbymeechii.bsky.social4

I hate to be that guy but we already know how this story will play out Prayers to this man’s family

RSJ.21

Drag each and every one of those “friends” of his into an interrogation room A-TF-SAP!

ItsAkemi19

And this why our Elders say don't go on trips if you're the only Black person in the group. Shit like this STILL happens in the big 2026

New Year Deezy12

Tragic... Heartbroken for them. The 3 of those friends need to be investigated.

🗣️ PaRappa Thee Yappa™ [of #BeehBC]11

Tragic but not surprising. I hope the family gets justice.

aliii✨✨8

His mom confirmed on Facebook as well….that Nolan Wells is gone.

✊🏽𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, Ⓝ𝘰𝘩𝘴 Ⓐ𝘭7

I saw the story on an IG post and when I saw the group shot, I knew that baby was gone. His 'friends' all need to be charged talmbout they don't remember what happened but them bitches made it back home safe. Stop letting our babies go with these savages.

A-Wax6

Them white boys def killed him and they need to put them in prison.

But Black Dynamite...5

I have a "funny" feeling that the boys will be coached to say it was a random act of rough housing that went too far, that the black teen started it and when the "incident" happened, they suddenly didn't know what to do and it was a rush of the moment.

Gay & Tonic4

I am so tired of this happening to us. Especially our youth.

Fiyah 🫟 Angelou 🪮 🏁18

This story cannot keep repeating itself unaddressed. No matter whose offspring may be involved.

Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle8

This is giving Tamla Horsford energy

Flammable Thots4

We have to be able to see the danger in order to alert out children. Moving to a "better neighborhood or better school" doesn't always mean safe. I wouldn't ever choose to make my kid the token in any situation.

Born Sinner4

I want parents to educate their kids about why it’s wrong to be the only Black person amongst a group of wypipos

Annalise Maxine Shaw Keating, Openly Black Attorney at Law3

I hope they find him alive and well!

———►2

Precisely. And people think I’m being anti- when it comes to *that* type of thing. Just look at the data.

The Angry Wisconsinite22

I’ve been very drunk in isolated locations before, but in each case I have been able to remember who I came with and made sure nobody got left behind. These kids are either extremely careless and sociopathic or they had something more directly to do with Nolan’s death, time to ask more questions.

Karlito P19

Family needs to request an independent autopsy. Don’t let the state do it. Trust no one

Paul Dawkins 🍉4

Being the only Black person in a social circle means your safety and security is never guaranteed. You'll always be a target for abuse, being abandoned, racist "jokes", etc. If these white guys cared about Nolan Xavier Wells, they don't leave Horn Island without him. Then again, it's Mississippi.

Daryll B2

I'm gonna just say it. It always strikes me "odd" when a Black Teen disappears and the first couple of pics are him/her hanging with White Folk only. *Odd* does heavy lifting here if you can read between the lines. Only because I still remember that Black Gal's death with a similar pic as Scooby

Sean Padilla Says #ProtectJho and #FreeLink16

If you’re a stranger reading this, and you’re considering advising me to “pick my friends wisely,” please reconsider Remember that you’re a stranger, and that you’d be giving me said advice roughly three decades too late

ItsAkemi3

Or thwy decided to do some lord of the flies type shit while they were on land and alone, either way. I hope they get exposed.