Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Group chats pulled from
' cellphone
asserted
chats → pull → cellphone
show what his friends said before and after the Mississippi teen vanished in early July following a boat outing with friends.disappeared
asserted
teen → show → outing
after he and a group of friends celebrated the Fourth of July holiday off the Gulf Coast
asserted
he → celebrate → Coast
They say he left his phone on their boat but didn't return with them.
asserted
he → say → them
A nearly 300-page report analyzing the late teen's phone and recently uploaded on the Justice for Nolan Wells website reveals his friends' reactions to his disappearance and speculation about his death in dozens of group chats.
asserted
report → analyze → chats
On July 5, one group chat discusses when Wells was last seen, saying, "He got off our boat with this other guy and they started walking back to their boat."
asserted
they → discuss → boat
Minutes later, one friend calls it suspicious, saying, "There is def some sus s*** going on."
asserted
friend → call → it
At one point, they talked about trying to find Wells, asking everyone to check their camera rolls.
asserted
they → talk → rolls
Another user added, "See if he was talking to anyone we don't know."
asserted
we → add → anyone
Another message read: "That's not like Nolan bro just to get left."
asserted
That → read → ?
Someone else writes, "Hes gotta be shlumped somewhere rn hopefully."
asserted
He → write → ?
Another answers: "It's already noon though," followed by, "He might've got drugged or something."
uncertain
He → answer → ?
Wells' body was recovered in the waters off Horn Island two days later.
asserted
body → recover → Island
Once news broke of his death, one friend messaged: "Nolan was the most nice and caring guy we knew."
asserted
we → break → death
The day after his disappearance, the group appeared frustrated with the national headlines, writing: "All i keep seeing is white folk made it home and the one black kid didn't."
asserted
kid → appear → it
Another answered: "It ain't ever been like that with us bro."
asserted
It → answer → us
Last month, Jackson County's district attorney announced a Mississippi grand jury
in Wells' death.
asserted
attorney → announce → death
Legal analyst Jessica Levinson told CBS News there is nothing in the recently released report that would change the DA's conclusion that there is no evidence of a crime.
in July, with his father Elmore Wonsley saying he didn't believe his son decided to stay on the island by himself.
asserted
son → tell → himself
It just doesn't — that's not his character," he said.
asserted
he → do → ?
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