18岁黑人青年Nolan Wells于7月4日在一次乘船旅行后失踪，两天后其尸体在密西西比州沿海岛屿沿岸被发现[1]。尽管当局尚未宣布任何逮捕或确定嫌疑人，但三名与该案件无关的人士因针对调查相关人员发出威胁而被起诉[1]。
来自伊利诺伊州的Edward James Porter于7月31日被控威胁一名证人及其家人，声称要杀害他们[1]。来自加州的Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce于7月14日因向Jackson County Chancery Court法官发送Facebook威胁信息而被控[1]。来自俄亥俄州的Michelle Francine Edwards于7月23日因向George County Chancery Clerk's Office和Jackson County Sheriff's Office发出炸弹威胁而被起诉，共打21通电话表述"the clock is ticking"[1]。
审理此案的Judge Ashlee Cole于7月9日在Facebook上发布了威胁信息的截图，表示担心其子女的安全[1]。根据独立尸检报告，Wells的死因被判定为"未确定"[1]。
Three individuals have been charged with making threats against a judge, witness, and government officials connected to the death investigation of Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old Black teenager who disappeared on July 4 following a boat trip to a coastal Mississippi island [1]. Wells' body was discovered two days later along the island's shore [1]. Although authorities have not yet made any arrests in connection with Wells' death, the three defendants face separate charges for issuing threats related to the case [1].
Edward James Porter, based in Illinois, was charged on July 31 with threatening a witness and the witness's family, including statements about intent to kill them [1]. Michelle Francine Edwards of Ohio was prosecuted after making bomb threats to the George County Chancery Clerk's Office and Jackson County Sheriff's Office on July 23, placing 21 calls in which she stated "the clock is ticking" [1]. Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce from California was charged on July 14 for sending threatening messages to a Jackson County Chancery Court judge via Facebook [1]. Judge Ashlee Cole posted screenshots of threatening messages on Facebook on July 9, expressing concern for the safety of her children [1].
An independent autopsy report on Wells' remains concluded the cause of death was "undetermined," and authorities have not yet announced any arrests or identified suspects in the teenager's death [1].