Nolan Wells’ family has issued subpoenas to several social media companies seeking his account information and data as part of the investigation into the 18-year-old college football player’s mysterious death.
The subpoenas were issued on Tuesday seeking information from Wells’ accounts on Snapchat, WhatsApp, TikTok, Meta Platforms and the location-tracking app Life360, according to court documents obtained by the Sun Herald.
The subpoenas request the companies turn over all materials and information related to Wells’ accounts, including current and prior usernames and passwords, email addresses, phone numbers, and display names.
The family also demanded all IP addresses associated with the accounts and all communications, including chats, posts, stories, and other information, according to the Sun Herald.
Wells’ cell phone has become a key concern in the probe into his death earlier this month, which has made national headlines.
His mom, Christine Wonsley, said that when her son’s phone was returned to the family, they had concerns after finding no pictures or videos on his two Snapchat accounts, calling it “suspicious” and triggering fears that content may have been deleted.
Wells had boated to Horn Island off the Mississippi Coast on the Fourth of July but never came back with his friends, who returned to the mainland with Wells’ cellphone and told police they left him there to talk with a girl.
His body was found in the water off the island two days later.
Wells’ pal Warren Hudson –– who was on the ill-fated trip with him — insists he has no knowledge that anyone deleted anything from the promising athlete’s phone.
“There was no reason for us to get on Nolan’s phone, no one touched Nolan’s phone… If none of us had touched Nolan’s phone, then y’know there’s no reason for anything to be deleted,” Hudson told YouTuber The Officer Tatum.
“No one even was in contact with his phone until it was moved from the boat to the truck, and none of us have access to Nolan’s password to get on his phone and delete anything,” the friend explained.
“We had no reason to delete anything… There’s nothing to hide here,” said Hudson — who previously told The Post that he considered Wells his “best friend.
The subpoenas were filed by Mississippi-based attorney Gary Bufkin, who is assisting prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump’s independent investigation into Wells’ death.
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