{"id":3220,"date":"2026-07-15T18:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3220"},"modified":"2026-07-15T18:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:06:19","slug":"mom-christine-wonsley-pleads-for-peace-as-she-prepares-to-bury-son-nolan-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3220","title":{"rendered":"Mom Christine Wonsley pleads for peace as she prepares to bury son Nolan Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!--[--><!-- AiSummaryComponent.html --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><svg><title>Key Takeaways<\/title><defs><lineargradient><\/lineargradient><\/defs><\/svg><\/p>\n<div>Key Takeaways<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read our AI Policy.<\/p>\n<ul><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<li>Christine Wonsley publicly pleaded for peace as she prepares to bury son Nolan Wells.<\/li>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<li>Ben Crump and his team met with the district attorney&#8217;s office.<\/li>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<li>Social media is circulating AI-generated videos and death threats amid the family\u2019s grief.<\/li>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Christine and Elmore Wonsley have, in one short week, developed a close bond with their family attorney, Ben Crump, which was clear Wednesday morning at a news conference in front of the old Jackson County courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3218\">Over a third of South\u2019s LGBTQ+ may be planning to move. See where SC stands<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>National television news networks set up a bank of cameras out front as Crump, a second attorney from Atlanta and an investigator from Crump\u2019s office descended the stairs after a meeting with the district attorney\u2019s office. They were discussing the death of the Wonsleys\u2019 cherished child, 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells. Wells, a superior athlete and football player, was widely loved in the community.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>His death has captured national attention. The young Black man celebrated July Fourth alongside a throng of white people on Horn Island. While he rode out on a boat with white friends, he never returned to shore. His phone remained on the boat. His father had to retrieve it Saturday night. Wells\u2019 body washed up Monday morning on the Horn Island shoreline.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>This is Mississippi, so people have many suspicions about what might have happened to Wells. Nobody knows for sure, but Crump says he\u2019s determined to find out.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Social media spreading false narratives<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In this information vacuum, social media is doing what social media does: fabricating narratives, photos and even videos manufactured with artificial intelligence. Death threats are flying, including some aimed at Wells\u2019 friends.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>As she, her husband and Wells\u2019 siblings prepare to bury him, Christine Wonsley finds herself pleading for peace. She just wants the truth. She doesn\u2019t want anyone to get hurt. Her son, more than one person has told the Sun Herald, was a peacemaker. He was a calm, funny and friendly young man.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3217\">Chance of tropical activity hitting SC coast. What to watch for in Myrtle Beach<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNolan would never want any type of violence or anything like that,\u201d she told the gathering, flanked by her husband and Crump. \u201cHe was not that kind of person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Crump shared on his Instagram account \u2014 where he has 1 million followers \u2014 a divisive photo later determined to be unrelated to Wells\u2019 death. Crump said that he was doing so only to encourage anyone to come forward with information about what happened to the young man.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Crump held Christine Wonsley\u2019s hand to comfort her during much of the news conference. Crump spoke about yet another fake video that he did not share:<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want anybody to be in harm\u2019s way just because we\u2019re trying to get to the truth of what happened to Christine and Elmore\u2019s son. We saw fake videos \u2014 AI-generated videos of Christine \u2014 and it\u2019s just God-awful as they\u2019re grieving and trying to fight for the truth that they are also having to deal with these fake videos attacking them . . . They are just trying to literally bury their son next week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3215\">Living with alligators is possible \u2014 if you follow the rules, SC officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christine Wonsley pleads for peace as she prepares to bury son Nolan Wells after his body washed ashore on Horn Island amid social media misinformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mom Christine Wonsley pleads for peace as she prepares to bury son Nolan Wells - 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