India, July 12 -- A mysterious July 4 tragedy has shocked Mississippi, USA, as an 18-year-old boy named Nolan Xavier Wells went missing near the state's Gulf Coast after he went out with his friends to celebrate the weekend at a nearby island. His body was discovered near the same island two days later.

The story has become a central talking point among Mississippi's Black community due to the victim's racial identity and the mysterious circumstances of the death which don't seem to add up.

The incident started with Wells taking a boat trip up to Horn Island for the July 4 weekend with a few of his friends, but failing to return home that day. As per the family's lawyers, the island is typically uninhabited, only accessible by boat, and...