India, July 23 -- An independent autopsy commissioned by Nolan Wells' family was inconclusive, attorney Ben Crump announced Wednesday, July 22. The Ocean Springs, Mississippi, teen was found dead in the water on the northwest end of Horn Island on Monday morning, July 6. Wells went missing on July 4 after taking a boat to the island with friends. The search for the teen was called off after a body was found by a park ranger on Monday, July 6.

The autopsy found the teen's cause and manner of death to be "undetermined" pending further investigation. Crump announced the preliminary findings in front of a standing-room-only crowd at the annual NAACP National Convention in Chicago.

The independent autopsy report did not show any evidence of ...