India, July 10 -- The family of Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old from Mississippi, will carry out an independent autopsy in light of his unexplained death. Attorney Ben Crump has disclosed additional information regarding the events that transpired on the day Wells went missing.

Speaking to ABC News' Linsey Davis, Crump called him "a good kid."

"He was beloved. He was a college athlete. He had everything going for him. And so to go on that island ... and then not to come back is what is concerning."

As per Crump, Wells' friends took the teenager's phone with them upon leaving Horn Island. He mentioned that when Wells' family retrieved his phone, but some messages had been erased.

Crump also mentioned that Wells' father referred to t...