India, July 31 -- Newly surfaced emergency dispatch audio from the evening eighteen-year-old Nolan Wells vanished off the US coast, obtained by US media outlets, captures a frantic plea for help as a boat began taking on water, though legal and security analysts insist the recordings reveal nothing untoward.

Wells went missing on July 4 following a recreational boat trip with friends to Horn Island, a barrier island situated along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, according to US media reports.

Following an extensive multi-day search operation conducted by regional rescue teams, a National Park Service ranger discovered his remains on the northwestern tip of the island on July 6.

The newly obtained recordings, captured by a commercial mariti...