Sybil Wilkes is back with another edition of “What We Need to Know,” the daily roundup that keeps our community informed and ready to move. From a mother’s fight for answers to a champion’s promise to lift up the next generation, here’s what mattered most this week.
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A Mother’s Search for the Truth
Christine Wansley met with a Mississippi district attorney on Wednesday to discuss the suspicious death of her 18-year-old son, Nolan Wells. Family attorney Ben Crump confirmed the case will move to a local grand jury, a standard step for unnatural deaths once the initial investigation concludes. Both sides also agreed to a joint forensic inspection of the teenager’s cell phone. That decision came after the family revealed that critical text messages had been mysteriously deleted by his peers. For a family demanding accountability, that phone could hold the answers they’ve been waiting for.
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