GPS Data Tracks Boat Nolan Wells Was On Before He Went Missing

GPS data obtained by CBS News tracks the movements of the boat Nolan Wells was on before he disappeared and was subsequently found dead. The vessel departed a dock around 9:56 a.m. on July 4 and arrived at Horn Island at 11:14 a.m.

According to the data, the boat left Horn Island at 4:31 p.m. and returned to its original dock. It later traveled into Fort Bayou before returning to the dock again. The boat was then transported overland to the owners' residence later that evening. The boat's owner, his mother, and another individual reportedly with Wells have cooperated with the investigation.

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No, he wouldn't. Nolan always stays with the group.

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources report concludes on July 5, as the Jackson County Sheriff's Office assumed lead investigative duties. Wells, 18, was last seen on Horn Island around 3 p.m. on July 4. His mother reported him missing that night, initiating a search that led to the discovery of his body off the coast of the island on July 6.

Dental records confirmed the identity of the body as Wells. An autopsy was performed, and his parents, Christine and Elmore Wonsley, have expressed disbelief that their son would have chosen to stay behind on the island. "No, he wouldn't. Nolan always stays with the group," Elmore Wonsley stated, questioning the circumstances of his son's disappearance.

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If you be with me, you come back with me. So that I don't understand, and with me being a parent, if I was in that situation, I would have told them, 'You're going to get back on this boat with me because I don't want to answe