The cause of death for Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old whose body was found July 6 along the shoreline of Horn Island off the Mississippi coast, has not been determined, according to preliminary independent autopsy results announced Wednesday.

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Attorney Ben Crump said the independent autopsy findings will be released Wednesday at 8 a.m. CDT during a press conference at the NAACP convention in Chicago.