
The United Cajun Navy is firing back at Ben Crump, the high-profile attorney representing the family of missing teen Nolan Wells, insisting they never spoke with him â directly contradicting claims Crump made during a recent press conference.
Crump told reporters that the volunteer search group had informed him that Wells was found âface down, fully clothedâ after his body was discovered on July 6. The attorney suggested that detail could be key to understanding what happened during the 18-year-oldâs disappearance from Horn Island.
But the Cajun Navy quickly took to social media to shut it down.
âHe said UCN told âusâ Nolan was fully clothed â not true. We have never spoken with Crump,â the organization posted on X. They called the claims a âlieâ and a âmanufactured distraction.â
The group did clarify that disaster relief volunteers did spot Wellsâ body from the air, and that he was found wearing only swim trunks â not fully clothed as Crump reportedly asserted.
The confusion may stem from a separate moment on the âNancy Grace Show,â where United Cajun Navy founder Todd Terrell initially answered âyesâ when asked if Wells was fully clothed. Terrell quickly corrected himself, saying he meant the body was clothed in swim trunks and that he should have been more clear.
Now, the back-and-forth has turned into a public dispute over what was actually communicated â and by whom.
Wells, a Mississippi college football player, was last seen on a Fourth of July boat trip with friends. A video taken hours before his disappearance shows him shirtless, making the question of what he was wearing when found a key point of family concern.
Crump has not responded to requests for comment.
As the search for answers continues, one question lingers: who is telling the truth â and what really happened in those final hours before Nolan Wells went missing?


