Parents used chemicals to dispose of 4-year-old Javeayah’s body, says sheriff
“I will not refer to them as mom and dad or mother and father. They don’t deserve that title,” Sheriff Sawyer says.
A July 4 boat trip, an 18-year-old’s death and a family’s search for answers in the Deep South
Family photo via AP By MICHAEL R. SISAK and CLAUDIA LAUER Updated 12:38 PM EDT, July 11, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — A week ago, 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells took a boat trip with friends to celebrate the Fourth of July on an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. He never came back. Two days later, he was found dead. What happened, Wells’ parents say, is…
