2026-07-15T17:31:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
作者：贾里德·埃格尔斯顿
更新时间：2026年7月15日 美国东部夏令时晚7:08 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻获取的密西西比州海洋资源部（MSDMR）的GPS数据，追踪到了7月4日搭载诺兰·威尔斯前往霍恩岛的船只的行动轨迹。威尔斯在该岛外出后失踪，随后被发现身亡。
该船当日上午约9:56驶离码头，并于11:14抵达霍恩岛。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻此前曾报道，船只离开该岛时威尔斯并未在船上。
根据GPS数据，船只于下午4:31离开霍恩岛，返回最初的出发码头。随后在约5:52驶入福特湾，又于6:06返回码头。
据密西西比州海洋资源部的报告，当晚7:19，船只前往了福特湾的船只下水点。从那里，它被车辆拖运—— presumably 由车辆拖运—— 前往位于密西西比州比洛克西的船主住所。
密西西比州海洋资源部的报告显示，船主、船主的母亲以及据报道在事件当日与威尔斯一同在场的另一名人士均配合了调查。
在杰克逊县警长办公室通知将接手主导调查后，该部门的报告于7月5日终止。
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这张2026年7月由家属提供的未注明日期照片显示了诺兰·泽维尔·威尔斯和他的母亲克里斯汀·温斯利。美联社供图/家属照片
官员表示，18岁的威尔斯最后一次被人看到是在7月4日的霍恩岛，当时他和朋友们乘船出游庆祝国庆日。杰克逊县警长约翰·莱德贝特表示，威尔斯和朋友们一同前往该岛，但当日下午并未和他们一起返回大陆。
据律师本·克兰普的办公室消息，他最后一次在岛上被看到是在下午3点。他的母亲当晚晚些时候报案称他失踪，搜救工作随即展开。
7月6日，在包括美国海岸警卫队、密西西比州海洋资源部和国家公园管理局参与的搜救行动后，人们在该岛附近海域发现了他的遗体。该岛距离密西西比州大陆以南约10英里。
杰克逊县验尸官布鲁斯·林德告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，通过牙科记录确认了遗体为威尔斯。林德表示，7月7日进行了尸检，但结果并未立即公开。据克兰普透露，威尔斯的遗体被空运至华盛顿特区进行独立尸检。
威尔斯的父母表示，他们不认为儿子会自愿留在岛上，当朋友们乘船离开时。
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诺兰·威尔斯的父母克里斯汀和埃尔莫尔·温斯利于2026年7月10日周五接受了《哥伦比亚广播公司早间新闻》采访。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻供图
“不，他不会的。诺兰永远都会和团队待在一起，”诺兰的父亲埃尔莫尔·温斯利上周在《哥伦比亚广播公司早间新闻》中说道，“如果你和我一起出去，你就得和我一起回来。所以我现在完全无法理解，作为一名家长，如果我处在那种情况，我会告诉他们，‘你们必须和我一起上船，因为我不想如果你们出了事还要去跟你们的父母交代。’”
当被直接问及是否认为诺兰是被留在岛上时，他的父亲回答：“是的。我不相信他会自己决定留在岛上。这不符合——那不是他的性格。”
威尔斯曾就读于海洋斯普林斯高中，当时是西南密西西比社区学院橄榄球队即将升大二的球员。克兰普表示威尔斯很擅长游泳。
马克·奥斯本为本报道撰稿。
GPS data tracks boat Mississippi teen Nolan Wells was on before he went missing
2026-07-15T17:31:00-0400 / CBS News
By Jared Eggleston,
Updated on: July 15, 2026 / 7:08 PM EDT / CBS News
GPS data from the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, obtained by CBS News, tracks the movements of the boat that carried Nolan Wells to Horn Island on July 4. Wells was found dead after going missing following an outing on the island.
The vessel left a dock at approximately 9:56 a.m. that morning and arrived at Horn Island at 11:14 a.m. CBS News has previously reported that Wells was not on the boat when it departed the island.
According to the GPS data, the boat left Horn Island at 4:31 p.m. and returned to its original departure dock. It then traveled into Fort Bayou around 5:52 p.m. before returning to the dock at 6:06 p.m.
Later that evening, the boat went to the Fort Bayou boat launch at 7:19 p.m., according to the MSDMR report. From there, it traveled over land — presumably towed by a vehicle — to the Biloxi, Mississippi, residence of the boat’s owners.
The MSDMR report indicates that the boat’s owner, his mother and one other individual who was reportedly with Wells on the day of the incident have cooperated with the investigation.
The department’s report ends on July 5, following notification that the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office would take over as the lead investigative agency.
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This undated photo provided by the family in July 2026 shows Nolan Xavier Wells with his mother, Christine Wonsley. Family photo via AP
Wells, 18, was last seen on July 4 on Horn Island, where he had taken a boat trip with friends to celebrate the holiday, officials said. Wells traveled to the island with his friends but did not return to the mainland with them that afternoon, Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter has said.
He was last seen on the island at 3 p.m., according to attorney Ben Crump’s office. His mother reported him missing later that night and a search began.
His body was discovered July 6 off the coast of the island, which is about 10 miles south of the Mississippi mainland, following a search that involved the U.S. Coast Guard, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the National Park Service.
Dental records confirmed the body was Wells, Jackson County coroner Bruce Lynd told CBS News. An autopsy took place on July 7, Lynd said, but the results were not immediately made public. Wells’ body was flown to Washington, D.C., for an independent autopsy, according to Crump.
Wells’ parents have said they don’t believe their son would’ve stayed behind on the island by choice when his friends left by boat.
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Christine and Elmore Wonsley, the parents of Nolan Wells, spoke to “CBS Mornings” on Friday, July 10, 2026. CBS News
“No, he wouldn’t. Nolan always stays with the group,” Elmore Wonsley, Nolan’s father, told “CBS Mornings” last week. “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 answer to your parents if something happens to you.’”
When directly asked if he believed Nolan was left behind on the island, his father responded, “Yes. I don’t believe he decided to stay on the island by himself. It just doesn’t — that’s not his character.”
Wells went to Ocean Springs High School and was a rising sophomore on Southwest Mississippi Community College’s football team. Crump said Wells was a good swimmer.
Mark Osborne contributed to this report.
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