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Did Nolan Wells' Friend Just Make a Fatal Mistake?
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- Jul 17, 2026
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Summary
An eighteen-year-old went to Horn Island with friends. He never came back. And before the investigation was complete, one of those friends appeared on national television and then sat down with a national magazine to tell his version of what happened. Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis weighs in on whether that decision helps the truth or buries it — and what it costs when a witness starts building a public record of statements while the evidence is still being processed. All three friends lawyered up. The family has Ben Crump and a full parallel investigation running — their own autopsy, their own phone forensics, private investigators pulling dozens of witness calls a day. Crump has pointed to one detail that cuts through everything else: the friends had Nolan's phone and keys and didn't tell investigators. The family had to track the phone using Life360 and go get it themselves. Faddis breaks down the behavior of every party in the case through a former prosecutor's lens. What the friends should be doing if they're innocent. What the family's shadow investigation means for the official one. And what the Lauren Agee case — where friends invoked the Fifth Amendment in civil depositions after no criminal charges — tells us about what everyone connected to this case should be preparing for. Tony Brueski, Robin, and Eric Faddis break it all down live. — Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspo…