UPDATE — NOLAN WELLS CASE: Newly reviewed records are adding another layer of mystery to the death of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells, whose body was found on Horn Island, Mississippi, two days after he disappeared during a July 4 boating trip.

One of the most significant developments involves the timeline investigators have been trying to reconstruct.

A recently published analysis of available GPS information, search communications and other records highlights an apparent conflict involving roughly 91 minutes on the afternoon Wells disappeared. During the search, authorities reportedly received information suggesting that the boat on which Nolan had arrived left Horn Island at about 3 p.m.

But later route information tells a different story.

Apple Maps data reportedly shows movement beginning around 4:28 p.m., while Garmin data places the boat’s sustained departure at approximately 4:31 p.m. The analysis concludes that the available records support either a transmission error or a conflict between sources — not a verified 3 p.m. departure.

That difference matters because investigators are still trying to understand exactly what happened during Nolan’s final known hours.

Publicly available information suggests the most important unresolved period falls between approximately 3:45 p.m. and 4:31 p.m. Witness movements, an altercation reportedly involving members of the larger group, Nolan’s final interactions and the sequence in which boats departed have not all been independently established minute by minute.