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BILOXI — Five hundred or more people gathered on Biloxi’s southeastern waterfront Sunday morning and then marched to Ocean Springs, demanding justice for Nolan Wells.
The Ocean Springs teen went missing during a July 4 trip to Horn Island with a group of friends. The group traveled to the barrier island on three boats, but the friends returned without Wells, saying he stayed behind to talk to a girl.
Two days later, on July 6, authorities found Wells’ body in the water off Horn Island, a barrier island about 10 miles from the mainland.
A Jackson County grand jury later found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by Wells’ friends, who had traveled to Horn Island that day to celebrate the Fourth of July…