WIRE — A new ABC News report says witnesses told investigators Nolan Wells had been drinking heavily before he disappeared on Horn Island on July 4. However, officials have not determined his cause of death. The official autopsy and toxicology results are still pending, while an independent autopsy listed the death as undetermined pending investigation. Ben Crump and Wells' family continue to seek full answers.
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