Mother of deceased teenager seeks phone records from tech companies

Christine Wonsley has sent legal demands to major social media and technology companies to get records from her son's accounts. Her son, Nolan Wells, was 18 years old. He went missing on 4 July 2026 during a boating trip and his body was found two days later.

Wonsley says that when she collected Nolan's phone that night, messages and posts had been deleted, especially from Snapchat. There were no posts or messages at all from 4 July in the phone's history.

The family has hired civil rights lawyer Ben Crump to run a private investigation. They have also arranged an independent autopsy and asked for a federal investigation. The parents say local police have not been transparent about the case.