Nolan Wells' Phone Sat Untouched for How Long?

Seven weeks. Nolan Wells died on Horn Island, Mississippi over the July 4 weekend, and the phone his family says was wiped has never been opened by a forensic examiner. Not by the sheriff, the DA, or the FBI. Jennifer Coffindaffer, who retired from the FBI after 25 years, sits down with Tony Brueski on why the single test that ends the argument still hasn't happened.
The timeline is short and ugly. The friends brought the phone back to the mainland. Nolan's mother collected it from them in the first days and says the July 4 messages and photos were gone. The friends say they never touched it. On July 15, District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath and the family's lawyers agreed to examine it together at a community college digital lab. No date followed.
Then a 48-hour ultimatum from the DA on August 12, sent while the parents were away. Then a four-day offer from the family on August 17. Nothing has been announced. The DA's only statement since didn't say the word "phone" but promised the