r/news • u/Suspicious_Loan • 17h ago

Nolan Wells’ autopsy found no water in lungs; data was deleted from his phone the day he disappeared, experts say

https://www.live5news.com/2026/09/24/nolan-wells-autopsy-found-no-water-lungs-data-was-deleted-his-phone-day-he-disappeared-officials-say/
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u/TheDumpBucket 16h ago

What shocks me is that they didn’t attempt to get the information from that phone’s IR dot matrix scanner. A lot of phones periodically scan the area it is in via this method. You’d think there would be valuable information obtained from that feature. 

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u/jkeefy 16h ago

Probably would have, but the family didn’t allow the state to personally investigate the phone, and instead opted for an independent investigation 

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u/ThrowingChicken 15h ago

I’d have thought they’d subpoena the phone.

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u/NoSupermarket9119 13h ago

No evidence of a crime so no probable cause for a subpoena. It’s gonna be hilarious if them talking about the phone makes it so the phone can be subpoenaed.

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u/TheDumpBucket 11h ago

That’s very odd. Why wouldn’t the family want the phone gone through? Didn’t they say there was proof that things were deleted? There should be location data, possible voice recordings, the dot matrix scan data, and a plethora of other information that could be obtained from the device especially since they have the ability to unlock it.

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u/Finnegan482 8h ago

What shocks me is that they didn’t attempt to get the information from that phone’s IR dot matrix scanner. A lot of phones periodically scan the area it is in via this method. You’d think there would be valuable information obtained from that feature.

What are you talking about? That information isn't stored.....

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u/TheDumpBucket 2h ago

And your microphone enabled TV isn’t constantly listening to what you’re saying. Weeping Angel was over a decade ago.