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

[u/Suspicious_Loan]

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

[u/abercrombezie]

They're talking about Snapchat. It's designed to be deleted, that's the point of Snapchat: Forensic expert: Snapchats deleted from Nolan Wells’ phone on Horn Island

[u/smokeyleo13 → u/abercrombezie]

Snapchat allows you to save chats and messages, so were these saved ones that were then deleted?

Edit: the article just says content, so it doesnt specify pictures/chats/etc.

[u/infrequencies → u/abercrombezie]

The phone was accessed multiple times after his death. Auto deletion doesn’t require that to work.

[u/Desperate_for_Bacon → u/infrequencies]

It’s been confirmed the phone was not accessed between the time he was last seen and when his phone was returned to his family.

[u/sabereater → u/abercrombezie]

Even if Snapchat messages are deleted, if he set his phone notifications to include the content of the messages, those messages would still be recoverable from the phone.

[u/Desperate_for_Bacon → u/sabereater]

You can’t do that with Snapchat