🚨 “WE LEFT AT 4:30 PM” — JUDGE AND NOLAN WELLS’ FRIEND SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE MOMENT HE WAS LEFT BEHIND

What happened at roughly 4:30 p.m. on July 4 has become one of the most closely examined moments in the Nolan Wells investigation.

Now, the mother of one of Nolan’s friends — Mississippi Chancery Court Judge Ashlee Cole — has publicly shared her family’s account of what happened.

According to Cole, her son Warren last saw Nolan at around 3 p.m.

Then, around 4:30 p.m., the group left Horn Island after the boat began taking on water because of a problem with its bilge pump.

Cole said Nolan decided to remain on the island and planned to return to the mainland later with another group of friends.

That account has become a central part of the case.

Cole said neither she nor her husband was on Horn Island that day and that Warren has cooperated with investigators.

She also pushed back against online rumors surrounding her family, saying her statement was intended to clarify what they knew rather than interfere with the investigation.

But Nolan’s parents have questioned the idea that their son simply chose to stay behind.

His father, Elmore Wonsley, said Nolan was someone who normally stayed with the group and that he did not believe his son would voluntarily separate from his friends on the island.

Attorney Ben Crump has also pointed to what he described as contradictions in the accounts surrounding Nolan’s final hours.

That includes conflicting descriptions of whether Nolan intended to remain on the island or planned to return with his friends.

Meanwhile, GPS data obtained by CBS provides another important piece of the timeline.

The boat Nolan traveled on arrived at Horn Island at approximately 11:14 a.m.

It left the island at approximately 4:31 p.m.

The vessel then returned toward the mainland before later traveling to Fort Bayou and eventually a boat launch.

Nolan was not on that boat when it departed.

Two days later, his body was discovered in the water near Horn Island.

His family’s independent autopsy later listed the cause and manner of death as “undetermined pending investigation.” Investigators have continued examining what happened during Nolan’s final hours.

And that leaves one critical question hanging over the timeline:

What happened between the moment Nolan remained on Horn Island and the discovery of his body two days later?

The 4:30 p.m. departure is documented.

The competing accounts of what Nolan intended to do afterward remain part of the unanswered questions.

And until investigators release more evidence, the exact circumstances surrounding Nolan’s final hours remain unresolved.