When you listen to an expert, what is not said is as important as what is said. Here are 5 things not said.
1: Mr. Garrett said Nolan locked his phone last at 2:18 PM. He DID NOT say anyone unlocked Nolan’s phone from that time until when his parents received it. He would have if there was proof of it.
2: Mr. Garrett claimed Snapchat data was deleted off of Nolan’s phone. He DID NOT say what was deleted, exactly when it was deleted, who deleted it, or how they deleted it. Point 1 would certainly suggest not through the use of Nolan’s device, itself (if at all). My appreciation is that someone who sends a “Snap” can manually retract it for both parties (and that this is commonplace/not remotely nefarious).
3: Mr. Garrett said there were messages coming into Nolan’s phone at the time the Triton boat was experiencing a bilge pump issue. He DID NOT say Nolan was on the boat at the time. (No one has ever denied that Nolan’s phone was on the Triton at the time of the Sea Tow call from the Triton. It was left there with several other phones according to witnesses. Every single witness has denied he was on either the Triton, or my client’s Tideline, when they departed. Both photographic and video evidence confirm.)
4: Mr. Garrett said Nolan’s phone continued receiving group messages after the friends departed and after Mr. Wells’ died. He DID NOT say any of these messages were incriminating. You can guaran-DAMN-tee that if there was anything, they would have pointed it out.
5: Mr. Garrett said he was not invited to give grand jury testimony. He DID NOT mention that the legal team that hired him was invited to submit witnesses. That same legal team said they didn’t have any germane to the criminal investigation according to letters produced by the DA and the grand jury’s own report.
The grand jury had the information Mr. Garrett sent to the District Attorney. They still said there was “no credible evidence” of a crime. Not “insufficient.” “No credible evidence.”
Mr. Crump is now purposefully or recklessly creating false impressions that are putting the lives of my client and a small group of other friends of Nolan in danger.
A digital forensics expert confirmed that Snapchat content was deleted from Nolan Wells' phone between the time he last had it and the time his parents received it.