Bomb Threats Against Mississippi Officials Result in Charges Against Woman

A woman from Ohio is accused of initiating a series of bomb threats directed at government offices in Mississippi after the tragic death of Nolan Wells. Reports indicate she made almost 30 threatening calls within a single hour, as stated by federal prosecutors.

Michelle Francine Edwards was formally charged on Thursday with transmitting threatening communications across state lines, specifically targeting the George County Chancery Clerk’s Office and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

On July 23, investigators revealed that Edwards made 21 phone calls to the clerk’s office within just eight minutes using a blocked number. During these calls, she allegedly threatened employees by saying, “Do not go outside,” “the clock is ticking,” and “die.”

Approximately 20 minutes later, she allegedly made eight additional calls to the sheriff’s office while using *67 to conceal her identity. During these calls, she claimed there was a bomb outside and inquired if dispatchers were “still in there.”

These threats prompted a lockdown and a K-9 unit search of the building, but authorities ultimately found no explosives.

Based on the complaint, investigators traced the threatening calls through phone records and connected the number to Edwards using her Cash App accounts and police records from Cincinnati. Cell tower data allegedly indicated that the phone was near her Cincinnati residence later that night.

As previously reported, 18-year-old Nolan disappeared on the Fourth of July after going to Horn Island with friends, and his body was discovered along the shoreline two days later, close to the location where he was last seen alive.

An independent autopsy identified the cause and manner of death as undetermined, while results from the state autopsy have not yet been disclosed.