Third Person Charged With Allegedly Threatening Witnesses in Nolan Wells Investigation

Three people have been charged with allegedly threatening witnesses in the investigation surrounding the death of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells in three different instances.

One of the three defendants, Edward James Porter, is accused of making multiple threats to two witnesses July 31, according to court documents obtained by NBC News.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Porter made multiple calls to two witnesses, threatening to kill them and their families. He said he knew where they lived, and told the second witness he would cut them up and put them into a suitcase, the documents said.

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Officials in Mississippi have also charged Joseph Alfredo Vasquez Dumarce, after he allegedly sent messages on Facebook to a Jackson County Chancery Court judge July 11, according to a probable cause affidavit.

A screenshot of the purported messages included in the court documents shows someone with the username “yaeyae962” threatening to send a bomb to the judge’s office.

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A third person, Michelle Francine Edwards, was charged with making a bomb threat to the George County chancery clerk’s office July 23. Edwards then sent a second bomb threat to the Jackson County sheriff’s office later that day, according to a probable cause affidavit.

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