Act · Contact your representatives · Lawrence Totimeh Jr.

Step 1

Find your three

One House member and two senators work for you. Both lookups open the official House and Senate directories, which have each office's contact form and phone number.

Prefer to call? The Capitol switchboard connects you to any office: 202-224-3121. Say your name, your city, and that you are calling about the federal review of Nolan Xavier Wells' death. Then read the three questions below.

Step 2

Send the three questions

Fill in your name and city, copy the letter, and paste it into each office's contact form. Three offices, same letter. Offices count letters. They answer the ones that ask specific questions.

Your name

City, State

The letter

Dear [Representative / Senator NAME],

I am a constituent in [CITY, STATE]. I am writing about the death of Nolan Xavier Wells, 18, found in the water off Horn Island, Mississippi, on July 6, 2026. Horn Island is managed by the National Park Service.

On October 7, 2026, the Justice Department told PEOPLE that federal officials assisted the state investigation, found no evidence of foul play or a crime, and will not pursue a further investigation. Both the state and the independent autopsies list the cause and manner of death as undetermined.

I am asking you to put three questions to the Justice Department and the National Park Service, and to send me the answers in writing:

1. The FBI reportedly told PEOPLE magazine that it assisted the state investigation and found no evidence of a crime. On October 7, 2026, the President told reporters, "We're looking at that. Yes, we are." Is any federal agency investigating Mr. Wells' death right now? If the FBI only assisted Jackson County, in what capacity, and on what dates?

2. Members of Congress wrote to the National Park Service asking its Investigative Services Branch to open a full investigation. Has the Park Service responded, and what did it say?

3. Both autopsies say cause and manner of death are undetermined. On what evidence did the Justice Department conclude there was nothing to investigate?

I am not asking anyone to be charged. I am asking for the questions to be answered on the record. If no federal agency will answer them, I ask that you request a hearing.

Please reply in writing to the address below.

Respectfully,
[YOUR NAME]
[STREET ADDRESS]
[CITY, STATE ZIP]
[EMAIL]

Edit anything. Keep the three questions. Replace the bracketed parts before you send.

Step 3

Request the record

Door one in Lesson 6 depends on one fact nobody has published: what kind of federal land Horn Island is. A records request to the National Park Service is how a citizen gets that answer. Any person can file one. It's free for most requests.

The request

FOIA Request: jurisdictional status of Horn Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore

To the FOIA Officer, National Park Service:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, I request copies of records that state the legislative jurisdiction status (exclusive, concurrent, partial, or proprietary) of federal lands on Horn Island, Jackson County, Mississippi, within Gulf Islands National Seashore. This includes any jurisdiction maps, cession or acceptance documents, deeds with jurisdiction notes, and the park's entry in the Department of the Interior's inventory of legislative jurisdiction.

I also request any records from July 4, 2026 to the date of this request showing whether the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch opened, declined, or referred an investigation into the death of Nolan Xavier Wells, and any response to the 2026 congressional letter to the Acting Director on that subject.

I am a private citizen requesting these records for non-commercial, public education use. I ask that fees be waived; if fees would exceed $25, please contact me before processing. I prefer electronic copies.

Name: [YOUR NAME]
Mailing address: [ADDRESS]
Email: [EMAIL]
Date: [DATE]

File at Interior's FOIA portal Or FOIA.gov

Pick "National Park Service" as the agency. Save your request number. The law gives them 20 working days to respond. When you get an answer, send it to hello@lawrencetotimeh.com so it goes into the public record on the Classroom timeline.

Step 4

Every lawful door

Oversight

Committees hold hearings

The House and Senate Judiciary Committees oversee the Justice Department. The Natural Resources (House) and Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) Committees oversee the Park Service. Ask your member to request a hearing.

Civil rights

Report to the Civil Rights Division

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division takes reports from the public. A report is not a charge. It is a record that you asked, with a date on it.

November 3, 2026

Vote

Whoever holds the gavels holds subpoena power

The next Congress is seated January 3, 2027. Committee chairs decide who gets called to testify under oath. No party, no names here. Just the fact that your vote picks who holds the gavel.

Agent rules apply to every step: learn the law, document, vote, follow up, never harass. Our enemy is injustice, not people. I'm an educator, not an attorney. Nothing here is legal advice.

Ask the questions. On the record.

Find your three

Send the three questions

Request the record

Every lawful door

Committees hold hearings

Report to the Civil Rights Division

Whoever holds the gavels holds subpoena power

Name your gap

Agents of Change,
fighting for human rights.

Ask the questions. On the record.

Find your three

Send the three questions

Request the record

Every lawful door

Committees hold hearings

Report to the Civil Rights Division

Whoever holds the gavels holds subpoena power

Name your gap

Agents of Change,fighting for human rights.

Agents of Change,
fighting for human rights.