by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman
August 10, 2025
Pelletier’s household had employed a non-public investigation group to seek out him.
The physique of a Black teen who went lacking whereas on a household journey in Florida has been present in a pond.
In accordance with ABC 11, personal search efforts found the physique Aug. 8, with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Workplace later figuring out it as Giovanni Pelletier. Pelletier’s stays had been positioned close to his backpack, particularly in a retention pond close to an interstate within the Florida county.
The 18-year-old’s household had employed a non-public investigation group, who in the end discovered the physique on their first day of looking, regardless of authorities beforehand trying by the identical space. {The teenager} was a current graduate of Fuquay-Varina Excessive College, a public college primarily based in its namesake metropolis in North Carolina.
With the investigation into his demise now unfolding, his household now grieves the lack of their cherished one. His mom, Bridgette Pelletier, posted to Fb in regards to the unlucky flip of occasions.
“My son was just lately discovered after a determined search by OUR FAMILY ALONE, and we’re nonetheless dealing with an lively investigation into his demise,” shared the grieving mom. “I’m dwelling each guardian’s worst nightmare, looking for the energy to offer him the goodbye he deserves.”
Pelletier reportedly despatched his mom a “Mother assist” textual content earlier than disappearing Aug. 1. He had left in a automobile along with his cousins to go to his dad’s aspect of the household in Florida.
Authorities couldn’t decide any foul play upon preliminary statement of the physique. Nonetheless, they intend to finish an post-mortem, with a toxicology report additionally underway.
His cousin reportedly advised authorities that Pelletier was behaving erratically about 20 minutes into their experience. Additionally they alleged that he pulled out a knife, prompting them to depart him on the aspect of the highway.
Pelletier’s mom additionally advised Those that the cousins made “no effort” apart from one name to to let her know her son fled. A retired FBI Particular Agent, Frank Brostrom, additionally shared that the cousin’s recount of what occurred seems “very hokey,” with additional investigation wanted to disclose what led to his demise.
“Possibly he had some form of episode and panicked, ran out of the automobile, and , fell into the water one way or the other,” Brostrom stated to ABC11. “It simply sounds very hokey that that may be the scenario, however the truth that he known as asking for assist a number of instances with totally different relations is one thing that they are surely most likely specializing in.”
Beforehand coated on BLACK ENTERPRISE, the younger man had texted a number of different family asking for assist. Pelletier leaves behind 4 siblings as investigators proceed to find what occurred to {the teenager}.
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