BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells said no foul play was involved in the death of 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier, who went missing a week before his body was found in a retention pond.
Wells held a press conference Tuesday morning to share additional information about the investigation.
A family friend located the body of 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier a week after he went missing on August 1. The advanced state of decomposition required an autopsy and additional testing to positively identify the body.
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Pelletier was last seen near the intersection of I-75 and SR-70 in Manatee County after running from the car he was in with his cousins. His cousins later told police that, during their trip from Englewood to Brevard County, he began acting erratically before leaving the vehicle…