TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA/WNCN) —A body found near a Florida retention pond is confirmed to be that of a teenager who went missing last week while visiting family.
According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, preliminary evidence collected from the scene has identified the body as 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier. The teen’s family also confirmed the identification on social media.
Pelletier, of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, was last seen walking away from a vehicle along Interstate 75 in Manatee County on Aug. 1, prompting a statewide search for the teen.
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On Friday, law enforcement located the body in a retention pond at the southbound off-ramp of I-75 and State Road 70…