Video above: New details revealed in death investigation of missing teen found in pond
BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — Officials released the cause of death for Giovanni Pelletier, a North Carolina teenager who went missing a week before his body was found in a Manatee County retention pond.
Pelletier was passing through the area with his cousins on August 1 when he exited the car along Interstate 75 near State Road 70 and ran away.
Sheriff describes Giovanni Pelletier’s last known moments before his disappearance, death
His cousins said he started “tripping” after the group smoked marijuana and was acting erratically, trying to escape the moving vehicle. Pelletier sent his mother a text saying “Mom help me” at around 2 a.m…