The body of a teenager from Noord -Carolina who had disappeared after he sent his mother a hair -raising last message that begged for ‘help’ found in Florida.
Giovanni Pelletier, 18, was discovered in a retention pond near I-75 in Florida on Friday, near where he had traveled to visit the family of his alienated father’s family, said the Sheriff of Manatee County, the office, said, According to Gulf Coast News.
Detectives “determined for the time being”, the body belongs to pelletier, awaiting further testing. An autopsy was planned for Sunday and the death investigation was underway, said the Sheriff office.
The boy’s mother, Bridgette Pelletier, said on Facebook that she “lived every parent’s worst nightmare” and noticed that her son was found by her family, not authorities.
“My son was recently found after a desperate search by our family alone, and we are still confronted with an active investigation into his death,” she wrote.
“I live the worst nightmare of every parent and try to find the power to give him the farewell he deserves.”
Giovanni Pelletier was unable to meet his father, who is currently locked up, his aunt Desiree Pelletier earlier ABC News toldBut he had plans to meet three cousins for the first time.
However, things took a turn after the cousins had picked up Giovanni for a three -hour drive to their house in Mims, Florida, on 1 August.
About 25 minutes after their drive he texted his mother: “Help me.” He also sent terrifying messages to his grandfather and another aunt.
According to the Sheriff’s Office by Charlotte County, the cousins told researchers Giovanni “began to act irregularly before he left the vehicle” on the i-75 near State Road 70.
The teenager and mobile phone’s backpack were found on the side of the road that same day by a truck driver.
In an update to a GoFundme, who started to cover the family in hiring a private researcher to help, Bridgette Pelletier noted that the money would now go to “funeral, medical and legal costs” while they “struggle to honor to honor to honor [Giovanni’s] Memory through this unimaginable heartache. ‘
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