'This is horrible': Body found in Florida retention pond identified as Fuquay-Varina missing teen
EXPECT THOSE STORMS ALSO
WINNERS, BUT THE BETTER CHANCE
FOR STORMS THAT'S COMING UP.
THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING
FUQUAY-VARINA TEAM IS SADLY
OFFICIALLY OVER THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE IN FLORIDA HAS CONFIRMED
A BODY FOUND IN A RETENTION
POND OFF OF MAJOR INTERSTATE
WAS 18 YEAR-OLD GIOVANNI
PELLETIER.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT. I'M ERIC MILLER.
THE LETTER WAS LAST SEEN IN
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA ON
AUGUST. FIRST IS PHONE LAST
PINGED IN MANATEE COUNTY THERE
WHERE HIS BODY WAS FOUND
YESTERDAY. THE MURALS KIRSTEN
CLARK IS LIVE IN FUQUAY-VARINA
THURSTON GIOVANNI'S FAMILY SAYS
THIS IS THEIR WORST NIGHTMARE.
>> IN ERIC MOM HELP THOSE ARE
THE LAST WORDS GYOVANNY
PELLETIER IS MOTHER READ FROM
HER SON IN A TEXT MESSAGE.
SHE SENT HER ON AUGUST. 1ST.
NOW A WEEK LATER THE FAMILY
LEARNED OF THAT SHOCKING
DISCOVERY AND THEY'RE STILL
WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED LEADING
UP TO THE DEATH OF THEIR
BELOVED TEAM.
>> A DESPERATE SEARCH FOR
GYOVANNY PELLETIER ENDING IN
HEARTBREAK. THE MANATEE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN FLORIDA
WERE ALERTED OF A BODY FOUND
IN A RETENTION POND AT THE
SOUTHBOUND OFF-RAMP OF
INTERSTATE 75 AND STATE ROUTE
70. I SET OUT TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE DAY'S LONG SEARCH
FOR GYOVANNY LEADING TO THE
DISCOVERY. BILLY LANE IS THE
PRESIDENT OF WE ARE THE
ESSENTIALS, A GROUP OF FORMER
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MILITARY
MEMBERS WHO HELP SEARCH FOR
GEO ALONGSIDE HIS FAMILY.
WE WANTED TO FOCUS IN
>> WHICH WAS NEAR WHERE HE WAS
LAST SEEN WHEN
FAMILY MEMBERS.
>> BECOME LAW. IN OUR
INTERVIEW. LANE DESCRIBED THE
DETAILS OF THEIR SEARCH.
>> TO START OUR SEARCH THERE,
WE WORK UP FROM THE HOUSE WOULD
TRY PPS AND SEE WHAT PATH THEY
WOULD HAVE TAKEN. WE IN THE
AREA WHERE ROAD FROM ABLE TO
TRAVEL PLANE TELLS ME IT WAS
AN EMOTIONAL TIME FOR
GIOVANNI'S FAMILY, BUT HE SAYS
THEY PRESSED ON THROUGH THEIR
PAIN AND TEARS ONLY TO DISCOVER
THAT THE WORST.
>> GIOVANNI'S MOTHER CONFIRMED
THE DISCOVERY IN THIS FACEBOOK
POST EMPHASIZING THAT IT WAS
FAMILY WHO FOUND HER SON FOR
THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
TRAINED AND WHO HASN'T DEALT
WITH DEATH BEFORE.
>> THIS IS A TRAUMATIC AND YOU
KNOW, IF THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE
HAPPENED, THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN THE ONE WHO HAD TO LOCATE
THEIR LOVED ONE.
>> LANE SAYS HE DID SEE LAW
ENFORCEMENT SEARCHING AT TIMES,
BUT HE SAYS THEIR RESOURCES
ARE OFTEN LIMITED. BUT
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
TO GYOVANNY PELLETIER ARE STILL
UNANSWERED
>> IT WASN'T LIKE HE HAD
ALZHEIMER'S. HE WASN'T
DEMENTIA. THERE WAS NO REASON
THAT HE WHAT'S HE LEFT THE
VEHICLE COULD NOT HAVE REACHED
OUT TO SOMEBODY.
>> IN SHOULD HAPPEN, WOULD HAVE
REACHED OUT TO SOMEBODY.
>> THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS STILL
UNKNOWN. MANATEE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SAY AN
AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR
TOMORROW. WE ARE STILL WORKING
TO LEARN AS MUCH AS WE CAN
ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION LIVE