Overview

• The Pelletier family launched a Change.org petition and retained legal counsel to press for FBI involvement in the investigation.
• Manatee County Sheriff’s Office reports a preliminary autopsy found no obvious trauma or signs of foul play and that toxicology results remain pending.
• The Medical Examiner’s office has not formally identified the remains due to advanced decomposition and is ordering additional forensic tests.
• Detectives believe the body was submerged for several days before surfacing in a retention pond near where Giovanni’s phone and backpack were left.
• Relatives’ accounts diverge on Giovanni’s final movements, citing a distress text to his mother, alleged substance use and a possible altercation before he vanished.