Overview

• Giovanni Pelletier vanished early Aug. 1 after paternal cousins picked him up from Englewood during a family visit to Florida.
• Within 30 minutes he texted “Mom help,” placed phone calls and initiated a FaceTime, and those messages represent his last confirmed contacts.
• The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office says he exited the vehicle near SR70 after erratic behavior, but paternal relatives claim he was left behind following a knife altercation.
• GPS data led searchers to find his phone and backpack abandoned on the roadside in Bradenton, yet no further sign of him has emerged.
• Search efforts across Charlotte and Brevard counties continue with a $10,000 reward offered and family-led GoFundMe support for volunteer efforts.