Overview

• Giovanni vanished on August 1 after three paternal cousins picked him up in Englewood and he sent urgent “Mom help” texts, calls and a FaceTime within 30 minutes of the ride starting.
• The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office says the 18-year-old began acting erratically before exiting the vehicle near State Road 70 and has not been seen since.
• Both Charlotte and Brevard County deputies have received no confirmed sightings and are urging anyone with tips to come forward.
• Family-led searches across Charlotte and Brevard counties have turned up only Giovanni’s abandoned phone and backpack on a roadside in Bradenton.
• His mother disputes the cousins’ version of events and a $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his whereabouts or to an arrest and conviction.