Overview

• Newly shown footage captures the 18-year-old sprinting down a steep embankment toward the retention pond where he was later found, with no one seen pursuing him.
• Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells said there is no evidence of foul play and the autopsy noted no trauma, including no stab or gunshot wounds.
• The three people who picked him up have cooperated with investigators, turned over the vehicle for searches, and no charges have been filed.
• Relatives told investigators the group smoked marijuana before Giovanni acted erratically, texted his mother for help, and ran from the car on I-75, leaving his phone and backpack behind.
• A truck driver unknowingly carried the backpack and phone to Tampa, where police recovered them, and a dive team later searched the pond without finding additional evidence as toxicology tests proceed.