18-Year-Old Giovanni Pelletier Who Vanished After Sending Haunting Text to Mother Found Dead in Florida Retention Pond

Giovanni Pelletier

In the quiet hours of an early August morning in 2025, a family’s vacation turned into a nightmare that captured national attention. Giovanni Pelletier, an 18-year-old recent high school graduate from Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, vanished after sending a desperate text to his mother: “Mom, help.” What began as a hopeful reunion with estranged relatives ended … Read more