A North Carolina family is searching for an 18-year-old who went missing more than a week ago while on vacation out of state.

Giovanni Pelletier was on the trip with his family in Englewood, Florida, on Aug. 1 when he decided to visit other relatives about three hours away in Brevard County at around 1:30 a.m., according to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.

Pelletier was riding north on I-75 along with his cousins when they said the teen "suddenly began to act erratically before exiting the vehicle" near Manatee County, the sheriff's office stated.

In a GoFundMe, the family described his disappearance as "deeply troubling and suspicious."

Teen sent a text to his mother before his disappearance

The fundraiser says that Pelletier's mother last heard from him in a text, in which

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