More than a week after vanishing, the 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier, who texted “Mom, help” before going missing, is believed to have been found by authorities. A decomposing body, preliminarily determined to be Giovanni’s, was found at a retention pond.

As reported by Gulf Coast News, the body was found by Giovanni’s family at a retention pond near Interstate 75 and State Road 70 on Friday, August 8. A preliminary investigation determined the body to be Giovanni’s.

According to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office release obtained by WRAL, the Sarasota Medical Examiner’s Office has yet to officially identify the decomposing body believed to be Giovanni.

The autopsy performed by a medical examiner determined that no evidence of foul play or trauma was found. The cause and manner of death,

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