MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - The mother of Giovanni Pelletier, critical of local authorities’ handling of the investigation into his death, said she is arranging for a second autopsy of her son’s body.

“We just secured that (second medical examiner), and we’re taking care of that,” Bridgette Pelletier said Thursday in an interview with WTVD in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Pelletier also said the cousins who last saw her son know more than they are telling police.

“I just want answers,” she said.

Vanished

The 18-year-old disappeared Aug. 1 while he was on vacation with his immediate family in Englewood. On that night, Giovanni was with three cousins in a Chevy Malibu heading from Englewood to Brevard County to visit relatives from his father’s side of the family.

Authorities say the cous

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