Pelletier was a recent graduate of Fuquay-Varina High School in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, WTVD reported. Pelletier was last seen on August 1 while on a family vacation in Englewood, Florida, before leaving around 1:30 a.m. to travel with his cousins toward Brevard County to visit more family, according to the CCSO.

A body believed to be missing North Carolina teen Giovanni Pelletier was too decomposed for official identification — but showed no signs of violence or foul play, officials said Monday. The body was found floating in a Florida pond Friday as Pelletier’s family searched the area for the 18-year-old who vanished more than a week earlier after sending alarming messages,

Giovanni Pelletier, a teen who went missing in Florida earlier this month, has been confirmed dead. His family confirmed his death to ABC 11 on Saturday, Aug. 9, one day after a decomposing body was discovered near the area where the teenager was last seen.