S3 Ep329: From Family Reunion to Fatal Mystery | The Death of Giovanni Pelletier

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🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

On August 8, a body believed to be 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier was found in a Florida retention pond near where he had recently gone missing. Giovanni disappeared after sending his mother a text reading “Mom, help” during a visit with relatives.

The remains showed no signs of foul play, though official identification and cause of death aren't yet known. Giovanni’s family is now demanding an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.

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0:00.0	A Better Help ad.
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0:25.3	Learn more about online therapy at betterhelp.com. Hey, everyone, welcome back to Crime Weekly News.
0:45.4	I'm Derek Lavasar.
0:46.5	And I'm Stephanie Harlow.
0:47.9	And we're going to jump right into it today on CWN.
0:50.7	We dive into the heartbreaking case of Giovanni Peltier, an 18-year-old boy who was
0:55.6	tragically found dead in a retention pond in Florida just days after a disturbing series of events.
1:01.9	Giovanni, who had traveled to Florida to connect with relatives from his father's side,
1:06.2	would never make it back home.
1:07.5	What started as an innocent visit with family quickly spiraled into confusion
1:11.3	and tragedy. Giovanni's last moments are shrouded in mystery with conflicting stories from those
1:16.3	who were with him. What really happened to Giovanni on that faithful night and what role did his
1:21.1	cousins play? Join us as we uncover the details of this devastating case and seek answers for a grieving
1:26.8	mother who fears her son's
1:28.1	death may have been far from accidental. Yeah, so this is a crazy case. I've been following it on
1:34.3	TikTok and you said you really didn't know a ton about it. Not a ton. Not a ton. I just read that little
1:39.0	intro that, you know, you had written up for me. So I'm going to be learning about it with everyone
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