About 25-30% of manatee deaths are blamed on boats. Blunt-force impacts have outpaced propeller cuts, and some injuries and deaths are caused by both.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - The mother of Giovanni Pelletier, critical of local authorities’ handling of the investigation ...

Florida officials confirmed on Thursday that a body discovered in a pond last week is a North Carolina man who vanished ...

Authorities in Florida have identified a body found in a retention pond as Giovanni Pelletier, an 18-year-old from Fuquay-Varina.

A body found in a retention pond during a search for a missing teenager has been identified by the medical examiner as ...

The medical examiner’s office has positively identified the decomposed body recovered from a retention pond on Aug. 8 as 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. ( WWSB) - The District 12 Medical Examiner’s Office has now confirmed the identity of the body found ...

Officials say no foul play or trauma was found during the autopsy, and the cause of death is pending toxicology and further ...

The District 12 Medical Examiner's Office has positively identified the body recovered from a retention pond on Aug 8 as ...

The family of an 18-year-old found dead in a Manatee County retention pond spoke out about his death. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office found Giovanni Pelletier off of I-75 and State Road 70 on ...

Pelletier was a recent graduate of Fuquay-Varina High School in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, WTVD reported. Pelletier was ...