- 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 Friday, Aug. 8.
WATCH: Family of missing teenager speaks about his death
Family of missing teenager found in Manatee County speaks about his death
- We are the Essentials is an organization of private investigators that helped search for missing people, and they took on this case and helped look for him.
- Giovanni is from North Carolina and vanished while vacationing in Englewood.
- The circumstances surrounding his disappearance are still unclear.
WATCH: WTVD interview with Giovanni Pelletier's Mother Brigitte Pelletier and Stepfather Jeremy Brown
WTVD interview with Giovanni Pelletier's Mother Brigitte Pelletier and Stepfather Jeremy Brown
How journalists battle the rise of AI fake news
As News Literacy Week kicks off in partnership with Scripps News, Tampa Bay 28 reporter Michael Paluska sat down with fact-checkers at PolitiFact to learn how they combat misinformation in the age of AI.
AI is making fake news harder to spot: How journalists at PolitiFact debunk it
