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.

More than a week after the disappearance of Giovanni Pelletier, the teenager who was last seen in Mims, Florida, authorities have found a body in the area where he went missing.

On Saturday, Pelletier's mother Bridgette confirmed her son's death in a devastating social media post in which she asked the public for grace and privacy as the family deals with