India, Aug. 9 -- A breakthrough might be coming in the Giovanni Pelletier case. The North Carolina teen vanished when vacationing with his family on August 1.

Now, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said on Friday that a body had been found not far from where the missing teen's backpack was located.

Here is all you need to know about the new discovery.

The body was found in a retention pond at the southbound off-ramp of Interstate 75 and SR 70, ABC News reported.

Manatee County is near Bradenton, Florida, along Interstate 75.

Pelletier was with his family in Englewood, before his disappearance.

Notably, cops have not confirmed if the body is of the missing teen's. Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells said that the body appears to belo...