By Salmaan Farooqui, THE CANADIAN PRESS 
 
 A Canadian woman who is searching for her missing son in Peru says that authorities in the country are considering the possibility that her son was abducted. 
 
 Alisa Clamen, a Montreal resident, said her son Jesse Galganov, 22, left for a backpacking trip through South America and Southeast Asia last month. She last heard from him on Sept. 28, when he said that he would be out of communication for only a few days while he embarked on a multi-day trek near the Peruvian city of Huarez. 
 
 Clamen flew to Peru last week after deciding that something was seriously wrong. After not hearing from her son for nearly a month, she has posted a $10,000 USD award for any information that leads to her son being found. 
 
 She said she has been corresponding with Peruvian authorities since her arrival, who she says have been working flat out to try to locate her son. 
 
 “All of (the information) is leading to the conclusion that Jesse, somehow, was abducted,” said Clamen. 
 
 “It is really the only plausible theory at this point, because nobody really disappears into thin air.” 
 
 She said that Galganov’s last known location was a backpackers hostel called Kame House in Huaraz. She added the investigation officially became a criminal one when the owner of the hostel first said that Galganov had been to the hostel, and then changed his story to say that he hadn’t when asked by police. 
 
 Investigators know that Galganov made it to Kame house because a friend received a Snapchat message of Galganov at the hostel. 
 
 Clamen says that obtaining Galganov’s information from his iPhone, as well as his Kindle e-reader device will be critical in the investigation. However, she said that Apple, T-Mobile (Galganov’s service provider), and Amazon haven’t been co-operating with the investigation. 
 
 “All these people are offering their help, and yet i have Apple, Amazon, and T-Mobile who are not only not offering their help, they’re impeding us,” said Clamen. 
 
 “I’m incredulous, I just cannot believe that these companies are not being co-operative, when the life a 22 year old man is at stake.” 
 
 So far, Clamen says that she has received an enormous amount of support from the Canadian embassy in Peru, from Peruvian authorities, and from friends back home who are scouring their social media for any information that could be gleaned from communications with Galganov. 
 
 Clamen added that she is hoping the U.S. Embassy and FBI could get involved to pressure Apple, T-Mobile and Amazon into releasing data from Galganov’s devices. 
 
 “I can’t sit and break down and cry and just be a mother that is lost,” said Clamen, speaking from a hotel room in Huaraz as authorities updated her on the investigation. 
 
 “Sometimes I feel like that, like I have to collapse, but I just can’t do that, because I need to find my son.” 
 
 For that reason, she says there’s no point in regretting her son’s trip, because it won’t help with the task at hand. She said Galganov, who had just been accepted to medical school, could not have planned this trip more meticulously. 
 
 Clamen said she knew and researched every detail of the trip with him, right down to the weight of each item in his backpack. 
 
 “I can’t let regret consume me, because it’ll break me.” ||||| On September 24, Jesse Galganov left his hometown of Montreal for an eight-month backpacking trip through South America and Southeast Asia. The Canadian native was fulfilling his dream of traveling the world while taking a gap year before starting medical school at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia next fall. 
 
 Jesse Galganov Alisa Clamen 
 
 On September 28, the 22-year-old texted his mother saying he might be unable to communicate for a few days, as he planned to hike the 31-mile Santa Cruz trail through the Cordillera Blanca Mountains. He assured his mother, Alisa Clamen, he’d be reachable after October 2. 
 
 It’s now three weeks later, and no one has heard from him. Alisa grew concerned after a few days. 
 
 “He is a very responsible adult,” Alisa told Dateline. “At first I thought he may have just extended his trip or taken a longer route.” 
 
 Alisa reached out to all of Jesse’s close friends on October 7 to see if anyone had heard from him. Julien Miller, Jesse’s friend from high school, told Dateline Jesse was consistently messaging and Snapchatting friends at the beginning of the trip -- but after September 29, all communication stopped. 
 
 “He is an experienced traveler and an excellent communicator,” Julien told Dateline. “We have to assume that if he had access to communication, he would contact us.” 
 
 Alisa filed a missing persons report with the U.S. State Department on October 14. She then contacted the Peruvian Embassy, as well as the Canadian and American Embassies, since Jesse is a dual citizen. 
 
 Working with the Peruvian National Police, Alisa has been able to confirm her son’s whereabouts before he went missing. 
 
 Jesse departed Lima on a Cruz del Sur Bus on September 27 and arrived in Huaraz at 6:30 a.m. on September 28. Security cameras capture Jesse leaving the bus station that morning and heading in the direction of the Kame House Backpacker Hostel, where he was planning to stay that evening. 
 
 According to family, there have been a number of conflicting stories surrounding his stay at the Kame House. Police informed Alisa that the employees gave various reports of when Jesse arrived and left the hostel. The local District Attorney is now conducting a criminal investigation. 
 
 Authorities also determined there is no record of Jesse registering at the entry point of the Santa Cruz trail. No other hikers or guides on this frequently-traveled route have reported seeing him. 
 
 Jesse had a return bus ticket booked for October 2, but did not take that bus. He also had a flight booked to Bolivia on October 5 that went unused. 
 
 This week, Alisa flew to Peru to speak with authorities and retrace her son’s steps. 
 
 Jesse Glaganov and his mother, Alisa Clamen. Alisa Clamen 
 
 “I am the best option for finding my son,” Alisa said. “It’s grueling -- it’s terrible -- and I break down and sob every once in a while, but I don’t give myself that luxury very often because I need to stay focused.” 
 
 Jesse’s father, Todd Galganov, has also flown down to Peru to search for his son. 
 
 “I’m focused solely on finding my son,” Todd told Dateline in an e-mail. “I have been here all along. [I’ll] never stop.” 
 
 Jesse, left, with his dad Todd Galganov, right. Todd Galganov 
 
 According to Julien, it is very unlikely that his friend Jesse would intentionally skip prepaid travel, because he was on a strict budget during his eight months abroad. 
 
 Peruvian authorities have sent out multiple search parties to locate Jesse, including a high-altitude search and low-level searches. 
 
 Alisa said she has hung over 500 flyers in the area to make sure everyone sees Jesse’s information. 
 
 “People don’t just disappear,” Alisa told Dateline. “Someone will know something. If I can have everyone out there looking for Jesse, then we will find him.” 
 
 Jesse Galganov is described as 5'10” and is approximately 170 pounds with wavy brown hair and brown eyes. Family members are asking anyone with information on Jesse’s whereabouts to e-mail helpusfindjesse@gmail.com. 
 
 CORRECTION (Oct. 21, 1:29 p.m.): An earlier version of this article misspelled the surname of a Canadian man missing in South America. He is Jesse Galganov, not Glaganov. The name of a hostel was also misspelled. It is Kame House, not Kane House. ||||| on behalf of ALISA CLAMEN Emergencies Cote Saint-Luc, QC Ben Bright 
 
 Jesse Galganov, 22, left Montreal last month for what was supposed to be an eight-month backpacking trip through South America and Southeast Asia, but he only got as far as Peru. 
 
 
 
 Jesse began his trip to Peru by spending a few days in Lima. On September 28th, he took a bus to Huaraz, a small city in northern Peru, and arrived there at 6:30 am. That day, he informed his mother that he was planning to trek the Santa Cruz trail, a 50-kilometre hike through the Cordillera Blanca mountains, and would be out of communication for 3-4 days. 
 
 
 
 Since September 28th, Jesse has not been heard from by his family or friends. 
 
 
 
 We are raising $100,000 to pay for resources, to set up highly targeted PR campaigns (Facebook ads, Instagram ads, etc) and to assist with the costs associated with specialized search teams. We are looking to raise the funds ASAP. 
 
 
 
 With unity, we will be able to bring Jesse home. Any excess money will be donated in Jesse's name - as per the instructions of his mother, Alisa. 
 
 
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------My name is Ben Bright, a fourth year Business student from Montreal, Canada. 
 
 
 
 Jesse and I grew up together in Montreal. We share numerous mutual childhood friends. We were involved in extra curricular activities together as teenagers such as, organized sports, and often found each other in the same social settings. 
 
 
 
 A group of Jesse’s close friends and I are working directly with his immediate family, including Alisa Clamen; his mother and Todd Galganov his father who are desperately searching for their son in Peru. 
 
 
 
 As of right now, we are using the funds to create awareness about Jesse in the local regions he had visited, and had planned to visit. More specifically, we are using digital media targeting tools such as Facebook ads, Instagram ads, and paid news ads to create local awareness. We have received support from celebrities, such as Lindsey Lohan, Neymar.Jr, Steve Aoki and much more! As well, funds will be allocated to alleviating on the ground costs in Peru for Alisa and Todd, who have set up a private search team for her son. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anne Marie Boucher, is in the process of setting up a trust account on behalf of Alisa, Jesse’s mother. Once it is, we will withdraw the funds directly to the fund / bank account set up by Alisa and her team, which include Anne-Marie. Alisa Clamen, Jesse’s mother is the official beneficiary. The money will be directly accessible by Alisa once deposited into the created account. 
 
 
 
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– A 22-year-old with dreams of traveling the world has disappeared in the middle of an eight-month backpacking trip through South America and Southeast Asia. Jesse Galganov, who is from Montreal and plans to start medical school in Philadelphia next fall, was last heard from around Sept. 28, when he texted his mom telling her he was about to start hiking the 31-mile Santa Cruz trail through Peru's Cordillera Blanca Mountains and might be unreachable until Oct. 2. But no one has heard from him since, NBC News reports. His friends say he was in touch with them consistently from the start of the trip until Sept. 29, but no one has been able to get a hold of him since then. His mother tells the Toronto Sun authorities are investigating the possibility her son was abducted, and she believes that's what happened. "Nobody really disappears into thin air," she says. The local DA's office is conducting a criminal investigation after inconsistencies were uncovered regarding his stay at the Kame House Backpacker Hostel, with employees giving differing reports of when he arrived and left and the owner initially confirming he had been there, then later saying he had not. Galganov was planning to stay at the hostel the evening of Sept. 28, and security footage shows him leaving a bus station that morning in the direction of the hostel. He later sent a friend a Snapchat from the hostel. There is no record of him registering at the entry point of the trail he was planning to hike, and no other hikers or guides on the popular trail have reported sightings of him. His mother is in Peru trying to retrace her son's steps, and a GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help with costs. She has also started a petition asking Apple, T-Mobile, and Amazon to release information from his iPhone and Kindle that could help investigators.