Search efforts for 13-year-old Ilia Pilpani, who vanished from Georgia's Mestia town a month ago, have been underway without any result.
His parents still hope to find him alive.
Mestia City Hall official Murtaz Guledani says that there are two versions: the teenage boy fell into the river at the Mestia-Chala section or he was lost in the forest and became a victim of any of the predators.
''We have been searching for the teenage boy continuously for a month. All state bodies have engaged in the process, and volunteers also show a desire to engage in the process. The boy has vanished. The family is still hoping to find him,'' Murtaz Guledani remarks.
He adds that government officials also hope to find the boy alive.
Tamta Kapanadze
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