He hasn't necessarily been missing for a month, it is a month since he talked to his family. By their own admission, he is something of a nomad.
There are so many possibilities here, including the plane crashing, guns, drugs, terrorism.
I hope for the family's sake mr Padilla phones home soon.
very true...why are we only hearing about this now? Losing a guy and plane that big and we hear about it a month later?