Cash reward offered in case of missing Skownan First Nation man

The family of a Skownan First Nation man who's been missing for more than a month hopes a $10,000 reward will lead to information that helps solve the mystery of his disappearance.

Dwayne Lavallee, 21, was last seen inEbb and Flow First Nation, about 185 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, on Sept. 22.

His mother, Kelly Lavallee, believes somebody out there knows something, and she hopes the reward will encourage someone to come forward.

"Personally, if I knew anything like this of a missing person, I would tell," she said over the phone late Thursday.

"I wish somebody out there can have a heart and just tell us where he is."

Last weekend, as searchers used horses, drones and a helicopter to look for the 21-year-old, Lavallee told CBC News she's lost faith her son will be found alive.

"It's not a search and rescue, it's a search and recovery," she said Sunday.

"I wouldn't want this for any other parents."

Hoping somebody will come forward

Lavallee said the reward was raised through a combination of donated funds and the family's own money.

"I'm hoping somebody will come forward and let me know the information that I need to find my son," she said, adding her son was last seen filling up his gastank on a security camera tape.

Lavallee thinks somebody may have been involved in his disappearance.

"After he was seen on the cameras there's no recollection of where he went or who he was with after. Nobody has come forward with that."

Hiscar wasfound at the end of a dead end roadnear Ste. Rose du Lac on Sept. 26.

A search party is planned this weekend, said Lavallee, who has made the trip from Skownan to Ebb and Flow every day since her son went missing.

It's been hard on her husband and their three other children.

"I would like to spend time with them at home," she said.

"It's hard, and at the same time I would like to be out with the searchers in case somebody finds my son."

People who want to help search can meetat Ebb and Flow's community hall anytime during the day on Saturday. The firstsearchers will head outat 8 a.m.

Lavallee is described as six feet, two inches tall and about 200 pounds. He has a tattoo of a small cross on his left hand and a tattoo saying "can't stop" on his right arm.

Anyone with information is asked to call Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP at 204-447-2513 or contact Manitoba Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, submit a secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com or text "TIPMAN" plus your message to CRIMES (274637).

With files from Stephen Ripley.