Jay Slater missing in Tenerife: Live updates on day 14 as search called off by Spanish police
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Jay Slater, 19, from Oswaldtwistle, was last heard from on Monday morning as he told a friend he planned to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus, a journey expected to take around 11 hours on foot.
His friend Lucy – who had gone to the island with him to attend the NRG music festival – said that Jay had gone to stay with two men he met the night before.
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Hide AdShe said she received a call from Jay at around 8.15am the following morning (Monday, June 17) saying he was going to try and walk back to his holiday accommodation - a journey of 11 hours on foot.
But he told her he was lost, needed a drink of water and had only 1% battery on his phone. He has not been seen or heard from since.
Jay’s phone pinged his last location as the Rural de Teno park – a mountainous area popular with hikers near the village of Masca.
Searches have been ongoing in this area in the days since his disappearance. Mountain rescue teams, local police, the Civil Guard and fire crews have been scouring the vast landscape, with sniffer dogs, drones and helicopters used in the search.
Follow our live blog as we share the latest updates on the search for Jay Slater in Tenerife...
LIVE: Day 14 in search for Jay Slater as 19-year-old goes missing in Tenerife
Key Events
- Search now in second week
- A huge group of family and friends from Oswaldtwistle head to Tenerife to help the search
- Police in Tenerife searching for missing Oswaldtwistle teen Jay Slater issue statement
- Mother of missing Lancashire-born Jay Slater issues desperate plea to son: "We just need you home"
- Snapchat video shows Jay smiling and laughing night before
- Full timeline of Jay's disappearance
- Latest updates as search efforts resume today
- Statement from GoFundMe: "All campaigns for Jay are under review"
- Jay Slater's mum fears he has been 'taken against his will'
- Search and rescue teams gather again in Tenerife as search for 19-year-old holidaymaker enters sixth day
- Nine days since Jay went missing
Family of Jay Slater respond to search for teen, 19, being called off
Speaking to The Sun, a family source said Jay’s parents and family are ‘heartbroken and devastated’ by the news.
Sniffer dogs had been flown in from Madrid to help search the Spanish island’s ravines, rivers and mountains since the 19-year-old went missing 13 days ago.
The Civil Guard will still act on tips, but it has announced the end of this large scale search less than 24 hours after a ‘last push’ proved fruitless.
Search for Jay Slater in Tenerife called off by Spanish police
It has been reported that a Guardia Civil spokesman said on Sunday: “The search operation has now finished, although the case remains open.”
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On Friday, the force had appealed for volunteer associations, such as firefighters and individual volunteers who are experts in rugged terrain to assist in a “busqueda masiva” -massive search – on Saturday.
Jay Slater's dad hits back at trolls and reveals why he hasn't joined the search in Tenerife
Jay Slater’s dad has explained that he is ‘leaving it to the professionals’ instead of navigating the dangerous Tenerife terrain to look for his son himself.
58-year-old Warren Slater, has said that he has faced internet trolling for not joining the search effort for the 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle.
Speaking to the Mirror, Warren said: "I’m grateful to those who have come out here because you can see just how dangerous it is and what gets me is the trollers who are having a go at us for not searching.
"It’s not the local park, these are big mountains, the terrain is dangerous, put yourself in our position would you go out in these conditions?
“It’s tough, it’s hard, we are leaving it to the professionals and I’m grateful for those who have turned out today and I want to thank them for what they are doing.”
Jay Slater search team give major updates on hunt for missing teen
Police in Tenerife have now confirmed the apprentice bricklayer was spotted on the morning he disappeared and the rescue effort was starting from that point today.
Officers also confirmed the two mystery men who invited him back to their Airbnb hours after he went missing have been identified and spoken to.
However little is known about the men, who have not spoken publicly, besides the fact that they are British, black and in their late 30s to early 40s.
Police have said they drove Jay back to their £40-a-night two-bedroom apartment, located just outside the village of Masca on the side of a mountain in the Rural de Teno national park, some 20 miles away.
Search for Jay Slater enters 14th day
Good morning and welcome back to our live blog.
We’ll be bringing you the latest updates as the search for missing Jay Slater has gone on for two weeks now in Tenerife.
Friend of missing Lancashire teenager Jay Slater heard him 'sliding off gravel' during phone call
A close pal of missing Lancashire teenager Jay Slater has told how he heard him sliding off gravel just before he disappeared in a mountainous area of Tenerife.
Apprentice bricklayer Jay, 19, has not been heard from since the morning of June 17, after he told a friend he was lost in the mountains after missing a bus and only had 1% battery on his phone.
Expert volunteers are going to join police in Tenerife today in 'massive search' for Jay Slater
A Europe-wide appeal was made by Guardia Civil yesterday calling for help for a ‘massive search’ set to get underway today.
Guardia Civil call on expert volunteers to join search in Tenerife for missing Jay Slater from Oswaldtwistle
Police searching for missing teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife are appealing for expert volunteers to help with a “massive search” on Saturday.
Spanish police verdict on Jay being found alive after 12 days in mountains
Police searching for missing Jay Slater in Tenerife say it is ‘very unlikely’ he will be found alive after 12 days, if he got lost in the mountains. The Civil Guard are pressing ahead with their search but have yet to find any clues to explain the disappearance of the missing 19-year-old from Lancashire.
And the force appears less confident of finding him alive with each day that passes without any leads, saying it is now ‘very unlikely’ if he was lost in the mountains - a devastating blow to Jay’s family and friends who remain in Tenerife, desperately waiting for answers.
Local's warning over missing tourists
A local in Tenerife has issued a stark and grim warning as the search for Jay continues.
The woman said people go missing in the Tenerife mountains "every summer" and it can take "months" for police to find anything.
She told The Independent:
“We often have hikers go missing, every summer it is the same. Police come for a week and search and then they go – sometimes it can take months for a body to be found as the mountains are too difficult to search."
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