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
David Cameron: "I am thinking of the family and this young man"
Foreign Secretary, Lord David Cameron, spoke out about Jay's disappearance on an election visit to Lancashire yesterday.
He told BBC Radio Lancashire:
“I am absolutely across this. One of the most important jobs the Foreign Secretary has is to make sure we give consular assistance anywhere in the world to British citizens who are in trouble.
“Obviously I am thinking of and worrying about the family and this young man. Consular officials are there in Tenerife talking to the family, talking to the local authorities there and desperately keen that we make progress and find out what’s happened.”
Searches focussed on caves in new area of national park
Yesterday’s search efforts reportedly focussed on caves close to a ravine in a new area of the remote Rural de Teno National Park where Jay's phone last pinged.
Search for Jay Slater enters 12th day
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We’ll be bringing you the latest updates on the search for missing Jay Slater in Tenerife.
Private investigator learns ID of two men Jay stayed with
Speaking to reporters, former detective turned TV sleuth Mark Williams-Thomas claimed he has learned the name of one of the two men who Jay stayed with the night before disappearing.
He says he also has a picture of the other man. He said they were both described as being between 30 to 40-years-old.
Jay last spoke to his friend Lucy Law around 8am the next morning (Monday, June 17) after he had been to stay in a rental Airbnb with the two men he met the night before.
Jay said the apartment was 'in the middle of nowhere' and he was planning to walk back to his own accommodation - an 11-hour journey on foot.
His phone later ran out of battery and he has not been seen or heard from since.
Jay's mum gives update on £36k GoFundMe as she withdraws funds
Jay Slater’s mum has provided an update on the £36,000 raised on GoFundMe as she seeks to withdraw some of the cash, and explains how the funds will be used to help search for her son.
Debbie Duncan posted the update on the crowdfunding site this morning, as she thanked the 3,300 people who have donated to the fundraiser.
She says she wants to withdraw ‘part of the funds’ to help with the ongoing search in Tenerife where her 19-year-old disappeared 11 days ago.
Debbie says she is in talks with GoFundMe to release some of the cash, but didn’t say how much of the £36,000 she would like handed over.
Mayor refutes CCTV sighting: 'He's not here'
The Mayor of the town in Tenerife where Jay Slater was potentially sighted on CCTV cameras, Santiago del Tiede, said he does not believe the missing teenager ever made it there.
Speaking to journalists, he told them, "He's not here."
Mayor Emilio Navarro told the Independent: “The Guardia Civil sent us an email asking for our security cameras. We could not give it to them as they are organised through a separate company, so the police are speaking to them.
"But that CCTV picture is not from us and I do not recognise that place - I do not think it is in Santiago del Tiede and he is not here.
“We will help the police but it makes no sense. We have had family and journalists here but we have seen no police.”
Drones join search for Jay
Drones were deployed to the Rural de Teno National Park yesterday, as searches continued at the site where Jay’s phone last pinged.
The Civil Guard said they were carrying out ""repeated hunts through ravines, roads, and trails of rugged terrain."
The Civil Guard, Canary Islands government and local police are all involved in the search efforts.
Jay's mum says family "in a living nightmare"
Jay's mum Debbie Duncan told Sky News her family were in a “living nightmare” as she asked people to pray for her missing son.
Debbie Duncan to Sky News"I have every faith in them down on the ground and the amazing searches they are carrying out along with more amazing guys up there.
"As a family we are in a living nightmare. We have no further updates other than Jay is still missing and we are just ignoring the social media side of things."
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