The search for missing British teenager Jay Slater has entered its eighth day, with authorities focusing on a ravine where his mobile phone last pinged. The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, vanished on the morning of June 17 after attending a music festival in Tenerife.
Jay had left the NRG event with two men and stayed at an Airbnb in a remote area of the island. His friend Lucy Mae Law said he called her that morning, sounding disoriented and in need of water, with his phone battery at just one percent. His mother, Debbie Duncan, who flew to Tenerife with his brother, said she is 'beside herself with worry' and believes he was kidnapped.
Spanish police have deployed helicopters, drones, and sniffer dogs in the search, but declined an offer of help from Lancashire Police. A new CCTV image shows a possible sighting of Jay in Santiago del Teide at around 6pm on June 17, ten hours after he was last seen in the village of Masca.
Jay's father, Warren Slater, arrived on Sunday and said the disappearance 'doesn't make sense'. The Airbnb host reported seeing Jay walking 'alone and fast' near Masca on the morning he vanished. A GoFundMe page set up by Lucy Mae has raised over £30,000 to support the family's search efforts.
