JAY SLATER: The search continues for every week for the lacking man in Tenerife
- writer, Adam Durbin
- Position, BBC Information
The search in Tenerife for a lacking British teenager has entered its seventh day.
Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, disappeared final week after attending a music pageant on the Spanish island.
Specialised canine groups are trying to find the 19-year-old, who has not been heard from since he referred to as a buddy on Monday saying he was misplaced and wanted water.
Spanish police declined to remark when requested on Saturday about reviews of Mr Slater being seen afterward Monday – after the cellphone name.
On Saturday, the sixth day of the search, police, rescue groups and firefighters resumed combing the mountainous terrain in Rural de Teno Nationwide Park, Mr Slater’s final recognized location.
Family and friends of the development apprentice mentioned he had earlier left the group he traveled with within the vacationer space of Playa de las Americas, within the south of the island.
After leaving the NRG music pageant at Papagayo nightclub, he obtained right into a automobile with two males he had met to drive to the nationwide park in northwest Tenerife.
Friday’s efforts have been targeted on a mountain highway in a valley north of Tenerife, earlier than shifting to a valley within the village of Masca.
Canine, police and mountain rescue staff searched areas together with the grounds across the house in Masca, to which Mr Slater was reported to have travelled.
Search groups for Mr Slater have been reportedly smaller on Saturday than in earlier days. Just a few emergency staff have been seen in Maska and surrounding areas.
Firefighters seem like doing many of the looking in these areas.
Rescue groups, accompanied by police canines, set out on a steep gravel path in Rural de Teno Park on Saturday.
Except for on-the-ground search efforts, the administrator of a Fb web page set as much as assist discover Mr Slater mentioned somebody not the 19-year-old had logged into his Instagram account.
Rachel Louise Harge mentioned the individuals who have been “hacking” his household’s social media accounts have been “sick within the head”.
She additionally mentioned a fundraising web page had been set as much as assist household and associates based mostly on Tenerife seek for him. Donations on the web page have now exceeded £28,000.
Many group members in Oswaldtwistle expressed concern about Mr. Slater’s well being.
Pastor Matt Smith, of West Finish Methodist Church, mentioned Sunday’s service could be “a possibility for the group to return collectively.”
“Will probably be a traditional service and we’ll pray for Jay and provides individuals the chance to go away messages for him and light-weight candles,” he mentioned.
Lancashire Police mentioned on Saturday that specialist officers have been persevering with to help Mr Slater’s household.
The drive beforehand mentioned it had provided to assist Spanish police seek for him, however was advised that its counterparts in Tenerife felt that they had inadequate sources.
Mr Slater was on his first vacation with out household and traveled to the pageant with two associates.
Lucy Low, who’s believed to have been the final particular person he spoke to, mentioned he advised her of their name that he had missed a bus and had determined to stroll the 10-hour journey house however was misplaced, wanted water and had his cellphone on. % battery.
Rural de Teno Park is a few 40-minute drive from the place Mr Slater and his associates have been staying.
It is a distant and wild nationwide park, a world away from Los Cristianos and Playa de las Americas, the vacation resorts on the island’s south coast.
Deep valleys and towering mountains make the nationwide park a troublesome place for Spanish analysis groups to navigate.
What we all know to this point
- Sunday 16 June – Jay Slater and his associates attend the final day of the NRG Music Pageant at Papagayo nightclub within the well-liked vacationer space of Playa de las Americas
- Monday 17 June – Between 03:00 and 06:00 GMT, Mr Slater obtained right into a automobile with two males he had met in the course of the vacation and left Playa de las Americas.
- 07:30 – Mr Slater posts a photograph on his Snapchat account exhibiting him on the entrance to a property, noting the placement Parque Rural de Teno
- Between 08:30 and 09:00 – Mr Slater calls his buddy and says he has missed a bus again south and was making an attempt to make the ten hour journey
- The decision dropped, and his final cellphone location confirmed a path within the mountainous Rural de Teno Nationwide Park, well-liked with hikers.
- Tuesday 18 June – Regardless of his associates looking the world, no signal of Mr Slater emerged and he didn’t return to his residence
- Native police and mountain rescue groups started looking, and his mom and brother boarded a flight to Tenerife
- Wednesday 19 June – The Spanish Civil Guard continues to go looking utilizing drones, canines and a helicopter, however no hint has been discovered
- The search was briefly moved to the Los Cristianos space within the south of the island as a consequence of a potential sighting, however police shortly “dropped” the order which led to the search being moved again to the unique space.
- Thursday, June 20 – The Civil Guard, mountain rescue, firefighters and volunteers return to scrub the nationwide park
- Friday, June 21 – Lancashire Police confirmed that they had provided to help within the search however mentioned Spanish police have been “happy they’ve the sources they want.”
- Saturday 22 June – Police, rescue canine groups and firefighters proceed to comb the mountainous terrain in Rural de Teno Nationwide Park
- His mom, Debbie Duncan, makes a direct attraction to her son, Saying, “We simply want you at house.”
