Jay Slater: The seek for the lacking Briton on Tenerife focuses on the village and valley of Masca

The seek for a British teenager who went lacking after an evening out on Tenerife has entered its fifth day with rescue groups and police specializing in a rural village and a valley under.

Regardless of intensive search efforts that included drones, canine and a helicopter, no hint of Jay Slater was discovered.

The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, was final heard from when he known as a pal shortly earlier than 09:00 GMT on Monday.

Its final recognized location was on a highway within the mountainous terrain of Rural de Teno Nationwide Park within the northwest of the island.

Family and friends of Slater stated he obtained right into a automotive with two males he met whereas on vacation and left the group he was touring with within the vacationer space of ​​Playa de las Americas, in southern Tenerife.

The search groups look like looking methodically alongside a mountain highway, specializing in a small valley, earlier than shifting to a valley within the village of Maska.

The canine groups spent most of their day working in an space near the farm buildings.

Police and mountain rescue officers have been seen inspecting a steep space behind the house to which Mr Slater was stated to have been taken.

They rigorously combed via the lifeless palm timber masking a river down the hill close to the property.

Investigators are taking trash luggage from the world to attempt to discover any clues, however they have not had any leads but.

The house proprietor advised reporters that she noticed Mr. Slater strolling within the driveway in entrance of her home, however she didn’t see him once more after that, describing the state of affairs as “worrying.”

The apprentice development employee was on his first vacation with out his mother and father and was attending the NRG Music Competition with two buddies.

Lucy Low, who was the final particular person to talk to him, stated he advised her of their name that he had missed a bus and determined to stroll for the 10-hour journey residence however was misplaced, wanted water and his telephone was on 1% battery. .

Rural de Teno is a few 40-minute drive from the place Mr Slater and his buddies 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 tough place for Spanish analysis groups to navigate.

At evening, the countryside turns into a maze, darkish and complicated.

On Thursday, Ms Low known as on British police to affix the search within the Canary Islands.

In an announcement issued earlier, Lancashire Police stated it had “made a proposal to assist the Civil Guard to see in the event that they want any further sources”, however confirmed “at the moment they’re glad they’ve the sources they want”. .

She added: “Our ideas stay with Jay’s household and buddies at this tough time.”

In Mr Slater’s hometown in Lancashire, folks positioned blue ribbons on buildings to assist Mr Slater and his household, and a service was held on Thursday evening on the West Finish Methodist Church.

His pal Callum Thorpe, who has recognized him since major faculty, initially stated he thought Mr Slater had merely “attended an after-party” and didn’t flip up.

Nevertheless, he stated that over time, “it is gotten extra critical and it’s kind of scary now.”

“I adopted the matter on social media and Fb, and it’s turning into increasingly worrying now,” he stated.

“All of us need the most effective and are discovering out what we are able to.”

He stated the tapes have been in place to characterize Mr Slater and “flip his hometown blue”.

He added: “We simply need him to return to his homeland, that is all we wish.”

A put up on a Fb group arrange by Slater’s buddies, which now has greater than 450,000 members, stated the search had left them “exhausted past phrases”.

Rachel Louise Harge wrote that she was “struggling to seek out the phrases” on Thursday evening, however added: “All I can say is that we’re nonetheless wanting and everyone seems to be doing the whole lot they’ll.”

She stated she was dwelling a “dwelling nightmare”, however that search operations have been persevering with “and we’re nonetheless optimistic.”

However Harg later advised her followers that they need to cease posting within the group as a result of too many “conspiracy theories” have been “influencing the problem.”

The proprietor of a British automotive rental firm in Tenerife stated the group was “ralliing round” and had made 10 automobiles obtainable on the island for folks serving to within the search.

Andrew Knight moved to the island from Liverpool 10 years in the past and stated he felt compelled to assist as a result of it was “in his nature” and “simply the way in which Tenerife is as a group”.

On Tuesday, Mr Slater’s mom, Debbie Duncan, and his older brother, Zack Slater, traveled to the island to affix the search.

On Wednesday, the Tenerife Civil Guard moved the search space to the south of the island, round Los Cristianos, based mostly on a tip-off.

Nevertheless, a BBC spokesman confirmed that the data had been “downgraded” and the search had been moved again to the north of the island.

Lancashire Police stated they have been supporting the household and have been contacting the British Embassy however had not deployed officers to the island or interviewed any witnesses.

Chatting with the BBC, Ms Low stated Slater was “sporting shorts and a t-shirt”, however “had no sunscreen, no water, no coat”.

“He is not ready for any of the climate right here. It is not protected,” she stated.

“He is by no means been right here earlier than, it will be straightforward for him to get misplaced.”

Regulation known as on the British police to help within the investigation “so we are able to return him to his household.”

“That is all we wish, all we want,” she stated.

A Overseas, Commonwealth and Growth Workplace spokesperson stated: “We’re supporting the household of a British man who has been reported lacking in Spain, and are in touch with native authorities.”