New 'important' Jay Slater information emerges about his 'final movements'

A Jay Slater detective has found "important information" about the missing teen's final movements in Tenerife. Former detective-turned TV sleuth Mark Williams-Thomas flew to the Canary Islands for a "detailed picture" of Jay's movements.

Mr Williams-Thomas said: "Although the police search in the mountains and around Masca has concluded, the police investigation into Jay Slater’s disappearance remains ongoing." He added: "In regard to our investigation we have been able to speak to important witnesses and now have a very detailed picture of Jay's movements over the 16th and 17th, along with important background information.

"We still have a number of outstanding actions, but have given the family a preliminary breakdown of findings." He went on: "In light of the police search ending, I have suggested the family should use the GoFundMe money to continue the search using experts in searching.

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"I would appeal again, if you have any ‘direct information’ having spoken to Jay or anyone that was with him overnight 16/17th and have not yet been in contact please do so." Cipriano Martin, the chief of the Guardia Civil’s mountain rescue team, said Slater would not have travelled to “any area we don’t go to”.

Speaking through an interpreter, he told the BBC: “There are difficult areas and we’ve given instructions for people not to risk their own safety. But there’s something we need to make clear, which is any area we don’t go to, well, Jay won’t have gone there either.

“You have to think about it logically – if I see there’s vegetation in front of me and I’m going to get spiked, and I can’t get through, then he won’t have gone through that area either. We have to be logical, obviously.”

Slater’s mother, Debbie Duncan, who has been on the island searching for her son for more than a week, said she was not losing hope that he would be found alive.