Jay Slater police 'hope teen is alive' and have 'several lines of inquiry'

Police have moved to give a major update on the Jay Slater search and say they still hope to find teen alive through "several lines of inquiry". Tenerife police insist they still have hope of finding missing teenager Jay with "several lines of inquiry" being pursued in the investigation.

Slater has been missing for more than three weeks and police have vowed they have 'several' lines of inquiry on missing Jay. Missing apprentice bricklayer Jay is feared to have got lost the barren landscape around Masca in mid-June.

Spanish Guardia Civil insist their investigation continues at pace and a spokesman told The Sun: "The investigation is ongoing and several lines of inquiry are being pursued." A source close to the probe went further and said they were still hopeful of finding the teenager alive.

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They insisted that the investigation had not yet classed Jay as "missing feared dead". It comes days on from mum Debbie Duncan describing 19-year-old Jay as a beautiful boy who had his whole life ahead of him. “We just want to find him,” she said in a statement, condemning as “vile” some of the wilder online speculation and conspiracy theories.

In her statement, through the British overseas missing persons charity LBT Global, Duncan said:“Jay is a normal guy who is in his third year of an apprenticeship, and he is a very popular young man with a large circle of friends.

“We are a very close family and are absolutely devastated about his disappearance. Words cannot describe the pain and agony we are experiencing. He is our beautiful boy with his whole life ahead of him and we just want to find him.”

“We are aware of the conspiracy theories and speculation on social media and some websites, and can only describe this as vile,” Duncan said. “The negative comments are extremely distressing to our family. We also embrace the love and support we have received from across the globe. It has not gone unnoticed, especially his home town in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.”