Jay Slater police in Tenerife warned they must do 'two things' after search called off

A missing persons expert has said Spanish police must do two important things now the Jay Slater search has been called off. Missing persons expert Charlie Hedges MBE has made two key recommendations after Jay vanished in Tenerife.

Hedges said although police in Tenerife can't search "forever", they should be examining all lines of inquiry - and go back and search the areas regularly. Ex-detective Hedges warned Jay's disappearance could risk becoming a cold case if is not constantly kept under review.

Hedges, who worked for Thames Valley Police, told The Sun detectives in Tenerife should not be discounting any theories at this stage. He said: "They should be keeping their minds open and examining all lines of inquiries.

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"Police seem to have put a fair amount of resources into it. There is a judgement for when it is the right time to call off the search. I had been wondering for a few days whether we were approaching that point. There is only so much you can search.

"But it may be appropriate to go back and search some areas based on the information they're seeking at the moment." Detective Mark Williams-Thomas, who flew out to Tenerife to help the family, said last week he suspected Jay had come to "natural harm".

But he hasn't ruled out third party involvement. The TV detective went on and said: “A strong working hypothesis remains that Jay has come to natural harm in the terrain as he took the rugged course back down the hill from the point of his location drop , where I am confident now that he was at 8.50am last Monday morning."

Mark suggested there are "two scenarios", stating: "He has either come to harm by his own accident, up in the hills somewhere, but not directly by the rental. Or, there is a third party involvement. I cannot rule that out at the moment."