Jay Slater reporter says 'one thing stands out' after disappearance in Tenerife

James Holt & James Rodger

24 June 2024 at 4:03 am·2-min read

A Tenerife visitor who attended the village where the missing teen was seen says "one thing stood out". The 19-year-old disappeared on 17 June while holidaying with friends, prompting a search by mountain rescuers and police.

Mr Slater's family have also flown to the island to retrace his steps, and a GoFundMe appeal to raise money for the search, surpassed £30,000 over the weekend. Reporter James Holt, from our sister site Manchester Evening News, said: "So the village is around 20 minutes drive from Masca (where his holiday home was). If you’re travelling to Masca and the Rural de Teno national park, you go through it from the south of the island before turning off up a narrow and dangerous road through the hilly landscape.

"The small villages with just a few shops, cafes and a church, is positioned right at the bottom of one of the mountains. Today (June 23), a number of shops were closed - it was very quiet with just the odd car passing through."

"Now if Jay made it there on foot somehow, it would take hours. It’s about 7km from the search base, just about half a mile north of Masca village, and takes at least two hours up extremely steep and challenging roads," he went on to say.

"In that village there wasn’t any police presence when I attended." James added: "Today most shops were closed it was very quiet with not much activity. I would say if he had been there, in an evening, bars and restaurants would have been open and people could’ve helped so it makes the sighting seem less plausible.

"It’s still around 30km from where he was staying." The Spanish Civil Guard told UK media it was "doing everything possible" to find Mr Slater. It said: "A specialist mountain rescue and intervention group called the Greim have been mobilised." The force added: "They have confirmed that at this time they are satisfied that they have the resources they need, but that offer remains open and they will contact us should that position change."

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said in a statement: "We are supporting the family of a British man who has been reported missing in Spain and are in contact with the local authorities."

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