Mystery deepens over missing Jay Slater as Tenerife search focuses on key areas

James Rodger & Graeme Brown

24 June 2024 at 5:16 am·2-min read

The 19-year-old disappeared on 17 June while holidaying with friends, prompting a search by mountain rescuers and police. — -Credit: (Image: No credit)

A visitor to Tenerife who visited the village where the missing teenager was last seen has noted that "one thing stood out". The 19 year old vanished on 17 June while on holiday with friends, sparking a search by mountain rescue teams and police.

The family of Mr Slater have also travelled to the island to follow his trail, and a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for the search exceeded £30,000 over the weekend. Reporter James Holt, from our sister publication Manchester Evening News, observed: "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 added.

"In that village there wasn't any police presence when I attended.", reports Birmingham Live.

James remarked, adding, "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 has informed UK media that they are "doing everything possible" to locate Mr Slater. They stated: "A specialist mountain rescue and intervention group called the Greim have been mobilised."

Additionally, the force mentioned: "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) has released a statement saying: "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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