Possible Jay Slater sighting as family share new CCTV image in hunt for missing teen

A possible new sighting of Jay Slater in Tenerife has been shared by the missing teenager's heartbroken family. The grainy CCTV image is understood to be from Santiago del Teide at about 6pm last Monday, June 17 - ten hours after his last confirmed appearance in Masca on the island.

The lad from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was staying at a remote Airbnb in the north-west village of Masca among vast mountainous terrain. The Mirror reports the property's owner last saw him walk away after asking what time the next bus left for south of the island where he was based with friends for an NRG music event.

Debbie Duncan, his mum, had previously suggested a witness told police they believe they saw Jay in the village of Santiago with two men on that Monday night. Jay's dad Warren put up missing posters of the 19-year-old at bus stops there on Sunday June 23.

He said: "You think, has somebody got him? Because no matter if you were drunk or whatever, you don't go off that road up there. And there are people up there... you don't go along that road for more than 20 minutes without somebody stopping you or passing you.

"I knew right from when I went up there that he wouldn't have gone [off that road]. He isn't stupid. When I saw the police I asked them, seriously, 'would you go off that road?' and I think it woke them up a bit.

"It started out as it being a lad who had gone walking and got lost, or that he may have fallen. But it doesn't make sense. Nobody would walk off that road. Why would he have gone uphill? It's dangerous; it's a massive mountain. It's not just a hill. It was only when I went up there myself [that I noticed]. People that go out to a party don't come up here."

With the search now in its eighth day mountain rescue teams, local police, the Civil Guard and fire crews still have no clues about what has happened. The grainy CCTV image shows someone believed to look similar to Jay walking through the local church square in Santiago del Teide.

Speaking about the possible sighting, mum Debbie, 55, said: “Someone has come forward to say they saw someone who they thought was Jay walking back down the road sat on a bench. He was with two men looking a bit worse for wear, and they were by a church, this guy has come forward and told the police about it and they are looking into it.

"We don't know if it was Jay for sure, but it's a start. They said it was about 6pm which is ten hours after he was seen by the lady in the village. But if it was him what was he doing there and who are these two men?”.

Family friend Rachel Hargreaves told the Manchester Evening News they are "doing all they can to bring him home" and praised mountain rescue teams for their ongoing efforts. She said: "We have to take each lead and act on it.

"Having been up there [the mountain] ourselves, and after all the searching, we get the impression that he can't be there. We are (...) doing all we can to bring him home. This morning I told police where the CCTV cameras are around here. We aren't giving up

"He's an intelligent boy; nearly a fully qualified bricklayer. He would've stood out like a sore thumb up there and somebody would've seen him.

"They've got on foot patrols, drones, helicopters out. The mountain rescue teams have mapped the area out and shown us they're doing all they can. They had a detailed map and showed us where they were searching."

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