Spanish police give update in hunt for missing UK teen Jay Slater

Spanish police have issued an update in the hunt for missing teen Jay Slater, saying they have not given up hope. A source close to the case said investigators have not concluded that Jay is dead, and are still pursuing several lines of inquiry.

A spokesman for the Civil Guard said: “The investigation is ongoing and several lines of inquiry are being pursued.” The 19-year-old Brit, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, went missing three weeks ago after attending a rave in Playa de las Americas. Tenerife.

Police called off official searches after two weeks. Jay’s dad Warren, and brother Zak, have been hiking through the mountain region where his phone last pinged. And yesterday, July 8, Warren pleaded with the British authorities to get involved and help find his son.

Lancashire police previously offered to help find the missing teenager but local authorities declined the approach. Yesterday Warren told The Mirror he had widened the search from Valley of Barranco de Juan Lopez, where Jay’s phone last pinged, to the neighbouring Los Carrizales valley.

Warren said it would take an army 10 years to search all of the rugged mountainous terrain. Apprentice bricklayer Jay disappeared on the Spanish island on June 17.

He was last seen leaving an Airbnb in the north of the island, close to the village of Masca. The teenager, who was on holiday with his pals Lucy, 18, and Brad Hargreaves, 19, had previously been partying at the Papagayo nightclub in Playa de las Americas. He left the event with two British men to go back to the rented property.

Jay Slater disappeared on June 17 (Image: Instagram)

Warren said: “It’s just us. I haven’t got a team. We need a team to come over here and find out for us what the police are doing and what we need to do. Our hands are tied over here, we need experts. How long can you stay here for? It’ll take an army 10 years to cover all this. I’d employ a team of Gurkhas.” Warren added: “We’ve done the valley where his ping was, we’ve gone up the road to a vantage point, there’s cliffs there and there’s a valley and a village there.”

The Airbnb Jay visited was rented by Ayub Qassim. He said: “I let the geezer stay at mine because he had nowhere else to go. His friends had all left him.

“I know Jay, through friends, I'm not going to bring someone back to mine if I don't know them. I'm doing the geezer a favour and now my face is all over the news. It's a bit mental.” Qassim added: “The only comment I have to make is that Jay came to the house alive, and he left the house alive.” A search by the Spanish authorities ended last weekend after 14 days.