A last Snapchat video of British teenager Jay Slater reveals he was smiling and laughing along with his buddy the evening earlier than he went lacking in Tenerife.
The 19-year-old travelled to the Canary Islands for this previous weekend’s ‘New Rave Era’ (NRG) music competition with pal Lucy Mae and one other buddy final week.
However on Sunday evening, the apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, left the rave in South Tenerife with a bunch of individuals he met that day, telling Lucy he was staying with them at their condominium in an undisclosed location.
He disappeared after making a panicked cellphone name to Lucy on Monday morning, shortly after 8am, by which he stated his cellphone battery was low, he was misplaced — and in determined want of water.
Within the video Jay was seen within the outfit he was final seen carrying, which consists of a lightweight gray t-shirt with inexperienced shoulders in addition to a black bag.
His cellphone location confirmed he was in a mountainous space of a nationwide park some 10 hours’ stroll away from his lodging and he has not been seen since.
Jay’s mom Debbie and brother Zak flew out to Tenerife on Tuesday after police broke the information of his disappearance within the early hours of the morning.
After touching down within the Canary Island yesterday she stated she is ‘beside herself with fear’.
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PICTURED: The outfit Jay was carrying the evening earlier than he went lacking . A Snapchat video exhibits Jay laughing and smiling round 8.35pm on the evening earlier than he went lacking
Pictured: A MailOnline graphic detailing the timeline of occasions from when Jay attended the three-day NRG competition to his location when his cellphone died at round 8.50am on Monday
Jay is pictured proper alongside mom Debbie and brother Zak who flew out to Tenerife amid rescue efforts
Jay is seen on this picture shared to his buddy Lucy’s social media days earlier than he disappeared
Talking from the south of the island the place her son had been staying, mom Debbie stated: ‘I am clearly beside myself with fear which is why I’ve flown out right here with my eldest son to do something we are able to to assist.
‘We’re simply praying the police or somebody finds Jay. I do know there is a mountain rescue crew out and a helicopter.
‘Nothing’s ever going to be sufficient when your youngest son’s gone lacking however apparently the police listed here are taking this very critically and doing the perfect job they’ll.’
Debbie added: ‘He’d been at a three-day competition so he would have consumed a good bit of alcohol however Jay was snapchatting with mates earlier than he went lacking and appeared very compos mentis.
‘I simply suppose it was a query of him not realizing the island effectively sufficient as a result of it was his first time right here and being a bit disorientated when it got here to distances and never realising it was a 10-hour stroll from the place he went lacking to his vacation lodging.
‘I do know the final place he spoke to his buddy Lucy from was within the mountains and I feel the police have gotten a extra exact location now.’
Debbie additionally revealed she had obtained a number of prank calls from hidden numbers claiming they’d taken her son and held him for ransom, describing the pranksters’ jokes as ‘sickening’.
Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, travelled to the Canary Islands for a musical competition with pal Lucy and one other buddy final week
Slater had attended the New Rave Era music competition in Tenerife over the weekend
Jay was reported lacking on Sunday morning by buddy Lucy Mae
She informed how twisted Brits with ‘northern accents’ had been phoning her with hidden numbers and claiming they’d her son captive and had been preserving him as a result of he owed them cash.
She stated: ‘A number of the cellphone calls I have been getting have been horrible. I simply do not know why individuals would need to do issues like this.
‘I have been getting numerous prank calls. It is sickening. Folks ringing me and saying they have Jay as a result of he owes them cash.
‘Nevertheless it’s not placing me off and I need to hold this within the information as a result of it’ll improve the possibilities of Jay being discovered protected and effectively which is clearly what we’re praying for.’
On Sunday, Jay had attended the ultimate day of a the three-day NRG competition at Papagayo Tenerife seaside membership within the island’s south, close to to his lodging.
After the rave he left in a rented automobile with new mates, Lucy informed Manchester Night Information.
Lucy recounted how she obtained a name from a confused Jay on Monday morning a while after 8am by which informed her that his cellphone battery was on 1 per cent, that he wanted a drink of water and ‘did not know the place he was’.
He had reportedly been attempting to stroll again from the condominium he had stayed at in a single day, having been unable to catch a bus.
His cellphone then ran flat, along with his final identified location registered within the ‘Rural de Teno’ park, near the PR-TF51 mountain climbing path above the small village of Masca.
It is a mountainous space that’s common with hikers however very uncovered and much away from closely populated centres, and there haven’t but been any reported sightings of the teenager.
Police in the meantime stated they had been doing ‘the whole lot they may’ to assist discover Jay.
Jay travelled to the Canary Islands for this previous weekend’s ‘New Rave Era’ (NRG) music competition with pal Lucy and one other buddy final week
Jay’s buddy Lucy reported Jay lacking to police and launched search efforts yesterday morning
Lucy Mae stated of Jay: ‘He is ended up out in the midst of nowhere. Jay was clearly considering he would be capable of get residence from there… then within the morning he is set off strolling, utilizing his Maps on his cellphone and ended up in the midst of mountains with nothing round’
Revellers are seen partying on the New Rave Era competition
Slater is seen with mates in footage shared on social media
Chatting with the Manchester Night Information about Jay’s disappearance, a scared Lucy stated: ‘He is gone on an evening out, he is gone to a buddy’s home, somebody that he has met on vacation.
‘One of many individuals he has met has employed a automobile out of right here, so he is pushed them again to his condominium and Jay has gone there not realising how far-off it’s.
‘He is ended up out in the midst of nowhere. Jay was clearly considering he would be capable of get residence from there.
‘However then within the morning he is set off strolling, utilizing his Maps on his cellphone and ended up in the midst of mountains with nothing round.
‘He rang me saying his cellphone was on 1 per cent, he stated ”I do not know the place I’m, I want a drink and my cellphone is about to die”.’
Temperatures in Tenerife peaked at 26 levels C yesterday.
Lucy stated she is frantically looking for her buddy on the island, having made a number of experiences to native police in Tenerife and made contact with the British Embassy.
In the meantime again in Oswaldtwistle, Lancs., Jay’s stepdad Andy Watson informed how cops knocked on their door within the early hours of the morning at present to tell them of the teenager’s predicament.
‘It was about 2.30am within the early,’ Andy Watson, 63, informed LancsLive. ‘When the police stated ”the perfect factor you are able to do is get your self on the market” we knew it was unhealthy. This was his first vacation on his personal. I am simply hoping he is gone to a different social gathering.’
Andy later stated in an interview with the Solar: ‘It is actually worrying. It seems like a blur in the mean time.
‘Jay could be very avenue clever and he is no mug but when it is it was darkish and he had no contact on his cellphone he may have gone the improper approach and change into extra misplaced than he was.’
A Civil Guard spokeswoman in Tenerife at present stated the power was working laborious to seek out Jay.
‘A specialist Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group known as the Greim have been mobilised,’ she stated.
‘A police helicopter can be out and specializing in the world across the village of Masca.
‘Different emergency providers together with firefighters have additionally been mobilised. Every little thing attainable is being achieved to attempt to discover the lacking man.’
A employee at a customer centre in Masca, which has a registered inhabitants of round 90 inhabitants though solely about 50 stay there all 12 months spherical, stated: ‘I’ve put the lacking poster up in case anybody recognises the lad as a result of lots of people come by way of right here and will have seen one thing that would assist.
‘What I can say is that I have never seen him and nor have colleagues. The helicopter was up yesterday and went throughout a number of instances overhead and it has been up once more this morning looking out the world. However no police have been in asking questions or looking for data and it is a logical place to return.
‘The general public dwelling listed here are aged. There’s most likely solely round 50 individuals who stay right here all 12 months spherical and lots of residents are on vacation in the mean time.
‘I actually hope… they discover him quickly.
‘I’ve by no means been so nervous in my life,’ Lucy stated
The New Rave Era competition is seen on this display screen seize of video footage from the occasion
The 19-year-old travelled to the vacation island for a music competition and his last-known location was the Teno Rural Park
Eva Maria Gracia Herrera, mayoress of the municipality of Buenavista del Norte of which Masca kinds a component, added: ‘Native police employed by the city corridor are aiding nevertheless it’s the Guardia Civil which might be main this search and investigation and there is not much more I can say.
‘The realm they’re protecting is a really massive space that features all of the Teno Massif the place there’s mountains. The main target space seems to be Masca and Carrizales and so they’ve received drones up attempting to determine why this lad may be.
‘Masca is surrounded by mountains and what may be a bit unusual is why he is ended up within the Masca space however I am unable to speculate or provide any hypotheses as a result of I have never received up-to-date details about the investigation.
‘We’re clearly hoping this has a contented ending. It is not good {that a} younger man will get misplaced in our municipality and we hope he might be discovered quickly and that he is effectively and might be reunited as quickly as attainable along with his family members.’
Police reportedly dispatched a mountain rescue crew to the world yesterday, however they’re but to have discovered any hint of the lacking teen.
Lucy added that she has spoken to the individuals with whom Jay was staying on Sunday evening.
She stated the claimed the teenager had left their condominium at round 8am Monday morning to ‘catch a bus’, however gave no additional data.
‘I’ve by no means been so nervous in my life. I used to be there all yesterday, a beautiful girl messaged me on Fb and stated she had employed a automobile and would drive me up there’, Lucy added.
‘We had been there all of yesterday, we had been driving round trying round all over the place, trying in all of the nooks and crannies.’
Jay was final seen carrying a white t-shirt with shorts and trainers. He was additionally believed to be carrying a black bag.
A spokesman for a regional emergency coordination centre stated: ‘The Civil Guard are coordinating this operation as a result of they’re chargeable for investigations involving lacking individuals.
‘We’re performing as help to them and so they’re those who’re asking for extra sources as and once they really feel they’re wanted.
‘The Civil Guard is concerned in addition to firefighters and Civil Safety employees who’ve two drones.
‘Yesterday a regional authorities helicopter was mobilised however at present it is a Civil Guard helicopter in addition to the Greim mountain specialist crew.
‘The alert about this lacking teen was obtained at 4 minutes previous 9am yesterday and the search started quickly after and went on into the evening.
‘My understanding is that this man has subsequently been formally reported as lacking to the police.’
A FCDO spokesperson informed MailOnline: ‘We’re supporting the household of a British man who has been reported lacking in Spain and are involved with the native authorities.’
