Lacking Jay Slater’s mom has rushed to Tenerife to assist discover her son – however now cannot face going to the search scene as a result of she’s so distraught.
Jay, 19, from Lancashire, had been on vacation on the Spanish island when he went lacking on Monday morning after deciding to stroll again to his lodging following an evening out after lacking a bus – a journey anticipated to take about 11 hours on foot.
Chatting with MailOnline Jay’s, mom Debbie, who arrived on the island yesterday, stated: ‘We have not had any actual replace however I am ready for information from the British consulate.
‘There was discuss of a helicopter going over the world right now however I can not face going up there I’ll keep right here in Los Cristianos and look forward to information.
‘His mates and Lucy are up there serving to and I’ve extra household popping out right now. All of us simply need him discovered secure and sound as rapidly as potential.’
It was Lucy who Jay had referred to as at 8.15am on Monday morning in his final identified contact.
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A screenshot of Jay’s final identified location the place his telephone battery died
A MailOnline graphic detailing the timeline of occasions from when Jay attended the three-day NRG competition to his location when his telephone died at round 8.50am on Monday
The 19-year-old travelled to the Canary Islands for the three-day ‘New Rave Technology’ (NRG) music competition with Lucy Mae and one other good friend final week.
On Sunday night time, the apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, left the celebration in South Tenerife with ‘two English lads he met at a celebration’. One of many lads had employed a automobile and drove all of them again to his condominium ‘for just a few beers’.
The subsequent day, Jay set off on foot having had no luck catching a bus. He used his Maps on his telephone to direct him however took a improper flip and ended up ‘in the course of nowhere’.
He disappeared after making a telephone name to Lucy at round 8am on Monday, by which he sounded disorientated, was in determined want of water and solely had one per cent battery left on his telephone.
His final identified location was within the mountainous space of Teno Rural Park, some 10 hours’ stroll away from his lodging within the southern a part of the island. He has not been seen or heard from since.
Jay’s mom Debbie Duncan 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 yesterday, she stated she is ‘beside herself with fear’.
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 good friend 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 will 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 it appears the police listed below are taking this very critically and doing one of the best job they will.’
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 assume it was a query of him not understanding the island properly 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 good friend Lucy from was within the mountains and I feel the police have gotten a extra exact location now.’
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 good friend’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 course of nowhere. Jay was clearly considering he would have the ability to get residence from there.
‘However then within the morning he is set off strolling, utilizing his Maps on his telephone and ended up in the course of mountains with nothing round.
‘He rang me saying his telephone was on 1 per cent, he stated ”I do not know the place I’m, I would like a drink and my telephone is about to die”.’
Lucy stated she is frantically trying to find her good friend on the island, having made a number of stories to native police in Tenerife and made contact with the British Embassy.
In the meantime again in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, Jay’s stepdad Andy Watson informed how law enforcement officials knocked on their door within the early hours of the morning right now 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 ”one of the best factor you are able to do is get your self on the market” we knew it was dangerous. This was his first vacation on his personal. I am simply hoping he is gone to a different celebration.’
Andy later stated in an interview with the Solar: ‘It is actually worrying. It appears like a blur in the intervening time.
‘Jay may be very road sensible and he is no mug but when it is it was darkish and he had no contact on his telephone he may have gone the improper means and grow to be extra misplaced than he was.’
Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, travelled to the Canary Islands for a musical competition with pal Lucy and one other good friend final week
Slater had attended the New Rave Technology music competition in Tenerife over the weekend
Jay was reported lacking on Sunday morning by good friend Lucy Mae
Mom Debbie additionally revealed she had acquired 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’.
She informed how twisted Brits with ‘northern accents’ had been phoning her with hidden numbers and claiming they’d her son captive and have been preserving him as a result of he owed them cash.
She stated: ‘A number of the telephone 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 plenty of prank calls. It is sickening. Individuals ringing me and saying they have Jay as a result of he owes them cash.
‘But it surely’s not placing me off and I need to hold this within the information as a result of it is going to enhance the probabilities of Jay being discovered secure and properly 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 acquired a name from a confused Jay on Monday morning a while after 8am by which informed her that his telephone 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 telephone then ran flat, along with his final identified location registered within the ‘Rural de Teno’ park, near the PR-TF51 mountaineering path above the small village of Masca.
This can be 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 have been doing ‘the whole lot they may’ to assist discover Jay.
Former Coronation Road star Vicky Entwistle has shared a heart-wrenching submit on social media, as she prays for Jay’s secure return.
Ms Entwistle, who’s an in depth good friend of the household, used her social media platform to share the lacking poster of Jay which has particulars of his final location.
The actress who performed Janice Battersby within the ITV cleaning soap stated: ‘My God Mom’s Grandson has gone lacking. To hitch the police search. Hope to God they discover him. Please pray for him.’
Jay travelled to the Canary Islands for this previous weekend’s ‘New Rave Technology’ (NRG) music competition with pal Lucy and one other good friend final week
Jay’s good friend Lucy reported Jay lacking to police and launched search efforts yesterday morning
Lucy Mae stated of Jay: ‘He is ended up out in the course of nowhere. Jay was clearly considering he would have the ability to get residence from there… then within the morning he is set off strolling, utilizing his Maps on his telephone and ended up in the course of mountains with nothing round’
Revellers are seen partying on the New Rave Technology competition
Slater is seen with mates in footage shared on social media
Temperatures in Tenerife peaked at 26 levels C on Monday.
A Civil Guard spokeswoman in Tenerife right now stated the power was working onerous to search out Jay.
‘A specialist Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group referred to as the Greim have been mobilised,’ she stated.
‘A police helicopter can also be out and specializing in the world across the village of Masca.
‘Different emergency companies together with firefighters have additionally been mobilised. All the things potential is being performed 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 dwell 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 means of right here and will have seen one thing that might assist.
‘What I can say is that I have not seen him and nor have colleagues. The helicopter was up yesterday and went throughout a number of occasions overhead and it has been up once more this morning looking the world. However no police have been in asking questions or in search of info and this can be a logical place to come back.
‘Most people dwelling listed below are aged. There’s most likely solely round 50 individuals who dwell right here all 12 months spherical and loads of residents are on vacation in the intervening time.
‘I actually hope… they discover him quickly.
Eva Maria Gracia Herrera, mayoress of the municipality of Buenavista del Norte of which Masca types a component, added: ‘Native police employed by the city corridor are helping but it surely’s the Guardia Civil which are main this search and investigation and there is not much more I can say.
‘The realm they’re overlaying is a really massive space that features all of the Teno Massif the place there’s mountains. The main focus space seems to be Masca and Carrizales they usually’ve bought drones up attempting to determine why this lad is likely to be.
‘Masca is surrounded by mountains and what is likely to be a bit unusual is why he is ended up within the Masca space however I can not speculate or supply any hypotheses as a result of I have not bought up-to-date details about the investigation.
‘We’re clearly hoping this has a cheerful ending. It is not good {that a} younger man will get misplaced in our municipality and we hope he may be discovered quickly and that he is properly and may be reunited as quickly as potential 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.
‘I’ve by no means been so anxious in my life,’ Lucy stated
The New Rave Technology competition is seen on this display 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
Lucy added that she has spoken to the individuals with whom Jay was staying on Sunday night time.
She stated they claimed the teenager had left their condominium at round 8am Monday morning to ‘catch a bus’, however gave no additional info.
‘I’ve by no means been so anxious in my life. I used to be there all yesterday, a stunning girl messaged me on Fb and stated she had employed a automobile and would drive me up there’, Lucy added.
‘We have been there all of yesterday, we have been driving round trying round in all places, trying in all of the nooks and crannies.’
Jay was final seen sporting 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 answerable for investigations involving lacking individuals.
‘We’re appearing as assist to them they usually’re those who’re asking for extra assets as and after 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 right now it is a Civil Guard helicopter in addition to the Greim mountain specialist crew.
‘The alert about this lacking teen was acquired at 4 minutes previous 9am yesterday and the search started quickly after and went on into the night time.
‘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.’
