The seek for British teenager Jay Slater has now entered its fourth day after he went lacking in Tenerife whereas on vacation along with his associates.
The 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle was final seen on an evening out on Sunday after going to the NRG music competition.
When certainly one of his associates final spoke to him on Monday morning, he mentioned he was misplaced, thirsty and solely had one per cent battery left.
She says he instructed her he was going to stroll again to their lodging – an 11 hour stroll – and his cellphone died displaying his final location within the mountainous space of Rural de Teno park.
There was no signal of him since, along with his mom, Debbie Duncan and father Warren speeding out to Tenerife with different family and associates to hitch the search.
Right here MailOnline seems to be at what we all know concerning the lacking boy to date.
Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, travelled to the Canary Islands final week
A screenshot of Jay’s final recognized location the place his cellphone battery died
A ‘bubbly’ teen who’s ‘very streetwise’
Jay is ‘very avenue clever’ and he is ‘no mug’, his stepfather mentioned.
Talking from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, Andy Watson instructed LancsLive: ‘But when it was darkish and he had no contact on his cellphone, he might have gone the unsuitable manner and change into extra misplaced than he was.’
His distraught mom Debbie mentioned her son is a ‘in style boy’.
She mentioned: ‘He is only a nice one that everybody needed to be with. He is good wanting, he is a well-liked boy.’
She instructed the BBC Jay is an ‘all-round good, bubbly man with tons of of associates’.
‘He is attractive, he is lovely. He is my child,’ she mentioned.
He had attended the New Rave Technology music competition in Tenerife over the weekend
Jay’s distraught mom Debbie mentioned her son is a ‘in style boy’
Jay’s final image
{The teenager} posted a Snapchat image only one hour earlier than phoning his good friend to say he was misplaced in a nationwide park.
The out of focus photograph of confirmed his hand holding a cigarette at 7.30am on the property the place he travelled to with two males.
He’s believed to have gotten right into a automobile with the ‘two English lads’ he met within the early hours of Monday and ended up at their lodging about 40 minutes drive away.
Lacking Jay posted a ultimate image at 7.30am on Snapchat from the home of ‘two English lads’ an hour earlier than phoning his good friend Lucy
Fears that he has been ‘taken’
His distraught mom Debbie Duncan mentioned: ‘It is simply traumatic and it would not really feel actual. It is simply terrible, it is horrendous.
‘I feel he is been taken in opposition to his will with what’s been mentioned, but it surely’s within the fingers of the police.’
‘He is only a nice one that everybody needed to be with. He is good wanting, he is a well-liked boy.’
Police are checking vans yesterday to attempt to discover {the teenager}
Merciless trolls declare to have kidnapped Jay
Talking from the south of the island the place her son had been staying, mom Debbie mentioned: ‘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 it appears the police listed below are taking this very severely and doing the most effective job they’ll.’
Debbie additionally revealed she had acquired a number of prank calls from hidden numbers claiming that they had taken her son and held him for ransom, describing the pranksters’ jokes as ‘sickening’.
Debbie mentioned twisted Brits with ‘northern accents’ had been phoning her with hidden numbers and claiming that they had her son captive and had been retaining him as a result of he owed them cash
She additionally instructed how twisted Brits with ‘northern accents’ had been phoning her with hidden numbers and claiming that they had her son captive and had been retaining him as a result of he owed them cash.
The mom mentioned: ‘A number of the cellphone calls I have been getting have been horrible. I simply do not know why individuals would wish to do issues like this.
‘I have been getting a number of prank calls. It is sickening. Folks 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 wish to hold this within the information as a result of it will improve the probabilities of Jay being discovered secure and nicely which is clearly what we’re praying for.’
Jay filmed laughing and smiling the evening earlier than
A Snapchat video exhibits Jay laughing and smiling round 8.35pm on the evening earlier than he went lacking, Manchester Night Information stories.
Within the video Jay was seen within the outfit he was final seen sporting, which consists of a lightweight gray t-shirt with inexperienced shoulders in addition to a black bag.
After the rave he left in a rented automobile with new associates, Lucy instructed MEN.
Jay’s ultimate Snapchat exhibits {the teenager} laughing and smiling round 8.35pm the evening earlier than
Faux GoFundMe pages set as much as discover him
Jay’s household have pleaded with variety strangers to not donate to pretend fundraisers created in his identify.
As widespread efforts proceed to find him, together with nationwide media consideration and an official Fb group arrange for updates, merciless fraudsters have leapt on the chance and arrange pretend fundraisers in his identify.
With round seven bogus GoFundMe pages arrange to date, Jay’s household have taken to social media to alert involved strangers and say they aren’t linked to them.
A Fb group arrange by the household referred to as ‘Jay Slater Lacking’ says: ‘That is the one official ‘lacking Jay Slater’ Fb group. Jay’s mom DOES NOT need a GoFundMe arrange so DO NOT donate to 1!!’
A number of panicked members replied to say there are ‘about seven’ pretend fundraisers individuals donated ‘£100+’ to. When MailOnline clicked on the hyperlinks, that they had all been taken down.
As much as seven pretend fundraising pages had been reportedly arrange and shared on Fb
Wasting your time
Mountain rescue crews and sniffer canine had been looking the mountainous space of north-west Tenerife for the 19-year-old up till yesterday afternoon.
However abruptly police focus shifted to the vacationer hotspots of Los Cristianos and Playa de Las Americas in south Tenerife, after a false sighting of him getting out of a taxi.
It later emerged the report was false and police, having wasted treasured time within the blistering 27C warmth, had been pressured to maneuver consideration again to their unique web site.
Earlier, a spokesman for the Civil Guard confirmed ‘the search operation has moved to the south of the island’ in Los Cristianos and Playa de Las Americas.
Whereas a spokesman didn’t provide any extra element, it was added: ‘It is clearly all the way down to info that is been acquired because the investigation has progressed.
Pictured are drones within the sky looking for Jay yesterday
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
‘As issues stand in the mean time the search within the mountainous space close to Masca within the north has been halted.’
But it surely was later dominated out as a false sighting by a well-meaning member of the general public. Jay’s mom Ms Duncan instructed MailOnline: ‘It was a false alarm however with good intention.
‘Somebody thought that they had seen him get right into a automobile with two different guys but it surely was unsuitable.
‘The search continues to be specializing in the north the place he was final seen. We nonetheless haven’t any updates and want individuals to maintain wanting.’
The Coronation Road hyperlink
A Coronation Road star issued a determined plea to assist discover Jay after the 19-year-old went lacking.
Vicky Entwistle, who famously performed Janice Battersby on the ITV cleaning soap, says she ‘hope to God they discover him’ as she prays for the lacking apprentice bricklayer’s return.
She posted one of many lacking posters of Jay on X/Twitter alongside a message that claims: ‘My God Mom’s Grandson has gone lacking. His Mom has flown out 7pm. To affix the police search. Hope to God they discover him. Please pray for him.’
What have the authorities mentioned?
A spokesman for a regional emergency coordination centre mentioned: ‘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 sources as and once they really feel they’re wanted.
‘The Civil Guard is concerned in addition to firefighters and Civil Safety staff who’ve two drones.
‘The alert about this lacking teenager was acquired at 4 minutes previous 9am 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.’
The spokesperson mentioned the search is specializing in the world close to Masca village.
A FCDO spokesperson instructed MailOnline: ‘We’re supporting the household of a British man who has been reported lacking in Spain and are involved with the native authorities.’
