Hopes had been at present raised that CCTV exhibits lacking British teenager Jay Slater ten hours after his cellphone final pinged earlier than he vanished on Tenerife final week.
Jay, a 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer, disappeared final Monday after going to a three-day power music competition on the Spanish island – sparking a serious police investigation which has now entered its second week.
The grainy picture was captured by a webcam at Santiago de Teide final Monday night.
It’s near a church, San Fernando Rey, the place Jay’s mom informed MailOnline a person has come ahead to say he noticed somebody matching her son’s description sitting on a bench with two males.
The sighting has not been confirmed by native police, who say ‘nothing has been dominated out and nothing has been dominated’, as they proceed to focus their efforts on a ravine close to the place he was final seen.
A supply near the household stated: ‘It appears to be like like him and is definitely a person’s form however we simply do not know. It was taken close to the church the place a witness says he noticed him so we’ve got to maintain hoping.’
That is the CCTV picture the household of Jay Slater are hoping and praying is him – per week after he mysteriously vanished on Tenerife
Jay Slater, an apprentice bricklayer, disappeared final Monday after going to a three-day power music competition on the Spanish island
Firefighters are seen looking out close to to the village of Masca, Tenerife, on Saturday because the hunt for the lacking teen continues
Chatting with MailOnline on Saturday, Jay’s mom Debbie, 55, revealed: ‘Somebody has come ahead to say they noticed somebody who they thought was Jay strolling again down the street sat on a bench.
‘He was with two males wanting a bit worse for put on, they usually had been by a church, this man has come ahead and informed the police about it and they’re wanting into it, we do not know if it was Jay for positive but it surely’s a begin.
‘They stated it was about 6pm which is ten hours after he was seen by the girl within the village but when it was him what was he doing there and who’re these two males ?
‘All I do know is that I’m going to remain right here for so long as it takes, I am not going dwelling until it is with Jay. I am not going wherever till they discover him.’
The church of San Fernando Rey is at Santiago de Teide round 15 miles from the rave venue and three.5 miles from the place his cell phone final pinged.
The final confirmed sighting of Jay was at 8.15am final Monday when a girl noticed him strolling by means of the village of Masca, 19 miles from the occasion resort of Playa de las Americas.
It was right here that Jay had attended a three-day rave along with his mates together with Lucy Mae Legislation who obtained a panicked name from him at 8.50am saying he was ‘misplaced within the mountains with one per cent battery and no water’.
Police have spent the final six days scouring the Masca gorge searching for any clues and on Friday it emerged that Lancashire police, had supplied to assist however their Spanish counterparts had turned it down.
The identical day Debbie spent greater than eight hours with police in Los Cristianos as they defined how that they had been looking out and confirmed her maps and pictures of the huge zone they’ve been trawling.
When requested how she felt that the supply had been declined, Debbie stated:’I had a screaming and shouting day after I had the assembly with the police.
‘I do know the Spanish police imply effectively however the issue we’re having is the language barrier, we simply are not getting informed, I am positive they’re doing their finest.
‘They informed me that they had used canine and drones after which they stated Lancashire police had supplied their sources however they turned it down, however I believe that may have actually helped.
‘I’d really feel happier if our folks had been over serving to. It is simply so tough not figuring out the place he’s, the realm and the terrain is tough however the police had been saying that now there are too many individuals up there and it might intrude with their investigation.’
It has additionally emerged Lucy has been questioned once more at size by Spanish police individually with officers eager to undergo timings as soon as once more together with her though there isn’t a suggestion of something untoward.
In the meantime in a Fb put up early on Monday Debbie addressed the considerations over the Go Fund Me Web page arrange for him as which has attracted greater than £32,000 in donations.
She stated: ‘I actually am saddened by all of your feedback. You appear to be so bothered about this GoFundMe web page. I actually hope I’m not taking my son dwelling in a physique bag.
‘The funds are usually not launched and will not be if not wanted. I actually can not consider the British public are usually not supporting me in looking for Jay.
‘This will occur to any of you sooner or later. Very let down by you all.’
She later up to date the put up and stated’Replace!! Sorry that you’ve got taken this the unsuitable method. I’m overwhelmed with the generosity.
‘What I meant was VERBAL help. I actually hope I do not want this cash. If its not wanted all of it will get refunded to the individuals who actually did care.’
It comes because the detective-turned-TV investigator who probed the disappearance of Nicola Bulley claimed that Debbie is ‘eager to just accept my crew’s assist’.
Mark Williams-Thomas, who additionally uncovered Jimmy Savile’s evil crimes, has supplied his experience because the hunt for the lacking 19-year-old who vanished after leaving a Tenerife nightclub enters its second week.
Mr Williams-Thomas, who revealed he had ‘reached out’ to Jay’s mom, Debbie Duncan, yesterday has now given an replace on X/Twitter.
He wrote: ‘Transient replace: Jay Slater’s household clearly scuffling with all of the media curiosity and a focus, have switched off all telephones and minimize contact. I’m awaiting to talk to mum later at present, however have had a response from shut relative that mum is eager to just accept my crew’s assist.
‘Having labored with many households at disaster level when a toddler goes lacking the family members grow to be the attention of the storm and it’s totally very robust for them to handle all of the enquiries on high of there personal stress & fear.’
Mr Williams-Thomas was beforehand lead investigator on the ITV Publicity documentary, The Different Facet of Jimmy Savile, which revealed how the late BBC presenter systematically and disturbingly preyed upon younger and susceptible ladies.
He additionally supplied assist earlier this yr when mother-of-two Ms Bulley, 45, went lacking whereas strolling her canine in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, earlier than her physique was later found and an inquest dominated she had unintentionally drowned.
His newest intervention comes amid wild hypothesis on-line and TikTok sleuths flying from Britain to Tenerife to hitch the search.
At the very least 5 British nationals have spent a whole lot of kilos on making the journey regardless of having no hyperlink to Jay.
Paul Arnott, 29, who runs the Down the Rapids TikTok account and describes himself as an ‘explorer’, spent £400 on travelling to Tenerife on Saturday from Fort William, in Scotland.
He informed The Telegraph: ‘It is price fairly a number of hundred kilos to this point. I have been making an attempt to contact mountain rescue all day however I have never been in a position to get by means of to anybody.’
He added: ‘The concept is ideally to speak with mountain rescue and the police and if I am unable to get a response then I will do my very own factor in hits space and attempt to work out the place’s not been searched.’
Mr Arnott stated he would need somebody to come back out and assist if the identical factor had occurred to him.
Mr Williams-Thomas, who revealed he had ‘reached out’ to Jay’s mom, Debbie Duncan, yesterday has now given an replace on X/Twitter
Jay’s buddy Lucy Mae Legislation (pictured), 18, has blasted Spanish police for rejecting a suggestion from British officers to assist
Search groups give attention to a mountainous space close to the village of Masca of their seek for Jay Slater on Sunday
Firefighters collect close to the village of Masca in Tenerife on Sunday as they proceed the seek for Jay Slater
A member of the Guardia Civil close to the final identified location of Jay Slater
Spanish cops scour the realm for any clues which might assist them discover Jay Slater
Automobiles of the Guardia Civil close to the final identified location of Jay Slater on Sunday
Search groups have been unable to seek out Jay Slater since he was final seen on Monday
The church in Santiago del Teide the place it’s believed that Jay was noticed sitting on a bench with two males
Jay’s buddy Lucy has blasted the Spanish police, claiming they’re ‘not doing an excellent job’ as Jay’s household and mates desperately attempt to discover him.
Police are at the moment looking for Jay within the Teno Nature Reserve, known as ‘malpais’ by locals — a phrase that interprets into English as ‘badland’.
In a press release launched late on Friday, Lancashire Police stated it had ‘made a suggestion of help to the Guardia Civil’ however this was declined after native cops stated they had been ‘glad that they’ve the sources they want’.
Lucy stated: ‘We’re having to do that all by ourselves as Spanish police are usually not doing a ok job.
‘They do not even converse English. It has been a really sluggish course of right here so we’d like the British police to come back out and assist them.’
She informed of eager to ‘deliver him dwelling to his household’, including: ‘That’s all we would like, all that we’d like.’
When requested how she felt that the supply from British cops to assist had been declined, Jay’s mom Debbie informed MailOnline: ‘I had a screaming and shouting day after I had the assembly with the police.
‘I do know the Spanish police imply effectively, however the issue we’re having is the language barrier, we simply are not getting informed. I am positive they’re doing their finest.
Apprentice bricklayer Jay Slater, 19, pictured right here along with his mom Debbie Duncan, was final heard from on Monday
A GoFundMe web page set as much as increase cash for Jay Slater’s household has reached its £30,000 goal after simply three days
‘They informed me that they had used canine and drones after which they stated Lancashire police had supplied their sources however they turned it down, however I believe that may have actually helped.
‘I’d really feel happier if our folks had been over serving to. It is simply so tough not figuring out the place he’s, the realm and the terrain is tough, however the police had been saying that now there are too many individuals up there and it might intrude with their investigation.
In the meantime, Jay’s distraught father Warren, 58, has fought again tears as he informed of simply wanting ‘my boy again’ as he and Jay’s brother Zak, 24, visited the spot the place his cellphone final pinged and hugged one another in emotional scenes.
Choking again tears Warren, carrying a bucket hat, sun shades and black t-shirt, stated: ‘He is my son. I simply need him again.’
The go to got here as a bombshell new video of lacking Jay dancing shirtless in a Tenerife nightclub simply hours earlier than he disappeared has emerged.
Within the new clip of Jay which has emerged, he’s seen dancing shirtless in Papagayo nightclub which is on the finish me of the infamous Veronica’s Strip space of Playa de las Americas.
The after-party is understood to have wrapped up at 5am and an hour later Jay was with two thriller British males at their £40-a-night AirBnB 19 miles away at Masca.
It was right here {that a} lady made the final confirmed sighting of Jay at about 8.15am, saying he was strolling at tempo up the hill and away from Playa de las Americas.
An image of lacking teenager Jay Slater exhibits the 19-year-old in a nightclub within the early hours along with his feminine buddy Lucy Legislation simply hours earlier than he disappeared in Tenerife
The mountain vary in Rural de Teno close to the village of Masca the place police had been looking out
Jay’s mom Debbie Duncan has made a direct enchantment to her son, telling him ‘we simply want you dwelling’ because the seek for him enters its seventh day
Jay Slater was seen dancing shirtless in Papagayo nightclub (pictured) which is on the finish of the notorious Veronica’s Strip space of Playa de las Americas in Tenerife
Warren Slater and his son Zak, 24, had been joined by different household and mates on the distant mountain spot the place his cell phone final pinged on Monday morning
The stroll from Jay’s final identified location to his lodging would have taken about 11 hours on foot.
A GoFundMe web page set as much as increase funds for Jay’s household hit its goal of £30,000 simply three days after being arrange.
In a press release on the positioning, Debbie thanked everybody who had donated for his or her ‘generosity and kindness throughout this tough time’.
She added: ‘I simply wished to substantiate that that is the one GoFundMe fundraiser accepted by our household.
‘We’ve got not but withdrawn any funds and are at the moment overlaying the bills, such because the journey to Tenerife and lodging, ourselves.
‘The funds will stay on maintain with GoFundMe till we put up an extra replace on this web page.
‘We’re extraordinarily nervous and are doing all the things we will to seek out Jay.
‘Please proceed to share our fundraiser far and large. Your help means the world to us, and we’re grateful for any assist you’ll be able to present.
‘Thanks once more.’
