Over two weeks have elapsed since British teenager Jay Slater vanished whereas on vacation in Tenerife – and Spanish police nonetheless don’t know what occurred to him.
Slater, a trainee bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire disappeared after attending the New Rave Technology music pageant within the morning after an evening out on June 17.
His household are determined for solutions however moderately than present them, the authorities on the island have as an alternative spurned provides of outdoor assist from UK police and suspended on-the-ground searches.
The Tenerife Police have repeatedly insisted that there is no such thing as a proof of a crime having been dedicated however as every day brings new revelations, the questions round what occurred present no signal of abating.
Right here senior MailOnline reporter Nick Pisa – who has been on the case longer than every other journalist – poses ten questions which might maintain the important thing to revealing what actually grew to become of Jay Slater
Jay Slater pictured along with his mom Debbie Duncan. {The teenager} has been lacking since June 17
Volunteers gathering forward of a remaining ‘huge search’ for Jay Slater, which was known as off by Spanish police the next day
Jay travelled to the Casa Abuela Tina Airbnb (pictured) within the village of Masca with two older British males earlier than he went lacking
1. When precisely was Jay reported lacking?
Thriller nonetheless surrounds the precise time that Jay was reported lacking to police.
His buddy Lucy Regulation, who was on vacation with him in Tenerife, mentioned she misplaced contact with him at 8.50am on June 17 when he phoned her to say he was ‘misplaced within the mountains, wanted a drink and had one per cent on his battery’. Then the road went useless. Lucy says she known as police at 9am to report him lacking.
Nevertheless, police have instructed MailOnline that Jay was formally reported lacking ‘within the late afternoon early night of June 17’.
So, when was he reported lacking and when did police begin trying to find him. Have been important hours misplaced within the hunt for him in these essential first hours when he vanished?
2. Why did Jay return to the Airbnb?
At 5am on June 17 Jay left a rave on the NRG dance music pageant on Veronica’s Strip at Playas de Americas within the south of Tenerife – and received right into a Seat Leon rent automotive with British man Ayub Qassim, 31, and Qassim’s unnamed buddy.
Whereas within the automotive Jay despatched a Snapchat message to his associates boasting that he had simply stolen a £12,000 Rolex watch from a reveller and was going to promote it for £10,000.
Fairly why Jay went from Playas de Americas – the place he was already renting a vacation residence – and travelled the hour it took Qasim to drive 19 miles to the Airbnb within the Rural de Teno park, near Masca village is open to hypothesis.
Preliminary studies prompt that he had ditched his associates to return to the residence with the 2 males ‘for just a few beers’, though this now looks like an unlikely state of affairs.
The £40-a-night Casa Abuela Tina vacation rental close to the distant village of Masca the place Jay spent his remaining hours earlier than going lacking
In its Airbnb itemizing Casa Abuela Tina is described as being a farmhouse inside the ‘distinctive pure panorama’ surrounding it
3. Why did Jay depart the Airbnb?
If Jay did certainly come again to the Airbnb as a result of he did not have anyplace else to remain like Qassim has claimed, then why did he depart so quickly after arriving as an alternative of resting?
He left the distant cottage after lower than 90 minutes there to catch the bus again to Playa de las Americas.
The final individual to see him alive was cleaner Ophelia Media Hernandez, who instructed him that the following bus wasn’t due for an additional two hours.
She mentioned that Jay then walked away ‘rapidly’, however crucially the flawed approach – up the hill in the direction of the gorge as an alternative of down in the direction of town.
Was he making an attempt to place distance between himself and Casa Abuela Tina?
Ophelia instructed MailOnline she noticed Jay quarter-hour later walked ‘rapidly’ however crucially the flawed approach – up the hill in the direction of the gorge as an alternative of downhill in the direction of Playa de las Americas.
The realm is a vacationer lure and vehicles often drive up and down, why not cease a automotive or thumb a elevate? Why not simply wait within the café?
4. Who else was on the Airbnb?
MailOnline recognized the person who took Jay again to Casa Abuela Tina as convicted drug smuggler Ayub Qassim, who insisted that Jay left the vacation rental alive.
However Jay’s associates instructed us and the police that he went again to Masca with two males – so who was the opposite? Ayub refused to inform us with out chatting with his lawyer.
Though each males have been spoken to by Spanish police and deemed ‘irrelevant’, why have been they allowed to go away Tenerife with out additional questioning as they have been the final individuals to have spent important time with him on June 17, the day he disappeared?
Ayub Abdul (pictured) rented the Airbnb which lacking raver Jay Slater visited simply earlier than he disappeared
A Snapchat image Jay despatched to associates on the doorstep of the cottage at 7.30am, wherein he was holding a cigarette
Ayub Qassim invited Jay, 19, again to his rented vacation cottage after a rave in Tenerife and says: ‘He got here to my Airbnb alive and he left my Airbnb alive’
Ayub Qassim instructed MailOnline that he knew Jay and his associates
Why did Ayub and his unidentified fellow traveller solely e-book the £40 an evening AirBnB at 15.48 on June 14 after which arrive simply over 90 minutes later?
Why did they select to remain in a rural location in Masca, an hour from the heady nightclubs of Playa de las Americas, a two hour spherical journey alongside a roller-coaster mountain highway, from the place they have been staying and the place they have been noticed every night time?
5. Was the theft of a Rolex important?
Have police concluded that Jay stealing a Rolex watch that night time is related to his disappearance?
We all know that Jay admitted on Snapchat to stealing the watch. We all know it reportedly belonged to a burley Japanese European man – and that Jay’s buddy Brandon instructed police there had been a battle outdoors Papagayo’s nightclub after the theft.
Now that we all know he stole the watch, did that contribute to his disappearance? Did one thing occur on the Airbnb referring to the watch? The place is the watch now?
6. Why do Jay’s associates’ statements not stack up?
Ayub Qassim instructed MailOnline that he knew Jay and his associates.
However Jay’s associates have beforehand claimed that they solely met Qassim and his buddy in Tenerife on the NRG dance music pageant.
Inconsistencies with witnesses’ statements – and recollections being impaired by way of drink and medicines are hampering the police effort to seek out Jay – however how a lot?
Spanish police known as off the hunt for the apprentice bricklayer two weeks after he went lacking
Jay’s father Warren and brother Zak at this time hike by way of the mountain observe the place Jay’s cellphone was final situated
Jay was on his first-ever associates vacation with Lucy Regulation (pictured) and Brad Hargreaves when he went lacking in Tenerife
Brad Hargreaves (pictured) mentioned he spoke to Jay on the cellphone earlier than he went lacking
7. Why have Spanish police refused assist from British counterparts?
4 days after Jay disappeared, Lancashire police provided help to Spain’s Guardia Civil – however the well mannered supply was turned down.
In a press release they mentioned: ‘While this case falls outdoors the jurisdiction of UK policing, we’ve got made a proposal of help to the Guardia Civil to see in the event that they want any extra assets. They’ve confirmed that right now they’re glad that they’ve the assets they want, however the supply stays open and they’re going to contact us ought to the place change.’
When requested by MailOnline why that they had turned down the supply, a spokesman refused to answer and maintained the identical commonplace response they’ve given all through – and mentioned: ‘All traces of investigation into Jay Slater’s disappearance stay open and are being pursued.’
Investigations in Spain are coated by ‘judicial secrecy’ that means that there’s successfully a media blackout.
It’s identified that the investigation is ongoing, regardless of the search of the mountain the place Jay’s cellphone final pinged having ended.
Former Met Police officer Graham Wettone instructed MailOnline that Spanish police ought to settle for the supply whilst an possibility for ‘one other pair of eyes’ to look over the proof.
Emergency employees close to the village of Masca, Tenerife, on June 21
Investigations in Spain are coated by ‘judicial secrecy’ that means that there’s successfully a media blackout
It’s identified that the investigation is ongoing, regardless of the search of the mountain the place Jay’s cellphone final pinged having ended
4 days after Jay disappeared, Lancashire police provided help to Spain’s Guardia Civil – however the well mannered supply was turned down
The realm of Tenerife the place 19-year-old Jay Slater went lacking
Cops overlook the village of Masca, Tenerife on June 21
8. Is Jay’s previous related?
Shortly after he disappeared it emerged that Jay had been convicted as a part of an eight sturdy gang who launched a brutal assault in opposition to fellow teenager Tom Hilton, in Rishton, Lancashire near his residence in Oswaldtwistle.
Tom suffered a break up cranium and accidents to his shoulders and legs, after being hit with a machete, axe and golf golf equipment in what was likened to a ‘pack of gorillas’.
Regardless of laughing his approach by way of the trial, Jay was handed an 18-month group order which included 25 days’ value of rehabilitation actions.
Even when he did flip over a brand new leaf in Britian, his journey to a Tenerife music pageant ended with vanishing and not using a hint after a night spent fraternising with drug sellers and serving to steal a luxurious watch.
Was it a coincidence that Jay fell in with the flawed crowd earlier than disappearing… or a deadly mistake?
9. Why have the Spanish police known as off the seek for Jay?
After two weeks of exercise, police in Tenerife shocked Jay’s mom and wider household by suspending the search final Monday – regardless of having discovered no hint of him.
Events of law enforcement officials, rescue employees and volunteers had spent that interval repeatedly scouring the mountainous space close to to the place the 19-year-old was final seen.
They searched caves, ravines and paths, on the lookout for any indication of what occurred to Jay – and have been supported within the hunt by helicopters, drones and canines.
Asserting the shock choice, the Guardia Civil mentioned that the investigation would stay open and that any related new data can be appeared into – however lively in search of would stop with quick impact.
This was regardless of an ongoing supply from police in Jay’s native Lancashire to deploy officers to help.
Why have they taken this extraordinary step when there’s a lot curiosity from Jay’s household and his residence nation to seek out him?
Pictured: Jay Slater, {the teenager} who went lacking on Tenerife
Jay’s father Warren together with with Jay’s mom Debbie and various his associates flew to the Spanish island to assist over the previous two weeks
Jay’s mom Debbie Duncan and father Warren Slater leaving the Guardia Civil in Playa de las Americas
10. Why has the case captured the general public creativeness?
The case of Jay Slater has sparked an enormous quantity of media curiosity – however underpinning this has been an excellent higher urge for food for information from most of the people. This has been significantly fueled by social media dialogue – with Fb significantly seeing big numbers of individuals take part speculative discussions in regards to the thriller.
This began with a ‘Discover Jay’ Fb group and has since spawned different variations.
This in flip has led to every new improvement being analysed and debated by the teams which have shaped across the case.
On this sense the investigation round Jay’s disappearance has echoes of the case of Nicola Bulley.
The younger mom went lacking whereas strolling her canine by the River Wyre in Lancashire final January -creating a thriller that captivated the UK for days earlier than her physique was lastly discovered. She had drowned.
