The detective-turned-TV investigator who probed the disappearance of Nicola Bulley has arrived in Tenerife to assist the household of lacking British teenager Jay Slater.
Mark Williams-Thomas, who additionally uncovered Jimmy Savile’s evil crimes, was immediately noticed on the Spanish island the place the 19-year-old was final seen on June 17.
The TV sleuth is believed to have landed in Tenerife on Monday night time – 24 hours after he ‘reached out’ to Jay’s mom Debbie Duncan to ‘get her solutions as to what occurred to him’.
Jay, an apprentice bricklayer, disappeared final Monday after going to the three-day NRG music pageant on the Spanish island – sparking a significant investigation which has been subjected to wild unfounded conspiracy theories.
Mr Williams-Thomas beforehand mentioned it could take him three days to get solutions for the household – whereas he additionally vowed to ‘monitor down’ the 2 males that Jay left a rave with and went again to their Airbnb earlier than going lacking.
Mark Williams-Thomas (pictured), who probed Nicola Bulley’s disappearance and uncovered Jimmy Savile ‘s evil crimes, was immediately noticed on the Spanish island the place the 19-year-old was final seen on June 17
Jay, an apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, vanished on Tenerife on Monday June 17
Earlier than touchdown in Tenerife, he informed Manchester Night Information: ‘Having toes on the bottom and searching on the state of affairs and circumstances, I do know I’ll resolve this in three days.
‘I’d shortly have the ability to set up whether or not or not there are suspicious circumstances – however I might want whole entry to the whole lot and to talk to all of the witnesses concerned.’
He mentioned it was essential for the household to work with him to get solutions and that he would wish to talk to ‘each witness concerned’.
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 weak 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 by chance drowned.
The Mirror studies that he landed in Tenerife on Monday night – the identical day Jay’s household shared new CCTV of a potential recent sighting of Jay.
The grainy CCTV is taken near a church in Santiago de Teide, San Fernando Rey, the place Jay’s mom informed MailOnline on Saturday {that a} man 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 in’, as they proceed to focus their efforts on a ravine close to the place he was final seen.
The CCTV is from round 6pm final Monday – practically ten hours after his telephone final pinged within the Rural de Teno Park at 8.50am.
The final confirmed sighting of Jay was within the village of Masca at round 8am by a girl who had informed him the bus again to his lodging was due at 10am when he requested. She noticed him set off on foot for a journey and later drove previous him ‘strolling quick’.
{The teenager} was final heard from at round 8.30am when he known as his buddy Lucy Mae Regulation to say he was strolling again to his lodging after lacking the bus. He informed her he was ‘misplaced within the mountains with one per cent battery and no water’.
The stroll from the place Jay’s telephone final pinged within the nationwide park to his lodging would have taken about 11 hours on foot.
The hunt for Jay took a recent flip over the weekend after one other Briton was dramatically saved by Spanish police throughout their seek for the lacking teenager.
A ‘drained and disoriented’ Scottish hiker was rescued from a ravine within the Los Carrizales neighbourhood, close to the Rural de Teno nationwide park the place Jay’s telephone final pinged.
When the 51-year-old man didn’t return to the beginning level of their stroll after a number of hours, locals alerted mountain rescue groups who have been already combing the rugged space for 19-year-old Jay.
Police mentioned the hiker was present in a ‘tough’ space that’s ‘not appropriate for journey’ on Friday, including: ‘Drained and disoriented, he was positioned by the brokers and the rescue staff who helped him get out of the ravine.
‘We need to thank these neighbours for giving alert to this case as a result of as a result of problem and lack of communication within the space, this hiker wouldn’t have managed to get out by his personal means with out the assistance obtained.’
Native police in Buenavista del Norte alongside the Civil Safety mountain rescue staff positioned the hiker within the Asomada Canyon.
Jay’s father accused the Spanish police of conserving the household in the dead of night over the seek for the lacking British teenager.
The detective-turned-TV investigator who helped Jimmy Savile ‘s evil crimes immediately supplied to assist Jay Slater’s mom discover her lacking son in a submit on X, previously Twitter, on Sunday
A search staff close to the final recognized location of Jay Slater, close to to the village of Masca
On Friday, Spanish police (pictured) managed to rescue a 51-year-old Scottish hiker who acquired misplaced close to the identical nationwide park that they’re looking for Jay in
Warren Slater mentioned that though some officers had been ‘sensible’, he was turning into more and more pissed off by the shortage of communication from others as he desperately tries to search out his 19-year-old son.
‘No person’s informed us,’ he informed reporters. ‘The mountain police [have been] sensible… however I do not understand how the opposite police [force] works.
‘They may very well be doing the whole lot but when they’re doing [something], they don’t seem to be telling us what they’re doing, when you perceive what I am saying.’
Choking again tears as he investigated a brand new potential CCTV sighting of Jay, he later informed Sky Information: ‘I am his dad, I am supposed to have the ability to do one thing for him.’
Final night time, Debbie informed MailOnline: ‘It has been per week now and it has been terrible. I’ve barely slept and I am at my wits finish.
‘The Spanish police are doing an excellent job and we’re getting up to date from the consulate so we simply put our religion in them.
‘I do know folks within the UK have come ahead as effectively who have been on the pageant and they’re giving particulars of what they know however I am not being informed about that.
‘Jay’s superb pals from residence have additionally been over and have put up posters. They’re good children and like me simply need him residence.’
The final confirmed sighting of Jay (pictured) was at round 8am final Monday by a girl who had informed him the bus was due at 10am when he requested
Warren Slater (pictured with Jay’s brother Zack) mentioned though some officers had been ‘sensible’, he was turning into more and more pissed off by the shortage of communication from others as he desperately tries to search out his 19-year-old son
Jay’s mom Debbie Duncan (pictured) flew to Tenerife on Tuesday, the day after he vanished in Tenerife
Lucy Mae Regulation (pictured), 18, obtained a name from Jay earlier than he went lacking
It additionally emerged on Monday that Spanish police are investigating Jay’s background to find out whether or not it’s ‘related’ to his disappearance.
Detectives on the vacation island are attempting to find out whether or not Jay’s disappearance is linked to his felony previous after the Spanish press revealed that he was beforehand concerned in a machete assault that left a person preventing for his life.
Jay was a part of an eight sturdy gang who cut up the cranium of Tom Hilton after he was attacked with a machete, golf golf equipment and an axe.
Mr Hilton was left with accidents to his head which left his cranium uncovered in addition to wounds to his shoulders and legs within the 2021 assault when he was 17 in Rishton, Lancashire.