Jay Slater: The search for missing Tenerife teenager is over

Police have ended their search for missing British teenager Jay Slater near the mountain village of Masca. Gardaí said today that the nearly two-week search, which involved sniffer dogs, a helicopter and mountain rescue experts, had ended. A spokeswoman said on Sunday: “The search operation has now ended, although the case remains open.”

A well-placed source said: “The daily operation in and around Maska, near where Jay was last seen, has been completed. If any information emerges, it is worth a further search, although action will be taken. .

“I understand that Jay’s parents have been informed of what is obviously a major development. Nothing relevant was found during yesterday’s extensive search.”

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Confirmation of the dramatic development came less than 24 hours after a “last push” operation involving around 30 police, fire and Civil Defense officers, along with a handful of volunteers, failed to find any trace of Oswaldtwistle aged 19 from Lancashire, reports. The mirror.

Jay was last seen by a resident of Masca, north-west Tenerife, just after 8am on June 17, walking north along the village road after stopping to ask for directions. His phone rang for the last time near a lookout point where search teams gathered yesterday to begin the final day of the operation.

Friend Lucy Law said Jay called her shortly after he was last seen to say he was thirsty and had no water and only 1% battery on his phone. The Civil Guard says the “parallel” investigation by police investigators about whom they are not sharing information is continuing, despite the suspension of the “visible” search of the mountain in and around Masca.