Missing persons expert identifies key concern in search for Jay Slater

A missing persons expert has revealed his major concern over the disappearance of Jay Slater from Tenerife. The 19-year-old disappeared while trying to make the 11-hour journey on foot to his accommodation in the south of the island.

He was last seen on the morning of Monday, June 17, with a desperate search now into its seventh day. The apprentice bricklayer called his friend Lucy to say he needed a drink and was returning after missing a bus.

He also revealed that he only had 1% battery left on the phone, which died shortly after the call ended. Former head of Lambeth’s Missing Persons Unit, Mike Neville, has now told how he has concerns for Jay.

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He said: “It’s been a long time and it’s an area that’s hot during the day and very cold at night. Of course, the boy was in the clothes he had worn to a festival, so a t-shirt and shorts.

“So we can only hope that he’s very, very dehydrated somewhere. I really feel for the mom and I know every mom would have high hopes, but it just doesn’t look like it right now.”

Despite an ongoing search, there was no sign of Jay. Loved ones have flown to the Spanish island to help with the search, GB News reports.

Mr Neville said: “I think the Spanish police have published quite a detailed analysis of where they are going to search, focusing on three ravines.” He added: “This area of ​​Tenerife is quite forested.

“There are so many places where someone could have rested or taken shelter, and it’s not that visible from the air. So while the Spanish police use helicopters and drones, they really rely on people.

“Whether police officers, volunteers or park rangers and dogs try to locate Jay, we can only hope he is alive and well.” Jay – from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire – went to an Airbnb with two Brits he met during the NRG music festival.

The owner of the rental property last saw Jay walking alone after asking her about the bus schedule. Its last location is shown as Reno Rural Park, a mountainous area popular with hikers.

His mother, Debbie Duncam, said the search had been “intensified”. She told the Guardian she spent eight hours in a police station on Friday as officers laid out their detailed plans to search for Jay.