“Significant” new information about missing British teenager Jay Slater has been handed to police

Former Met police detective turned private investigator for the family of missing teenager Jay Slater, Mark Williams-Thomas, is said to have received “significant new information” into the teenager’s disappearance.

He passed this information on to both Spanish and British police, despite the latter saying they were not currently investigating the case.

This was revealed in a recent video update on X. In the video, Williams-Thomas stated: “We now know that Jay took certain actions while at the rental because he was clearly concerned for his own safety . This was shortly before he decided to leave.”

“In recent days we have received significant new information which we have shared with both the British and Spanish police. This sheds some light on why he might have left in a hurry and didn’t want to return to the rental, even though his phone was about to break,” reports the Express.

He declined to divulge any further details regarding the information gathered, however, he suggested that Jay is most likely still located in the mountain area and there currently appears to be no indication of third party criminal involvement.

Earlier it was noted that Jay, 19, had told friends he felt nervous about going back to the remote Airbnb where he woke up with two men after leaving the NTG Festival in the early hours of June 17 .

In a recent update, it was noted: “On the morning of June 17th, upon arriving back at the rental, Jay spoke to several different people on his phone and they described him as very awake and still buzzing. I know Jay was on the phone and alone at 8.50am on Monday 17th June, walking on a track just off the main road, about 30 minutes walk from the flat.”

“It was a cold, wet morning, only 18 degrees, with a high that day only reaching 20. The evidence we have been able to collect, including significant new information, strongly argues that it is therefore the most Jay is probably in or around. mountains, we suspect some distance from the phone’s last location.”

The search for Jay Slater, who has been missing for 25 days since June 17, continues with fresh information coming to police.

Jay was last seen leaving a party after the NRG music event in Tenerife by car early that day with two men, one identified as convicted drug dealer Ayub Qassim, at around 4am.

Contrary to previous reports that he left with strangers, it now appears that Jay may have had a loose connection with them through other contacts.

A Snapchat sent by Jay showed him inside the car with these men.

They headed to the men’s Airbnb located in Teno Rural National Park, which is a considerable distance from where Jay was staying with his friends, involving a 10-hour drive.

The two rented a car for their convenience to travel around the island and back to their secluded vacation rental, Casa Abuela Tina, located just outside the village of Masca.

Reports suggest they only rented it for one night.

At 7.30am, she is believed to have left their flat and sent two more Snapchat selfies from outside.

The property owner reported seeing him leave shortly after, saying he was going after missing a bus – a journey that would have taken 10 hours on foot, marking the last official sighting of him.

He called a friend while walking after 8am, but around 8.30am, he allegedly made a frantic call to another partner, claiming he was lost, out of water and with only one per cent of his phone battery left.

Tenerife police reportedly asked the two men to extend their stay by a day for questioning before allowing them to return home.

Local law enforcement officers conducted a major search operation, which ended on Sunday, June 30.

Currently, it appears that only members of Jay’s family, volunteers, amateur TikTok detectives and Mr Williams-Thomas, who uncovered the Jimmy Saville scandal, are actively looking for Jay as the trail has apparently gone cold.

Mr Williams-Thomas is exploring the possibility that the teenager may have a more sinister fate, including potential links to organized crime, following claims that Jay stole a £12,000 Rolex watch from someone shortly before his disappearance , as a Snapchat post suggests.

In his latest update, he noted that there had been a “number of outstanding actions and he remains open-minded.”

Mr Williams-Thomas is certain that at 08:50 on the day in question, Jay was alone, engaged on his phone and walking along the track about 30 minutes from the flat.

He suspects that Jay is most likely somewhere in or near the mountains, quite a distance from where the last signal from his phone was detected.

Despite previously promising to support Spanish authorities, Lancashire Police, which serves the area where Jay lives, decided not to send officers to help with the search after it was called off.

British police have also confirmed that they do not plan to question anyone in the UK over the investigation.