Tenerife police are reportedly investigating a fresh lead in the puzzling case of missing British teenager Jay Slater.
24.06.2024 - 09:25 / dailyrecord.co.uk
An ex-cop who investigated Nicola Bulley's disappearance has vowed to get answers over Jay Slater's whereabouts 'in three days'.
Former detective Mark Williams-Thomas said he reached out to Jay's mum, Debbie, as he offered to join police in Tenerife urgently. The 19-year-old vanished on the Spanish island on Monday, June 17.
He was last heard during the early hours when he phoned his friend, Lucy Law, telling her he was lost in rural area, that he needed water and that his phone battery was down to 1 per cent. As reported in the Mirror, Lucy, who had travelled with him to Tenerife for a three-day music festival, said he decided to stay with some new friends he had made at the festival the night prior.
His phone then later "pinged" in an open area around half a mile north of the Masca village, where rescue teams in Tenerife continue to focus their search. Emergency workers, including the Civil Guard, mountain rescue team and fire crews will look in three different areas in the vicinity of Parque Rural de Teno nature reserve, where Jay went missing last week.
They include a ravine around 100 metres below the rental property where Jay was last seen, as well as in mountains between Masca and San Jose, and Masca and Las Portelas. Mark, who investigated the disappearance of Nicola Bulley and found former TV host Jimmy Savile to be a prolific paedophile, said he has offered to fly out to Tenerife urgently to "find out whether a third party was involved".
He added he would "track down" the two men, thought to be British, who Jay is thought to have stayed with at an Airbnb the night before he disappeared.
Mark told Manchester Evening News: "I would quickly be able to establish whether or not there are suspicious circumstances - but
Tenerife police are reportedly investigating a fresh lead in the puzzling case of missing British teenager Jay Slater.
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Employees at the bar where Jay Slater partied the night before he disappeared have been left devastated after he vanished without a trace.
Nestled in the mountainous landscape of north west Tenerife, sits the quaint village of Masca. The tiny village, home to only around 90 inhabitants, boasts an amazing vantage point for views of the surrounding peaks and the North Atlantic Ocean.
Sky News.During the short phone call, he said he had missed a bus trying to get back to his holiday accommodation so was attempting to walk instead – a journey that takes 11 hours.Urgent searches, involving Civil Guard officers, firefighters and mountain rescuers, have been ongoing in the vast area since his disappearance.Explainer | Search continues for British teen one week after he went missing in Tenerife.
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