Tenerife police are reportedly investigating a fresh lead in the puzzling case of missing British teenager Jay Slater.
25.06.2024 - 23:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
As the search for Jay Slater stretched into yet another day on Tuesday, his friends and family have once again faced another raft of abusive messages online from cruel trolls who are compounding their anguish over the missing teenager.
19-year-old Jay, from Lancashire, has now been missing since June 17, when he disappeared in the mountains of north west Tenerife. He had stayed at an Airbnb rental the night before he vanished after 'walking off alone’ in a remote part of the Island.
So far the rescue effort to bring Jay home has seen members of the Civil Guard, fire crews and mountain rescue teams deployed to the vast and 'treacherous' Rural de Teno Park, while Jay's friends and family have also travelled to the island to assist the search. Meanwhile, Jay's mum Debbie Duncan revealed she had “barely slept” and is “at her wit's end with worry”.
Yet despite the anguish surrounding Jay’s absence, the apprentice bricklayer’s friends and family have also been forced to face off against countless false allegations on social media, which have ranged from claims they were ‘partying on boats’ through to false reports that Jay’s body had been found.
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Hitting out at the claims on social media, the mother of Jay’s best friend, Rachel Harg, who is also the admin of the Find Jay Slater Facebook group, revealed the extent of the toll the trolling was taking, as she took to social media to slam yet another fake post and revealed it had left her “absolutely heartbroken.”
Sharing a screenshot of a video online, which falsely claimed that Rachel had been partying on a boat instead of searching for the teen, Rachel hit out at
Tenerife police are reportedly investigating a fresh lead in the puzzling case of missing British teenager Jay Slater.
British TikToker Paul Arnott, known for his Down the Rapids page with more than 153,000 followers, has joined the search for missing teen Jay Slater and is set to meet with the lad's family today. Arnott, who shelled out £400 for a flight from Fort William to Tenerife on Saturday to help in the search, has been in touch with the mum of Bradley Hargreaves, a mate of Jay's who was also holidaying with him and Lucy Mae Law.The 29 year old shared: "I'm meeting the family today.They said they wanted to meet me.They said they're really proud of what I'm doing.
A top detective who helped expose Jimmy Savile says he is trying to track down the two mysterious men last seen with missing teenager Jay Slater, revealing crucial new leads in the case.
This Morning has been slammed by viewers after one of its stars flew to Tenerife to join the search for missing British teen Jay Slater. Crime journalist Isla Traquair, a regular on the daytime telly show, was seen on Thursday, 27 June, reporting live from the spot near where Jay, 19, went missing 13 days ago on the Spanish island. On Wednesday's show, Isla had suggested that Jay could have taken a shortcut through hilly undergrowth in an attempt to navigate his way home from a winding mountain road more swiftly.
A This Morning star has jetted to Tenerife to join the search for missing British teen Jay Slater. Award-winning crime journalist Isla Traquair, a regular on the daytime telly show, was seen on Thursday, 27 June, reporting live from the spot near where Jay, 19, went missing 13 days ago on the Spanish island. Isla's report to Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard in the studio included footage of the Airbnb where apprentice bricklayer Jay was last seen, as well as the road he is thought to have walked along after deciding not to wait for a bus on the morning he went missing.
Heartbroken loved ones of missing teen Jay Slater have blasted sick trolls for telling "horrible lies" about his disappearance as the search for him continues.
This Morning came under fire over its coverage of missing British teen Jay Slater, who disappeared 12 days ago on the Spanish island of Tenerife.The popular ITV show focused its attention on the 'armchair detective' theories surrounding 19 year old apprentice bricklayer Jay's disappearance on Wednesday's show, 26 June, and how speculation was potentially damaging for the ongoing police investigation, not to mention distressing for Jay's family. It followed reports that Tenerife locals had 'spotted' Jay, who's from Oswaldtwistle, watching the Euros matches – after the mayor of a nearby town made the claims.
Brand new footage released by police shows helicopters circling 'treacherous' mountains and sniffer dogs scouring the area where British teenager Jay Slater disappeared.
The gruelling search to locate missing British teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife is continuing in its second week, with rescue teams still searching the mountains in the north west of the island.
Police searching for the British teenager Jay Slater have found a different missing person as the search for the 19-year-old enters its second week.
Bar staff working in the resort where Jay Slater partied the night before he vanished in Tenerife have been left devastated and saying its 'all they're talking about'.
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.
A possible new sighting of Jay Slater in Tenerife has been shared by the missing teenager's heartbroken family. The grainy CCTV image is understood to be from Santiago del Teide at about 6pm last Monday, June 17 - ten hours after his last confirmed appearance in Masca on the island.
An ex-cop who investigated Nicola Bulley's disappearance has vowed to get answers over Jay Slater's whereabouts 'in three days'.
The family and friends of a British teenager who is missing in Tenerife have shared a picture of a 'possible sighting' of the teenager as the desperate search to find him goes on.
An experienced investigator and former police officer has said he could get Jay Slater's family answers 'in three days' as he offered to fly out to Tenerife urgently.
New helicopter footage has revealed search teams continuing in their rescue mission to find missing British teenager Jay Slater.
Spanish police have rejected an offer of support from Lancashire Constabulary as the desperate hunt for a British teenager in Tenerife goes on.