An ex-Scotland Yard top cop has issued a warning about the Spanish investigators approach to the Airbnb missing teen Jay Slater was staying at.
01.07.2024 - 06:31 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The family of missing British teenager Jay Slater was left devastated on Sunday when Spanish police called off the 13-day search for the 19-year-old from Lancashire. The investigation into his disappearance has seen thousands of people from across the world send messages of support, make donations, and closely follow every update.
However, the case has been tainted by online trolls targeting the grieving family, and the search efforts have been met with scepticism, with one British volunteer labelling the final push to find Jay as nothing more than a massive PR stunt and "absolutely mad". Despite all this, one thing remains certain - Jay's loved ones are desperate to bring him home and they won't stop searching.
Tenerife's Civil Guard, who have been leading the efforts to locate the 19-year-old, announced that it was suspending its active search for Jay Slater after launching a "macro search" on Saturday and finding nothing. The extensive search involving sniffer dogs, a helicopter and mountain rescue experts has now come to a halt.
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They stated that officers would continue to act on any leads or other information that came in - but the active work that has been ongoing since June 17 when the 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer was reported missing will now cease.
The case took a significant turn less than 24 hours after a final push operation. However, the hopes of hundreds out on the ground searching for Jay were crushed, as the operation involving around 30 police, firefighters, Civil Protection, and a handful of volunteers was called to an end.
The Manchester Evening News reports that the search for Jay has reached unprecedented
An ex-Scotland Yard top cop has issued a warning about the Spanish investigators approach to the Airbnb missing teen Jay Slater was staying at.
A TikTok star who flew to Tenerife to hunt for missing Jay Slater made an unpleasant admission about his quest on This Morning. Paul Arnott, who operates the popular Down the Rapids page with over 153k followers, joined in the search for the missing 19 year old and was interviewed by the telly show's crime reporter, Isla Traquair, on Thursday, 27 June.
Police searching for Jay Slater in Tenerife have said it is ‘very unlikely’ he will be found alive if he got lost in the mountains.
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.
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.
A Scots tourist who was out hiking in Tenerife before getting found by search teams out looking for missing teen Jay Slater says he didn't need rescuing.
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.
A firefighter involved in the search for Jay Slater in Tenerife has described the situation as "increasingly strange".