Tenerife police are reportedly investigating a fresh lead in the puzzling case of missing British teenager Jay Slater.
21.06.2024 - 13:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The owner of the remote Airbnb where Jay Slater stayed the night before he vanished in Tenerife has spoken out about the morning he 'walked off alone' - as the major search to find him continues for its fifth day.
The 19-year-old, from Lancashire, went missing on Monday morning after last speaking to his friend Lucy at around 8am. His last known location was where his phone 'pinged' in a vast mountainous area around half a mile north of Masca.
He appeared to have been trying to walk back to the south of the island when he phoned his friend Lucy to say his battery was on 1 per cent and that he needed a drink of water. Jay has not been seen or heard from since, with a huge search underway in the 'dangerous' mountain terrain on the north of the island.
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Ophelia, the owner of the holiday rental, Casa Abuela Tina, where Jay is understood to have stayed after with two people he met on the island after partying at the NRG festival, has spoken to the Manchester Evening News about her 'worry' for the missing teenager. She claimed she saw him walking uphill alone on Monday morning.
Speaking outside the holiday cottage on Friday, she said: "It’s dangerous walking around here, it’s easy to lose yourself. He walked up the road when I saw him for the last time.
"He was alone. He was walking normally, though he was fast."
Ophelia said that Jay had also asked about catching the bus from the area that morning before leaving on foot along the road - the only route through the area. She said she was 'very worried' but, in the height of the media storm, added: “We are not to blame”.
The rental property is listed online as a holiday home. It is understood to have been rented
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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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