A NEW picture has emerged of missing Jay Slater posing with his brother and dad during his sibling’s 21st birthday party.
Jay, an apprentice bricklayer from Lancashire, had flown to the island with two friends for the NRG festival before disappearing the following day.
6
Jay Slater (centre) with his brother Zak (right) and father Warren Credit: Ian Whittaker
6
Warren and Jay’s brother Zak visited Masca Village Ravine today Credit: Ian Whittaker
6
Jay (right) pictured with brother Zak and mum Debbie – who both flew to the island after he went missing Credit: Tim Stewart
6
The last known picture of Jay was taken on Sunday night at the NRG festival in the south of the islandCredit: Ian Whittaker
He went to the closing night on Sunday with his friends Lucy and Brad, but left with the two men he met that day and headed to their lodgings.
Jay then frantically called friend Lucy Law on Monday to tell her he was stuck in the “middle of nowhere”.
The British teenager has not been heard from or seen since, and search teams are desperately searching the mountainous area of northern Tenerife.
The new photo released in the hunt for Jay was taken in 2021 for his brother Zak’s 21st birthday.
Rescue crews on Friday focused their efforts around the 2,000-foot-deep Masca Ravine near Jay’s last known location – the desolate Teno Nature Reserve.
The father of a missing British teenager made an emotional visit to the search scene last night to mark the first visit by a close family member.
A tearful Warren Slater, 58, said: “I just want my boy back” as he looked out over a deep gorge in the remote mountain village of Masca.
Mr Slater was supported by his son and Jay’s brother, Zak Slater, 24, who was too upset to comment when approached on the lookout.
Warren and Zak were also joined by eight of Jay’s friends at the lookout above Masca.
He said, “I just want the boy back.”
Earlier today, devastated mum Debbie revealed a major breakthrough in the search for the missing teenager.
The search for Jay Slater is focused on a 2,000ft cliff near where the missing Britons made their last phone call as police release video of the helicopter hunt
She said her son may have been seen with the two men about 10 hours after he was last seen on Monday morning in the remote village of Masca.
She revealed that a witness had gone to the officers and claimed to have seen Jay sitting on a bench with two men 3.5 miles away in Santiago del Teide.
The devastated mum said she now fears “something untoward” has happened to the teenager.
Debbie, 55, has been in Tenerife since Tuesday helping with a major police search for her 19-year-old son.
She revealed that the new sighting showed Jay’s possible movements by 6pm on Monday – some 10 hours after his missing person’s report was filed.
The worried mum said: “They said it was around 6pm, which is ten hours after the lady in the village saw him.
“But if it was him, what was he doing there and who are these two men?”
She added: “All I know is I’m going to stay here as long as it takes, I’m not going home unless it’s with Jay. I’m not going anywhere until they find him.”
The police have yet to confirm a new sighting of the missing teenager.
It came after rescue efforts focused on an area known locally as “the wastelands”, searching a 2,000-foot cliff in a remote park.
Pictures from the scene show police, firefighters, volunteers and sniffer dogs scanning the desolate Teno Nature Reserve, Jay’s last known location.
Locals and experts have warned of dangerous conditions in the area – where the air is “thin”, temperatures change rapidly and mountains drop precipitously to the water below.
Jay’s mum Debbie today criticized the investigation into her son’s disappearance for not allowing British police officers to give their input.
On Friday, Lancashire Police offered to help Spain’s Guardia Civil in their efforts to find the teenager.
But the local police rejected the offer and insisted they had the “resources” needed to find him.
6
The search for missing Jay enters day six today – officers search remote parks in northern TenerifeCredit: PA
6
Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: HIS Education