Jay Slater: Father and brother of missing teenager make emotional appeal for safe return | World News

The apprentice bricklayer was last heard from shortly after 8am on Monday, when he called his friend Lucy Law to tell her he was leaving to walk home after missing a bus.

The father and brother of Jay Slater, the British teenager missing in Tenerife since Monday, have launched an emotional appeal for his safe return.

Warren Slater, the 19-year-old's father, told Sky News he “just hoped someone had helped him get off that mountain”.

He added: “That's all I want, that someone helped him get off that mountain. I just want him to come back and that's it. He's my son.”

His voice breaking, Mr Slater said the last few days had been “a nightmare, just a nightmare”.

Struggling to control his emotions, he then walked away from the camera, repeating: “I just want him back and that's it.”

Mr Slater's brother, Zak Slater, echoed the comments, saying: “We don't know where he is, what happened, or anything. I don't know what to say. We we just want him to come home safe and sound.”

He also became emotional, saying, “I just wish he would come home.”

The couple went to Tenerife to help search for Jay, who was on vacation with friends before it disappears. He was at the NRG music festival on Sunday with two friends.

He was last heard from shortly after 8am on Monday, when he called his friend Lucy Law to tell her he was leaving to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus.

It is unclear whether he realized the journey could take up to 11 hours.

Ms Law said he told her he was lost, needed water and had only 1% charge on his phone.

SATURDAY, the sixth day of researchPolice, rescue dogs and firefighters reconvened at Teno Rural Park, the last location recorded on Mr Slater's phone.

Mr Slater is from the town of Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, where specialist officers continue to support his family, Lancashire Police said.

The force added that it had made “an offer of support to the Guardia Civil to see if they needed additional resources”, which was rejected by Spanish authorities.

Mother of missing teenager 'didn't sleep'

The apprentice mason's mother, who is also on the island, the largest of the Canary Islands, also made a direct appeal to her missing son, saying: “We just need you at home.”

Debbie Duncan said she “hasn't slept” since his disappearance.

When asked how the family was coping with the situation, she said: “I'm not. I'm not coping very well at all. I haven't slept, I'm exhausted .It's horrible. I can't give up on him, I just can't.

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Asked by Press Association if she had been feeling dizzy for a few days, she replied: “It’s true, it’s true.

“People say, 'Yeah, I get it' – no, you don't get it, you don't get it.”

Speaking about the message she would have for her son, Ms Duncan added: “We just need you at home – we just need him at home.”