Jay Slater: Police call off search for missing British teenager in Tenerife area

The search for Jay Slater in an area of ​​Tenerife has been called off, police said, nearly two weeks after he went missing.

The British teenageroriginally from Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn in Lancashire, has been missing in Tenerife since June 17, when he disappeared the morning after a rave.

The Civil Guard has called for volunteers to join a new search in the Masca region – near its last known location – on Saturday.

Sky News confirmed the search had been completed. Police are keeping the investigation open and may still launch searches in the south of the island, but have not provided an update.

A handful of volunteers came to the aid of rescue teams on Saturday, forming a total group of 30 to 40 people covering a large area of ​​rough and hilly terrain.

Mr Slater, 19, was on holiday with friends on the Spanish island and was last pictured at Papayago, a nightclub hosting the end of the NRG festival, on June 16.

After the event ended, he got in a car to go to a small Airbnb in Masca with two men, who police said Saturday were “not relevant” to the case.

His last known location was the Teno Rural Park in the north of the island, about an 11-hour walk from his home.

The owner of a local cafe told Sky News he tried to catch a bus back to Los Cristianos, where he was staying.

Ofelia Medina Hernandez said she spoke to the teenager at 8am on June 17, telling him a bus was due to arrive at 10am – but he left on foot and she said she then passed him “walking fast”.

The apprentice mason called a friend who was holidaying with him at around 8.30am on June 17 and told him he was going to walk home after missing the bus.

He also told his friend that he was lost and needed water, with only 1% charge on his phone.

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Mr Slater's friend Brad Hargreaves told ITV's This Morning on Friday that he had a video call with him before he disappeared. when he heard him leave the road.

He said he could see his friend's feet “sliding” down the hill and hear that he was walking on gravel.

Meanwhile, Mr Slater's family have shared a blurry image of what they believe to be the missing teenager, captured by a CCTV camera in a nearby town 10 hours after he disappeared.

The local police and the civil guard, with Mr. Slater's familyparticipated in the research.

Since his disappearance, rumors and conspiracy theories have emerged. amid online speculation on social media.

Some social media sleuths even traveled to Tenerife to try to track him down.

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