Jay Slater Update: Search enters day 8 as mother releases statement on GoFundMe page

Lina Portman2 weeks ago

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Jay Slater's father makes six-word appeal to son during visit to research site

A fundraiser organized by the last person to speak to Jay Slater, the British teenager who went missing while on holiday in Tenerife, has reached its £30,000 target.

The GoFundMe set up by Lucy Law to “bring Jay Slater home” had received £32,366 in donations.

The page was created by Mr Slater's friend three days ago and a post below, which purports to come from Mr Slater's mother, Debbie Duncan, confirmed it had been “approved by our family “.

Mr Slater, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, disappeared after trying to walk home after missing a bus.

He had attended the NRG music festival on the island with two friends before his disappearance.

Ms Law, who went to the festival with Mr Slater, said he called her around 8.30am on Monday and told her he was “lost in the mountains, he wasn't aware of his surroundings, he desperately needed a drink and his phone.” was on one percent.”

Earlier his father, Warren Slater, 58, made an emotional appeal for his missing son to return home as he joined the search for him in Tenerife.

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Debbie Duncan told the PA news agency she has “not slept” since the 19-year-old disappeared on the Canary island of Tenerife.

She said she did not know whether Spanish authorities had refused an offer of help from the UK because they considered it “an insult”.

Mr Slater, from the town of Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, disappeared after trying to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus and was last heard from on Monday morning.

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Athena StavrouJune 23, 2024 00:30