The mother of missing teenager Jay Slater has posted an update on the search effort, revealing a hiking group is planning out routes for a ‘wonderful group of locals’ volunteering their time to help find him.
Debbie Duncan also revealed ‘experienced groups’ have now contacted the family offering to support search operations. The 19-year-old has now been missing in Tenerife for almost three weeks.
Despite police calling off a search for Jay, Mrs Duncan said volunteers were still coming forward to help. She posted an update on the GoFundMe appeal page.
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“Hello everyone, I wanted to give you all an update on our continued efforts to find our Jay,” she said.
“We have been overwhelmed by the kindness and support we have received and would like to thank the local hiking group for all of their help planning the routes to find our Jay. We have been contacted by a wonderful group of locals who have volunteered to continue the search.
“While they don’t wish to accept financial help for their search, we will be supporting them with supplies and are so grateful for their willingness to help.
“We also continue to be contacted by experienced groups offering to support our search. We are busy talking to them about what they can do to assist. But in order for us to employ their help, they need to have permission from the Spanish authorities.
“We will be sure to keep you all updated on our progress and are so grateful for your continued support to bring our boy home. Please keep sharing and supporting our fundraiser however you can.”
Teenager Jay, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, disappeared on the Spanish island on June 17. He was last seen leaving an Airbnb in the north of the island, close to the village of Masca, at around 8am that morning.
The teenager, who was on holiday with his pals Lucy Law, 18, and Brad Hargreaves, 19, had previously been partying at the Papagayo nightclub in Playa de las Americas, before leaving the event with two British men to go back to the rented property. His last known location was the Rural de Teno Park in the north of the Canary Island – which was about an 11-hour walk back to his accommodation.
At around 8.30am on the morning of his disappearance, Jay called Lucy to say he was in the middle of nowhere, trying to get home with no water and 1 per cent on his phone battery. That was the last time anyone heard from him.
After almost two weeks of hunting for the teenager in vast and mountainous terrain, police called off the search on the ground.
On June 30, they said officers would continue to act on any tip-offs or other information that came in but the active work that has been ongoing since the apprentice bricklayer was reported missing would cease.
Detectives, meanwhile, have told a judge they have found no evidence of a crime in relation to Jay’s disappearance and are treating it as a missing persons inquiry.
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