This is the search for Jay Slater, the tourist missing in Tenerife. It has been eleven days since a friend of his had contact with him by phone before running out of battery. Various units of the Civil Guard continue to carry out, both on foot and from the helicopter, intense and repeated searches through the ravines, roads and paths of the rugged terrain, always accompanied by the canine agents of the Cynological Service of the Civil Guard, specialized in the search. of people.
This unit traveled from Madrid this Tuesday to join the search efforts for the 19-year-old British man, as they are specialized in searching for people in large areas of land with the support of dogs trained for large areas.
Together with the canine agents, Helicopters and drones are also searching for the missing young man.
What is known about Jay Slater
Jay was last seen on the morning of June 17, after having attended a rave party at the Papagayo Beach Club, in Playa de las Américas, in the south of the island.
After returning to an Airbnb near the hamlet of Masca with two men he met during his vacation, Jay called his friend Lucy Law at 8:50 a.m. to tell her that he was tired, thirsty and disoriented, and that his phone had only 1% battery.
Local authorities and the Civil Guard have been using helicopters and drones to search the Masca area where Jay’s phone signal was last detected. We are talking about an area of deep ravines, with very complicated orography to locate someone.
A neighbor claims to have seen him
According to the British newspaper DailyMail, the investigation took a small turn when the mayor of the municipality of Santiago del Teide, Emilio José Navarro Castañedo, assured that some neighbors claimed to have seen someone which matched the description of Jay watching a Euro Cup match in the bars of Puerto de Santiago.
Debbie Duncan, Jay’s mother, has also stated that a man confirmed having seen Jay in the Santiago de Teide church at six in the afternoon, the same day he disappeared.
The family shared an image blurred image of a man captured by security cameras near this church. Investigators are reviewing the images to try to confirm if it is Jay.
The parents of the missing young man, who have traveled to Tenerife to continue the search, say they are living hell: “I hope I don’t have to carry my son home in a bag,” says his father.
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