Jay Slater has now been missing for three weeks after disappearing in Tenerife. His family has been left heartbroken, as they frantically continue the search for the 19-year-old after the Spanish police called an end to its search on the ground. But the case has been dogged by vicious conspiracy theories circulating online and spreading rampantly on social media, many of which are going unproven and unfounded.
Those closest to Jay have spoken out about how damaging it has been to read the comments going viral on the internet, with one of Jay's best friends who travelled out to Tenerife dismissing one particular theory. Yet, both Jay's father and uncle have thrown doubt over the police investigation as they aired their frustration with the lack of progress in finding the teenager. READ MORE: 'My time in Tenerife showed me the island's seedy underbelly - tourists have to keep their wits about them' READ MORE: Jay Slater 'left Airbnb because he was hungry' claims TV detective as Tenerife search continues Jay, an apprentice bricklayer from north west England, attended a rave in Tenerife before leaving by car to spend the night at an Airbnb in a rural village with two British men before disappearing.
This was Jay's first time travelling abroad. 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 middl.
