Helicopters, rescue dogs and drones have been used during the hunt for 19-year-old Jay Slater, who was last heard from when he called his friend Lucy Law on Monday morning. Mr Slater, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, disappeared after an attempt to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus. In a post on the Facebook page “Jay Slater Missing”, the administrator of the group Rachel Louise Harg said family and friends of Mr Slater were in a “living nightmare”.
She said: “There isn’t an update for anyone unfortunately. “Struggling to find words at this time but all I can say is we are looking still and everyone is doing all they can. “We are drained beyond words – I just can’t say no more, I wish I could.
“I wish this would end now, this living nightmare. “Searches are ongoing and we remain positive. “Thanks to you all supporting and helping we can’t thank you any more, much love.
” On Friday, search and rescue personnel joined officers from the island’s Guardia Civil near the village of Masca where they appeared to focus on a specific area of overgrown terrain. Some officers used binoculars to survey the landscape before heading towards the bottom of the hillside. Search teams paid close attention to a river called Barranco Madre del Agua at the bottom of a ravine, where personnel with sticks carefully searched through fallen dead palm trees.
On Thursday, a helicopter flew over Rural de Teno park in the south of the Spanish island as search.
