Jay Slater’s mum has given an update on where a Spanish police investigation into his disappearance is now focusing. The search to find the 19-year-old from Lancashire was called off last Sunday , nearly two weeks after his disappearance in the northwest of Tenerife. He was last heard from after staying the night at an Airbnb in Masca on June 17.
He told a friend Lucy Law that he was planning to walk back to the south of the island before his phone battery went dead after having missed a bus. Rescue teams scoured the treacherous terrain surrounding Masca but found no clues as to what had happened to Jay. His mum Debbie Duncan has now given her first public comment since the search ended.
She has praised the efforts of Spanish police and also said that while the land operation had come to an end, they were looking at why Jay had travelled to Masca after going to a nightclub in the south of Tenerife. "We do not have any information on his whereabouts. The Guardia Civil have worked tirelessly up in the mountains where Jay's last phone call was traced," she said.
"They conducted a land search for 12 days which involved every resource they had available. Although the land search ended, the Spanish police still continued with their investigations into why Jay had travelled to the location so far away from his accommodation. "We offer our sincere thanks to the Spanish authorities who continue to follow lines of enquiries.
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