The mother of missing Jay Slater said “words cannot describe the pain and agony we are experiencing” after searches on Tenerife failed to trace the missing 19-year-old. In a statement issued through the British overseas missing persons charity LBT Global, Debbie Duncan said the land search for her son has been called off, but thanked the Guardia Civil who she said had “worked tirelessly up in the mountains where Jay’s last phone call was traced”. The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, disappeared on June 17 after setting off to walk back to his accommodation on the holiday island.
His mother’s statement said: “We are a very close family and are absolutely devastated about his disappearance. “Words cannot describe the pain and agony we are experiencing. He is our beautiful boy with his whole life ahead of him and we just want to find him.
” Helicopters, drones and search dogs were deployed to find the apprentice bricklayer. Mr Slater went to the holiday island on June 13 to attend the NRG music festival with two friends before his disappearance. His last known location was the Rural de Teno Park in the north of the Canary Island – which was about an 11-hour walk from his accommodation.
“Jay is a normal guy who is in his third year of an apprenticeship, and he is a very popular young man with a large circle of friends,” Ms Duncan said. “We do not have any information on his whereabouts. The Guardia Civil have worked tirelessly up in the mounta.
