A large-scale search of rough terrain for missing British teenager Jay Slater is set to begin after Spanish police put out a call for volunteers to help. On Friday the Guardia Civil formally invited voluntary organisations and members of the public with expertise in difficult conditions to come to northern Tenerife. Mr Slater, 19, has not been heard from since the morning of 17 June, after he told a a friend he was lost in the mountains and had 1% battery on his phone.
The search will focus on the ravines and trails around the village of Masca in the Rural de Teno national park, and will start from the Mirador de la Cruz de Hilda restaurant at 09:00 BST. Since the teenager disappeared 12 days ago the Spanish authorities have deployed helicopter crews, specially trained search dogs and drones, but no trace of him has been found. Mr Slater had been attending the NRG music festival on 16 June, and his friends said they were out in the tourist hotspot of Playa de las Americas when he was seen getting into a car with two British men he met earlier in the night.
The next morning he was tagged in a photo posted on Snapchat at 07:30 BST at an Airbnb in Masca, which was reportedly being rented by the two men. Best friend Brad Hargreaves told ITV he received a video call from Mr Slater a short time later. He said during that call Mr Slater appeared to slide off a designated path, with the video showing his feet on rough ground.
However, Mr Slater then said he had to go as he was receiv.
