19-year-old Jay Slater has now been missing for nearly to three weeks after disappearing in Tenerife. His family are heartbroken as the frantic search for the 19-year-old from Lancashire continues after Spanish police called an end to its search on the ground. However, conspiracy theories are circulating online and quickly spreading on social media despite the majority of them being unproven and unfounded.
Jay's closest have said how difficult it is for them to read what is being said online, with one of his best friends who is now in Tenerife dismissing one particular theory. At the same time, both Jay's dad and his uncle have cast a doubt on the police investigation as well as addressing possible criminality involved when they aired their frustration with the lack of progress in finding the teenager. READ MORE: After more than two weeks on the ground covering the search for Jay in Tenerife, the Manchester Evening News goes over nine theories that have been discussed widely, the information that has emerged so far about them, and how these conspiracies have affected his family.
Jay, an apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, 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.
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