Jay Slater remains missing in Tenerife - despite a huge search operation to locate the apprentice bricklayer. The 19-year-old man was walking "alone and fast" on Monday morning, it is said, as he left an Airbnb for what is an 10-hour walk through mountainous and remote terrain to where friends were staying in the south of Tenerife. His phone's last live location was Rural de Teno Park, the hilly nature reserve where a search operation has intensified today.
Movements after around 8.30am on Monday remain a mystery, however, and Jay's mother, Debbie Duncan, on Friday (June 21) described searching for her son was "an absolute living nightmare". She flew out to Tenerife on Tuesday with her eldest son.
Speaking to ITV News, Ms Duncan said: "He's the life and soul, he's a beautiful boy." Jay, who is from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was last seen by the owner of the Airbnb as he left the accommodation on Monday. It is thought he had missed the bus to reach friends at the south of the island, an area popular with British tourists.
Get the latest news straight to your phone by joining us on WhatsApp Ophelia, the owner of the accommodation , said: "It's dangerous walking around here, it's easy to lose yourself. He walked up the road when I saw him for the last time. He was alone.
He was walking normally, though he was fast." As the desperate search looks set to continue into a sixth day, the Mirror recaps the full timeline of Jay's disappearance and highlights the verified information -.