Jay Slater missing – latest: Locals report teen ‘watching Euro 2024 matches’ in Tenerife after last contact
Mayor says police have received several reports of the British 19-year-old watching football on island
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Spanish police have spoken to several people who said they may have seen Jay Slater watching Euro 2024 matches after his last contact with friends, a local mayor has said.
Emilio Jose Navarro, mayor of the town of Santiago del Teide, said officers have interviewed a number of people who believe they saw the 19-year-old.
Police are examining grainy CCTV footage from the town, which is around three-and-a-half miles from the mountainous Rural de Teno park - the apprentice bricklacker's last known location - to determine whether it is a possible sighting.
The image, shared by the family to media outlets, shows a person walking through town and was captured around 10 hours after Jay's phone last pinged.
Mr Slater’s family also gave a statement through a spokesperson on Wednesday afternoon, telling reporters in Tenerife they are “utterly broken” but “very united”.
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‘Where did he go?'
Holly Evans reports live from Tenerife:
Speaking to the Independent, Andreas Ruiz, 58, questioned how the teenager could have spent time in Santiago del Tiede without being noticed.
A construction worker who is familiar with the area, he pointed out to the cafes and small bars that run through the high street of the small town.
“There is a tourist information desk he would have passed. There are buses, signposts for taxis. There is a bar and cafes for food and help. Where did he go if he came here? I have a son and my heart is with his family.”
Jay Slater machete gang attack victim hits out at internet trolls and urges them to help find teenager
A man who had his “skull split open” in a machete attack carried out by a gang including Jay Slater has broken his silence on the desperate search for the teenager who vanished in Tenerife.
The missing 19-year-old was part of a group of eight people who attacked Tom Hilton, then 17, with a machete, golf clubs and an axe in Rishton, Lancashire, in 2021.
The apprentice bricklayer, from Oswaldtwistle, was handed an 18-month community order with 25 days of rehabilitation activities and 150 hours of unpaid work for his role in the violent disorder.
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The alleged victim told TikTok trolls ‘Have some respect and help find this boy and get him back to his family’
Police searching for Jay Slater rescue lost Scottish hiker in Tenerife national park
Police searching for missing hiker Jay Slater have rescued a Scottish hiker from the same Tenerife national park in Spain.
The 51-year-old hiker from Scotland was rescued on Friday during a search for Mr Slater, 19, who went missing a week ago, police said on Tuesday.
The Scot was found “tired and disoriented” having gone into a “difficult” area not suitable for travel.
Police searching for Jay Slater rescue lost Scottish hiker in Tenerife national park
Police say ‘tired and disoriented’ hiker wouldn’t have got out without help
The nightclub where Jay Slater spent his last evening before disappearing
Holly Evans reports live from Tenerife:
Located on Veronica’s Strip in Playa de Las Americas, the nightclub where Jay Slater spent his evening before going missing stands at the end of a long run of busy bars.
The majority of them open until 5am, they are currently inundated with British teenagers celebrating their A-Levels, with cheap drinks and package spirit deals available all down the street.
Drugs are easily accessible, with groups selling Class A, cannabis and balloons along the pavement.
Jay Slater: Everything we know about the Briton missing in Tenerife
Worried relatives and friends are still searching for a sighting of British teenager Jay Slater after he vanished on the island of Tenerife.
The 19-year-old was on his first ever holiday without his family when he vanished as he walked back to his accommodation last Monday morning.
He had gone to stay with two people he had met at the NRG music festival and, having missed the last bus back, embarked on what would have been an 11-hour walk.
Jay Slater: Everything we know about the Briton missing in Tenerife
Jay Slater missing in Tenerife after tourist embarked on 11 hour walk
Former detective Mark Williams-Thomas spent day with Jay Slater’s family and friends as he joins search in Tenerife
Former detective Mark Williams-Thomas said he spent Tuesday talking to Jay Slater’s family and friends in Tenerife and tracking down “crucial witnesses”.
The TV investigator, who joined the search for Nicola Bulley last year, said he still has a number of people to speak to over the next few says and will be making appeals for information.
Mapped: Jay Slater’s last known movements in Tenerife as search for missing teenager continues
Jay Slater’s last known movements have been mapped as the desperate search for the missing teenager entered its second week in Tenerife.
A major search operation was launched after the 19-year-old, from the Lancashire town of Oswaldtwistle, vanished on the Spanish island last Monday morning.
Police, sniffer dogs, firefighters and volunteers were among those who gathered again on Saturday to continue with the hunt as fears grow for the British teenager.
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Mapped: Jay Slater’s last known movements in Tenerife as search for teen continues
The 19-year-old vanished on Monday after last being seen by a local 11 hours from his accommodation
Search for Jay Slater enters tenth day
Rescue teams will begin day ten of their search for missing British teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife on Wednesday.
The 19-year-old disappeared after attending the New Rave Generation music festival last Sunday evening in Papagayo Beach Club on the south of the island.
After making new acquaintances during the early hours of the morning, he travelled with two British men to a remote AirBnb, an 11-hour hike from his accommodation.
At around 8.15am last Monday, he contacted his friend Lucy Law and told her that he was lost, had injured his leg, was dehydrated and that his phone only had one per cent battery.
At 8.50am, his phone was last located near the Mirador La Cruz de Hilda cafe, a steep climb in the wrong direction from where an eyewitness had told him to head.
Jay Slater search teams fly in specialist sniffer dogs in hunt for missing teenager on Tenerife
With the search for missing teenager Jay Slater now in its fifth day, family and friends have spoken of their desperation and frustration with Spanish police as the case fails to make progress.
The 19-year-old was last heard from on Monday morning, when he phoned his friend Lucy Law at 8.15am to say that he was lost, dehydrated and had 1 per cent phone battery.
After attending the New Generation Rave music festival on Sunday evening, he travelled to a remote Airbnb with two men he had met at the event.
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Jay Slater: The unanswered questions about missing teen’s disappearance in Tenerife
Little is known about the men Jay Slater spent time with, or why he chose to undertake an 11 hour walk
Video: Exploring the isolated Tenerife landscape of Jay Slater's last known location
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