Missing Jay Slater’s dad and brother make pleas for his protected return
The father and brother of missing teenager Jay Slater have made a heart-wrenching visit to the Tenerife beauty spot where the 19-year-old was holidaying with friends before he disappeared.
Warren Slater and his 24 year-old-son Zak were accompanied by other family members and friends at the remote mountain location where Jay’s mobile phone last pinged on Monday morning.
Warren told the media while holding up the tears: “I just want the boy back.” The pair were accompanied by the mountain rescue team as they looked on a secluded gorgve above the village of Masca, about 19 miles from the party hotspot of Play de les Americas.
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“I’m just hoping that somebody has helped him off this mountain, that’s all I want. I just want him back and that’s it. He’s my son,” he repeated before walking away from the camera and his elder son, Zak, echoed: “We don’t know where he is, what’s happened, or anything.
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“I don’t know what to say. We just want him to come home safe. I just wish he’d come home.”
The teen was last spotted in Masca village, having spent the night at an Airbnb booked after he hit up an NRG music festival. Ofelia Medina Hernandez, the owner of the Airbnb, reported seeing Jay take off up the road but never saw him again, labelling the situation as “worrying”.
He was last heard from just after 8am on Monday when he called his friend Lucy Mae Law from a secluded mountain pass in Masca to say he was setting off to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus.
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The walk from his last known location would have taken about 11 hours on foot. Lucy also said Jay told her he was”‘lost in the mountains, he wasn’t aware of his surroundings, he desperately needed a drink and his phone was on one per cent”.
On Friday, dogs were brought in to sniff around the farm buildings, while searches also took place by the Airbnb where Jay stayed, reported the Mirror.
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A riverbed named Barranco Madre del Agua, nestled at the bottom of a gorge, became a focal point as searchers prodded through heaps of dead palm leaves with sticks.
Jay’s mother, Debbie Duncan, who is also on the island, said she “has not slept” since her son disappeared. She added: “I’m not coping very well at all. I’ve not slept, I’m exhausted. It’s been awful. I can’t give up on him, I just can’t.”
Speaking about what message she would have for her son, she said: “We just need you home – we just need him home.”
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