Major replace on Brits who had been with Jay Slater earlier than teen disappeared
The Spanish cop leading the mountain search for missing Jay Slater has declared that the two British men who put him up the night before he disappeared have been ruled out of the probe.
Cipriano Martin, head of the Civil Guard’s Greim mountain rescue unit, said the pair are “of no relevance” to the police investigation.
He spoke as the search for the 19-year-old entered its twelfth day with a large-scale search by police, fire officers and other mountain experts.
He said: “Those men have been spoken to and they don’t have any relevance whatsoever for the case.”
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Before he disappeared Jay was partying at the NRG music festival and his pals they said he was seen getting into a car with two Brit blokes he met on his night out.
The next morning Jay was tagged Snapchat pic at an Airbnb in Masca, which is understood to have been rented by the two men.
His best mate Brad Hargreaves told ITV he received a video call from him a short time later and said during the conversation Jay appeared to veer of a path and he heard his feet sliding on rough ground.
Mark Williams-Thomas, a former police officer who helped snare Jimmy Savile, is in Tenerife helping search.
The investigator earlier this week said he wants to speak to two ‘key” witnesses who are back in the UK.
He said in a press conference: “The family have provided me with an in-depth insight into what has happened in the hours leading up to his disappearance.
“I have, to date, not been able to speak to a large group of witnesses. But there are two key people to date that I have not spoken to.
“These are the two men that took Jay back to the holiday rental in the hills. Those two men have spoken to the police and they are now back in the UK.”
Asked whether Jay’s family will take part in today’s search, Cipriano Marti said: “All week they’ve been participating because we’ve seen them and they’ve seen us in several places. They’ve been actively participating.”
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