Chilling new Jay Slater principle as ‘teen may very well be alive after secretly boarding yacht’

A shocking new theory suggests missing teenager Jay Slater may be alive after “escaping the island on a yacht”.

The 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, vanished nearly a month ago after attending a rave with two British men and spending the night at an Airbnb in the remote and “treacherous” Masca village.

He was last seen on Monday, June 17, attempting to return on foot to the tourist hotspot of Los Christianos where he was staying with friends Lucy and Brad after missing his bus – a journey that would have taken him 11 hours.

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Now, internet detectives are suggesting Jay may have fled the island on a yacht following reports he had stolen a Rolex watch worth £12,000 just hours before his disappearance.

Detective Mark Williams-Thomas, who travelled to Tenerife to assist in the search, revealed Jay had posted a video on Snapchat bragging about the theft. This revelation has led online sleuths to speculate that Jay might have made his way to the nearby Los Gigantes cliffs via a local jetty, boarded a waiting boat, and left the island – indicating the teenager could be safe and well somewhere else.

A 14ft yacht named the Maruba was reportedly seen sailing past Masca beach around the time of Jay’s vanishing act. Not long after, the vessel’s signal mysteriously disappeared from electronic maps, sparking rumours that the captain might have deliberately switched off the transponder, reports the Mirror.

The region is dotted with numerous coves and beaches, perfect for a sneaky boat to nip in and whisk Jay away. This theory has gained traction following a suggestion by an expert that Jay’s mobile could have been thrown into the hills, accounting for its last known location in a treacherous and unnavigable zone.

Nick Pisa, a reporter who talked to an ex-British Army officer scouring the area, shared on GB News that the phone’s GPS spot would only make sense “if the phone was thrown” into the wilds.

He relayed: “We’re not obviously being kept up to speed, but [the former officer] did tell me that he thought where the ping came from was rather surprising because it was really steep to get to, and it was covered in undergrowth and cacti.

“He said to get there you’d have to need a machete. Or he suggested, someone had thrown the phone into that growth.”

There’s no suggestion that police are looking into this new story and it forms just one of the theories aired by internet sleuths.

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