Missing Brit Jay Slater’s worried mother has hinted at a ‘new sighting’ in the search for the 19-year-old.
Debbie Duncan, 55, has nervously been waiting for news since her son went missing. She has now revealed that a person now says they saw her son walking down a road with two other men last Monday evening.
It was on Monday morning that he had last been seen as he enquired about getting a bus back to the south of Tenerife where he was staying with friends.
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“Someone has come forward to say they saw someone who they thought was Jay walking back down the road sat on a bench,” she reportedly said.
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“He was with two men looking a bit worse for wear, and they were by a church, this guy has come forward and told the police about it and they are looking into it. We don’t know if it was Jay for sure, but it’s a start.
“They said it was about 6pm which is ten hours after he was seen by the lady in the village. But if it was him what was he doing there and who are these two men?”
The search party hunting for Jay, 19, has focused its efforts on a ravine near to where he was last heard from.
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Search and rescue personnel carefully combed through dead palm trees covering a river at the bottom of the hillside near to a property he had reportedly been driven to.
Jay, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, disappeared following an attempt to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus. He had attended the NRG music festival on the island with two friends before his disappearance. His mum Debbie, speaking to the Mail added: “All I know is that I am going to stay here for as long as it takes, I’m not going home unless it’s with Jay. I’m not going anywhere until they find him.”
She also said she was not happy that Spanish cops had turned down an offer of help from Lancashire Police while she had “not slept for day” as was “going through every emotion”.
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She said: “I had a screaming and shouting day when I had the meeting with the police. I know the Spanish police mean well, but the problem we are having is the language barrier, we just don’t seem to be getting told. I’m sure they are doing their best.
“They told me they had used dogs and drones and then they said Lancashire police had offered their resources but they turned it down, but I think that would have really helped.
“I would feel happier if our people were over helping. It’s just so difficult not knowing where he is, the area and the terrain is rough, but the police were saying that now there are too many people up there and it could interfere with their investigation.”
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