A TV investigator and former police officer has offered to fly out to Tenerife to help find answers for the family of missing teenager Jay Slater.
The 19-year-old from Lancashire was reported missing a week ago (June 17) after he called his friend Lucy, telling her he was lost in a rural area of the island with only 1% battery left on his phone.
His last known location was half a mile north of Masca village. Despite ongoing efforts by emergency workers, including the Civil Guard, mountain rescue team and fire crews, the challenging terrain of the Rural de Teno park is proving difficult to search.
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Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, Mark Williams-Thomas, who previously investigated the disappearance of Nicola Bulley and exposed Jimmy Savile as a prolific paedophile, said he wants to determine if a third party was involved in Jay’s disappearance.
The sleuth is offering his services for free and reckons he can find out what’s going on within just 72 hours.
“I would quickly be able to do establish whether or not there are suspicious circumstances – but I’d need total access to everything and to speak to all the witnesses involved,” he declared, reports the Manchester Evening News.
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“Having feet on the ground and looking at the scenario and circumstances, I know I will get to the bottom of this in three days. If the family work with me, I will get them answers. It is crucial for the family. It is difficult for them, dealing with foreign police who handle it differently.
“But I’d need their full cooperation, I’d need to speak to every witness involved; those that he’s been with since he’s been on the island. Some people will be more persons of interest than others. It’s a week on now – I need to get on the ground and get them answers. It’s about finding Jay. I come with credibility, will work with them and Spanish police, and get them the answers they need.
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Of the two men that Jay was last seen with, he said: “We need to establish what the involvement is with these two guys [he stayed with], why he went back to the Airbnb and then why just leave? The chances of him wandering off are possible, but is there more to this? “.
His comments come after Jay’s dad Warren said that his son’s sudden disappearance “doesn’t make sense”. As he put up missing posters around the village of Santiago del Teide, where a reported – but unconfirmed – sighting was made to police, he said: “I knew right from when I went up there that he wouldn’t have gone [off that road]. He isn’t stupid.”
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