‘We’re not giving up hope’: Spanish police give update on search for missing teen Jay Slater
9 July 2024, 12:09 | Updated: 9 July 2024, 12:33
Spanish police have given update on the search for the missing British teenager Jay Slater.
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Jay, 19, has been missing since June 17 after attending a music festival in Tenerife.
A source close to the Spanish civil guard said they are "not giving up hope" of finding Jay, who is “missing feared dead”.
Asked about whether the status of the investigation, a spokesperson for the Civil Guard said: “The investigation is ongoing and several lines of inquiry are being pursued.”
The missing teen's family are frustrated about the lack of progress in the search for Jay, including his father, who has called for Interpol and British police to get involved.
On Monday, Warren Slater, 58, revisited the vast landscape in Tenerife where the 19-year-old from Lancashire went missing more than three weeks ago.
Speaking to The Sun, Mr Slater said: "As a family, we need to ask the British authorities to help. He's a British citizen. Get Interpol involved.
“At the moment, it’s just us. I haven’t got a team. We need a team to come over here and find out for us what the police are doing and what we need to do.
"Our hands are tied over here - we need experts.
“It’ll take an army 10 years to cover all this. I’d employ a team of Gurkhas."
It comes after it emerged that Jay may have lost the key to his apartment on the night he vanished, according to one of the last people to see him alive.
After being separated from his pals at a rave, the teen spent the night at a secluded Airbnb with two men an 11-hour walk from where he was staying.
The morning after, Jay reportedly left the Airbnb - planning to catch a bus back to his accommodation.
He was last seen leaving the Airbnb, which had been rented out by convicted drug dealer Ayub Qassim.
Now, a new theory suggests the missing Brit had lost the key to his room, leading him to look for a new place to stay.
According to The Sun, new messages from Ayub show Jay had complained about his missing keys on the night before his disappearance.
Slater’s family has previously dismissed claims the keys played a role in his disappearance.
