Moment Jay Slater cops scour EXACT spot where mystery ‘grainy figure’ was seen – that family say could be missing teen
THIS is the moment cops looking for Jay Slater scoured the exact spot where a mystery “grainy figure” was seen.
Our exclusive footage shows a cop searching a spot where a sighting of the missing teen was reported in Santiago del Teide.
An officer with a flashlight and another man are seen combing the area for clues, at one point examining a red container.
The pair then walks towards the town hall, before heading back over to the church and waiting near the road.
Previous grainy footage taken at the same spot showed a figure that the teen’s family are praying is him.
Meanwhile, missing Jay Slater was spotted “celebrating” at a bar while watching the Euros, a mayor in Tenerife claims.
Jay vanished on Monday last week sparking a frantic search using helicopters, drones and sniffer dogs.
Locals in Santiago del Teide claim they spotted the 19-year-old on a bench 10 hours after his last phone call.
The town’s mayor revealed new bizarre reports have been made from Los Gigantes, eight miles away on the coast.
Emilio Jose Navarro said a number of locals told cops that Jay was enjoying watching the football tournament.
He said: “The local city hall police have had some interviews with people that could have seen him.
“Some people think he may have been in the coastal area of the municipality, they saw him celebrating in a bar over the days they have been Euro cup matches.”
He added: “We know the judicial police is investigating the city hall security cameras, which are more for tourism purposes than security.
“They are working also with the company that handles those cameras, it’s the Guardia Civil that is handling that.”
On Wednesday, cop Mark William Thomas retraced Jay’s last known steps and was in communication with his family.
It comes as…
- Tenerife cops draft in specialist sniffer dogs to find Jay
- Brit cops haven’t questioned two men Jay was last with
- Madeleine McCann cop jets to Tenerife to join search
- Mayor says locals think they’ve spotted Jay watching Euros
- Jay’s mum says she’s ‘barely slept’ as teen’s ex flies to Tenerife
- Brit hiker ‘rescued’ by Jay search teams says he didn’t need saving
- Jay’s machete attack victim backs search for teen
- Teen’s friend slam fake death posts on social media
Spanish police continued their search with new specialist sniffer dog teams in remote Masca, where Jay was last heard from.
Jay, of Oswaldtwistle, Lancs disappeared after leaving two pals he met at the NRG music festival at their AirBnb cottage.
He called pal Lucy Law and told her he was exhausted and thirsty, with just one per cent battery on his phone.
The walk from Jay’s last-known location to his accommodation would have taken about 11 hours on foot.
Timeline of Jay Slater’s disappearance
By Ellie Doughty, Foreign News Reporter
SUNDAY JUNE 16 – MONDAY 17
Jay goes to a rave at the 2024 NRG music festival in Tenerife, around Arona on the south of the island
8.35pm – Jay posts a smiling Snapchat video of him laughing with friends
He leaves the rave with two men he met that day and is driven back to their accommodation across the island
MONDAY 17
7.30am – Jay posts a Snapchat of a hand holding a cigarette in the area where the accommodation was – near the rural de Teno Park on the north of the island
8.30am – Jay calls his friend Lucy Law and tells her he missed a bus, had one per cent of battery left on his phone and was stuck in the “middle of nowhere”
9am – A missing persons report is filed and the search for Jay begins
TUESDAY 18
2am – Police knock on the door of Jay’s mum Debbie Duncan’s home and tell her to catch the first flight out to Tenerife
7am – She flies out from Manchester Airport alongside her son Zak to help with the search
Debbie is sent a Snapchat message saying “Kiss goodbye to your boy, you’re never going to see him again, he owes me a lot of money.”
WEDNESDAY 19
12.30pm – Police move the search to the south of the island briefly after a false sighting
Cops search his hotel room for clues as his mum says there was “nothing untoward there”
Debbie gives a heart-wrenching interview where she shares fears he has been “taken” and says “I just want my baby back”
THURSDAY 20
Cops begin day four of the massive search for Jay
FRIDAY 21
Lancashire cops offer to help with the search but Tenerife authorities say they are “satisfied that they have the resources they need”
Search turns to 22,000ft ravine in Masca – part of an area dubbed “the badlands” by locals
SATURDAY 22
The sixth day of the search begins with sniffer dogs, cops, mountain rescue and firefighters again taking to the hills in northern Tenerife
Possible new sighting of Jay places him near a church with two men at 6pm on Monday – although unconfirmed by police
Jay’s dad Warren and brother Zak visit the search site in Tenerife
SUNDAY 23
Cops focus their search around small outbuildings in de Teno park near where Jay’s phone last pinged
Jay’s mum Debbie says trolls are comparing her to Karen Matthews
The GoFundMe set up by Jay’s friend Lucy surpasses £30,000 after just three days
Exclusive Sun footage shows Jay appearing to fall and stumble back up at a rave before he vanished
MONDAY 24
Search for Jay enters eighth day
Police expand search area north to parts of Buenavista del Norte
Jay’s dad says his family are in ‘a living hell’
TUESDAY 25
Brit hiker found by Jay search teams says he ‘didn’t need to be saved’
Madeleine McCann cop lands in Tenerife to join search
Tenerife cops call in reinforcements from Madrid – including specialist sniffer dogs