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Almost three days have handed because the lacking British teenager Jay Slater was final heard from on the island of Tenerife.

The 19-year-old was his first vacation with out his household when he vanished whereas strolling again to his lodging on Monday morning.

He had gone to stick with two individuals he had met on the NRG music competition and, having missed the final bus again, launched into what would have been an 11 hour stroll.

The apprentice bricklayer has not been seen or heard from since calling his buddy at 8:15am to inform her he was misplaced, in want of water and that his telephone was low on battery.

Authorities are scouring the island’s Rural de Teno park, an space well-liked with hikers and regarded as his final identified location.

As the seek for the lacking teenager approaches it’s third day, right here’s all the things we learn about his disappearance:

Where is his final identified location?

Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was final heard from on Monday morning as he advised a buddy he deliberate to stroll again to his lodging after lacking a bus, a journey anticipated to take round 11 hours on foot.

He had been on the island to attend NRG music competition with associates in what was his first vacation with out his household.

On Sunday, his buddy Lucy Mae advised Manchester Evening News that she had left the competition early, with Jay staying on with some associates. He later stayed at their accomodation however left within the morning to return to his personal.

Lucy Mae was the final to listen to from {the teenager} when he referred to as her at 8:15am on Monday, alerting her that he was misplaced, wanted water and that his telephone was on one per cent.

Lucy advised the MEN that one of many individuals Mr Slater had met had pushed them again to his condo in a rent automobile and the lacking man had not realised how far-off it was.

“He’s ended up out in the middle of nowhere. Jay was obviously thinking he would be able to get home from there,” she stated.

“But then in the morning he’s set off walking, using his maps on his phone and ended up in the middle of mountains with nothing around.”

Mr Slater’s telephone then reduce off, along with his final location exhibiting because the Rural de Teno park – a mountainous space well-liked with hikers within the north of the island.

Where have authorities been looking out?

A specialist mountain rescue workforce, together with a police helicopter, has been deployed to search for Jay.

A spokesperson for the Civil Guard stated it was specializing in the realm across the village of Masca – which is close by his final identified location within the north.

Authorities briefly switched their search to the south of the island in vacationer on Wednesday, near the place Jay was staying with associates within the well-liked vacationer hotspots Los Cristianos and Playa de Las Americas.

However, they later returned the search to the Rural de Teno park after the alleged sighting of Jay was believed to be false.

What has his family and friends stated?

Jay’s family and friends have raised issues he could have been taken in opposition to his will.

His mom, Debbie Duncan, flew to Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands on Tuesday morning to seek for him.

Ms Duncan stated she feared her son, who’s an apprentice bricklayer, had “been taken against his will”.

She advised the PA information company: “It’s just traumatic and it doesn’t feel real. It’s just awful, it’s horrendous.

“I think he’s been taken against his will with what’s been said, but it’s in the hands of the police.”

She added that the police main the search had been “very good”.