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The father of lacking teenager Jay Slater was overwhelmed with emotion throughout his poignant go to to the search website final night time, tearfully pleading: “I just want the boy back”.

Jay’s dad, Warren Slater, aged 58, discovered solace within the firm of his different son Zak as they stood on the location in Masca, not removed from the place the younger apprentice bricklayer vanished after 8am on Monday.

With the search operation for Jay getting into its sixth day, Warren and Zak, accompanied by 9 of Jay’s mates, confirmed a united entrance amidst the distressing circumstances.

This marked the primary occasion that Jay’s kin had mustered the braveness to strategy the search neighborhood, with Warren and 24 12 months previous Zak embracing one another for help as they surveyed the continuing efforts.

Emotions ran excessive for the household as they visited the vacation rental from which Jay was final reported to be seen, each males visibly moved to tears, studies the Mirror.

While Jay’s mom Debbie, 55, who’s separated from Warren, could not deliver herself to face the harrowing scene, stating: “I’m just exhausted. I’m still hopeful. I’m not feeling negative just yet. I know it’s five days.”

“It’s not just that they’ve said absolutely not. I don’t know what it’s been like today because I’ve been advised to stay away because I would just break down.”

“My boy might be just up there somewhere. “We’re all devastated. He’s only a regular boy from a bit of city in Lancashire. These issues do not occur.

“I was in touch with him while he is in Tenerife. He was just holidaying away, he’d saved up and was looking forward to it.”

“I’ve not slept for five days. My brain isn’t functioning well and I’m tired and exhausted.”

Debbie additionally hit out at on-line trolls and conspiracy theorists who’re concentrating on her and her household.

She mentioned: “People keep asking on social media ‘why aren’t I up there?’ and calling me the new Karen Matthews. I just can’t face it.”

Speaking from the lodge the place the household are staying, Debbie added she had not heard something from the police on Saturday.

Debbie, 55, additionally revealed that an individual now says that they noticed her son strolling down a highway with two different males final Monday night. It was that morning that he had final been seen as he enquired about getting a bus again to the south of Tenerife the place he was staying with pals.

“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 mentioned. “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 mentioned it was about 6pm which is ten hours after he was seen by the woman within the village. But if it was him what was he doing there and who’re these two males?”