By Megan Howe
Published: 09:52 BST, 19 June 2024 | Updated: 12:34 BST, 19 June 2024
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Follow MailOnline’s liveblog for the latest updates in the search for teenager Jay Slater, 19, who went missing in Tenerife.
Jay Slater missing: Timeline of British teenager’s disappearance
June 16 (Sunday evening)
Jay left the rave in South Tenerife with a group of people he met that day, telling Lucy he was staying with them at their apartment in an undisclosed location. One of the group had a hire car.
8.35pm: Jay is seen in the final Snapchat clip before his disappearance, wearing a grey t-shirt with a green stripe.
June 17
8.15am: Lucy said she received a panicked call from Jay in which he said his phone battery was only on one per cent, he was lost – and in desperate need of water.
He continued that he had missed the bus back and was attempting to walk back using a Maps app on his phone.
His phone location showed he was in a mountainous area of a national park some 10 hours’ walk away from his accommodation.
8.50am: Jay’s phone dies. Its last known location is believed to be somewhere in the Rural de Teno national park. Close to the PR-TF51 hiking trail above the small village of Masca.
June 18
2.30am: Jay’s mother Debbie Duncan and step-dad Andy Watson, 63, are alerted to his disappearance when police officers knock on their door in the early hours of the morning. The officers advised that the best thing they could do was to get ‘yourself out there’.
11.35am: Ms Duncan and Jay’s brother Zak land in Tenerife after catching the first flight out of Manchester airport.
1.45pm: Specialist mountain rescue teams and helicopters are deployed in the search to find missing Jay.
2.30pm: Ms Duncan posts an appeal on Facebook updating that her son is still missing and pleading with other to come forward if they know any further information. Last night, the search focused on the Masca hamlet, in the municipality of Buenavista del Norte.
A Civil Guard spokesperson said that mountain rescue teams and helicopters have been deployed in the search to find missing Jay. A local resident, living in Tenerife, has printed out missing posters to put up around Adeje.
June 19
The search for Jay enters its third day today. A friend of Jay’s has urged social media users not to speculate or share theories surrounding the teenager’s disappearance.
Police reportedly stopping motorists in the area
According to the ‘Jay Slater missing’ Facebook page, police are stopping motorists as part of the search today.
Officers are reportedly showing motorists a photograph of Jay and asking if they have any information on his whereabouts.
Mother of teenager Jay Slater receives ‘sickening’ prank calls from hidden numbers
The mother of missing teenager Jay Slater has revealed she has received several prank calls from hidden numbers claiming they had taken her son and held him for ransom.
Debbie Duncan, who has flown to Tenerife to join in the search for her son, has told how twisted Brits with ‘northern accents’ had been phoning her with hidden numbers and claiming they had her son captive and were keeping him because he owed them money.
She said: ‘Some of the phone calls I’ve been getting have been horrible. I just don’t know why people would want to do things like this.
‘I’ve been getting lots of prank calls. It’s sickening. People ringing me and saying they’ve got Jay because he owes them money.
‘But it’s not putting me off and I want to keep this in the news because it’s going to increase the chances of Jay being found safe and well which is obviously what we’re praying for.’
‘No news’ yet on Jay’s disappearance
An admin of the official Facebook group for Jay posted this morning that there is no news yet, but the search continues.
Rachel Louise Harg said: ‘Hi everyone there still isn’t any news on Jay we are still looking.’
Jay’s step-father worries the teenager may have taken a ‘wrong turn’ on the walk back to his accommodation
Jay’s stepfather Andy Watson, 63, said the family were worried Jay might have taken a wrong turn on the walk back to his accommodation.
Speaking to The Sun outside the family’s home in Oswaldtwistle Mr Watson said: ‘It’s really worrying. It feels like a blur at the moment.
‘Jay is very street wise and he’s no mug but if it’s it was dark and he had no touch on his phone he could have gone the wrong way and become more lost than he was.’
Coronation Street star Vicky Entwistle issues desperate appeal to help find Jay Slater after Brit, 19, goes missing after music festival in Tenerife
A Coronation Street star has issued a desperate plea to help find Jay Slater after the 19-year-old Briton went missing after a music festival in Tenerife.
Vicky Entwistle, who famously played Janice Battersby on the ITV soap, says she ‘hope to God they find him’ as she prays for the missing apprentice bricklayer’s return.
Jay is the 55-year-old actress’ godmother’s grandson and she said she knows ‘the authorities are pulling out all the stops to find him’ and ‘that gives us some hope he will be found’.
Map showing Jay’s last known location
A MailOnline map details the last known location of Jay Slater, which was registered in the Rural de Teno national park. It is a remote area in northwest Tenerife, more than ten miles from the popular resort of Guía de Isora.
The park is a 10-hour walk away from Jay’s accommodation in the southern part of the island.
The 19-year-old made a phone call to his friend Lucy at around 8am on Monday morning.
Lucy said he sounded disorientated, was in desperate need of water and only had one per cent battery left on his phone.
Final Snapchat post of Jay Slater, 19, reveals Brit smiling night before he went missing in Tenerife – as worried pal reveals how disorientated teen called her from ‘middle of nowhere’
A final Snapchat video of British teenager Jay Slater reveals he was smiling and laughing the night before he went missing in Tenerife.
On Sunday, Jay had attended the final day of a the three-day NRG festival at Papagayo Tenerife beach club in the island’s south, near to his accommodation.
After the rave he left in a rented car with new friends to have ‘a few beers’.
He disappeared after making a phone call to his friend Lucy at around 8am on Monday, in which he sounded disorientated, was in desperate need of water and only had one per cent battery left on his phone.
Jay Slater’s final Snapchat before disappearing in Tenerife
A final Snapchat video of British teenager Jay Slater reveals he was smiling and laughing the night before he went missing in Tenerife.
Friend of Jay’s urges strangers not to speculate over his disappearance
A friend of Jay’s has urged social media users not to speculate or share theories surrounding the teenager’s disappearance.
Writing on the Facebook group, Tasha Entwistle said: ‘Have some heart for his mum in particular and keep your speculation OFF this group. Unless you are willing to do something more proactive to actually help.
She added: ‘Please stop unless you’re going to help those that genuinely care and want this lad to be found safe and well. To everybody maintaining the positivity & the well wishes for the searchers. Keep going, his family needs it now more than ever.’
The Facebook post has received over 600 likes and 100 comments.
Facebook group launched to find Jay reaches 125,000 members
A public Facebook group set up by Jay’s friends and family has reached 125,000 followers today.
Updates are being shared in the group by Jay’s loved ones who have travelled to Tenerife to join the search.
Facebook users are offering advice on places to look on the island and offering their thoughts and prayers to Jay’s family members.
Welcome to MailOnline’s Jay Slater liveblog
Good morning, and welcome to MailOnline’s latest Jay Slater missing liveblog today as the search continues to find the teenager, 19, who disappeared in Tenerife.
Friends and family members have flown over to the Canary Islands to join in with the search for Jay who has not been seen or heard from since Monday morning.
His last known location was in the mountainous area of Teno Rural Park, some 10 hours’ walk away from his accommodation in the southern part of the island.
Jay’s mother Debbie Duncan has said she is ‘beside herself with worry’ and a Facebook group has been launched to share updates.
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