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Jay Slater’s family will remain in Tenerife to continue the search for the missing teenager.

Comes after the police on the Spanish island canceled land search on June 30 after 12 days of searching for the 19-year-old Brit.

He was last heard from on June 17 after walking back to his accommodation – a journey of around 11 hours.

In a statement on a crowdfunding page created to help find Mr Slater – which raised almost £50,000 in donations – his mother shared an update on how the funds would be used.

Debbie Duncan wrote that although the Spanish police’s land search, which “involved all the resources they had”, has ended, officers will “continue with your investigations about why Jay traveled to a location so far from his accommodation.”

The hunt in the northern village of Masca, close to its last known location, encompassed a steep rocky area, including ravines, trails and paths.

Helicopters, drones and search dogs were sent to find the apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, but to no avail.

Duncan thanked Spanish authorities and supporters on the GoFundMe page, adding that some of the funds will be used to support volunteers searching for Slater in the mountains near where his last call was traced.

She wrote: “We are currently looking after Paul Arnett, putting together a package with all the equipment and essentials he needs and heading out to make a delivery for him. We are also supporting Callum Fahim and her group with accommodation and other essentials.”

The remaining money will be used to support rescue teams, Duncan said, as well as for “his family’s own expenses whilst we remain in Tenerife looking for our son”.

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Slater had gone to Tenerife with friends on June 13 to take part in a music festival at the Papagayo nightclub in the southern tourist resort of Playa de las Americas on June 16.

After leaving the event, he got into a car the next morning and traveled to a small Airbnb in Masca with two men, who police said were “not relevant” to the case.

At 8.30am on June 17, he called his friend Lucy Law, saying he had missed the bus and tried to walk back to his accommodation.

He said he “cut off the leg” of a cactus, “had no idea where he was”, was “lost in the mountains” and that his phone battery was at “1%”. Shortly afterwards, his battery ran out and he was reported missing at 9:04 am.

Its last known location was in the Teno Rural Park, near Masca.

The owner of a local cafe told Sky News that Slater tried to catch a bus back to Los Cristianos, where he was staying.

Ofelia Medina Hernandez said she spoke to the teen at 8 a.m. on June 17, telling him the bus would arrive at 10 a.m. — but he started walking and she said she later passed him “walking fast.”

Last Friday, the Civil Guard called for volunteers to join a new search in the Masca area on Saturday.

A handful of volunteers showed up to help rescue teams, forming a total group of 30 to 40 people scouring a huge area of ​​rugged, mountainous terrain.

Since his disappearance, rumors and conspiracy theories have emerged amid online speculation on social media.

Some social media detectives traveled to Tenerife to try to find him.