The investigation into Jay Slater is far from over, with a police source telling The Sun that “someone knows something” about the teenager’s disappearance.
Spanish cops are starting to investigate three bombshell new leads with one theory saying the missing The 19-year-old may still be alive in another part of Tenerife.
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A source close to the Spanish Guardia Civil told The Sun that the case is still “very open”, with “all scenarios being kept in mind”.
Investigators say they have not yet considered the teen “feared dead” as they continue to investigate the mysterious case.
Jay has been missing for more than three weeks after disappearing while on holiday with his two friends Lucy Mae Law and Brad Hargreaves.
The apprentice bricklayer from Lancashire returned to an Airbnb hours from his holiday apartment after a night of partying on June 16 with two “new friends”.
He was reported missing by his friend Lucy hours after leaving his rented house in Masca as he embarked on a treacherous 11-hour journey through rough and rocky terrain.
After weeks of endless searches by Spanish police, Jay’s family and volunteers, no trace of the teenager was found, with many feeling the hunt was coming to an end.
But law enforcement officials say they remain hopeful that many of the questions and enigmas surrounding Jay will soon be cleared up.
A police source told The Sun: “The case is very open because there are still a number of unanswered questions that officers must find answers to.
“They are convinced that someone, somewhere knows what happened to Jay or knows where he is now, and that is what they are working to try to establish as quickly as possible.”
“Even though the search for Jay is over, the investigation into where he may be still remains open.
“One line of investigation is the theory that Jay may even be in a different part of Tenerife and still alive. All scenarios are being kept in mind.”
The Spanish Guardia Civil mobilized a massive search party in hopes of finding Jay when he was first reported missing.
The Briton’s family and friends flew to look for him and asked volunteers for help.
The efforts focused on the Teno Rural park – a mountainous region near where his phone’s location last detected.
As did the town of Santiago del Teide, when apparent CCTV footage caught Jay wandering along the road.
But after officers found no trace of Jay, the official search was called off on June 30 after two weeks.
His family, heartbroken and frustrated, vowed to continue hunting while they searched the mountains themselves.
A new team led by local hiker Juan Garcia, and including Jay’s uncle Glen Duncan, father Warren and brother Zak, focused on an area near a gorge before exploring caves, ravines and hillsides.
Experienced mountain experts who were transported by Jay’s family said the search was made difficult by the altitude, heat and size of the area.
As Chris Pennington, a British Army veteran who has been helping the search party in Tenerife, stated, the ravine in which Jay may have disappeared “has not been adequately searched” due to its vast expanse.
Jay’s devastated father Warren Slater, 58, called on Interpol and British police officers to fly in as he warned it would take “a 10-year army” to search the entire area.
Lancashire Police confirmed to The Sun that they will not be leaving to help with the search.
The case is very open because there are still a number of unanswered questions that the police must find answers to.
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Without an invitation from the Spanish police, they cannot travel, The Sun understands.
The desperate father remains hopeful they will find Jay, but has been open about the family’s anguish over the case.
“It’s just a riddle and I don’t know the outcome,” Warren added.
“We’re going in circles.”
It turns out that Jay’s best friends Lucy and Brad have reportedly flown home to the UK.
A family source said: “It’s heartbreaking for the friends to have to return home without Jay.
“But they cannot stay in Tenerife for a certain time. They are returning home with mixed emotions.
“Part of them hopes to never see Tenerife again, but on the other hand, the dream is to return if Jay is found and to be there to greet him and give him a hug.”
The mysterious case of Jay Slater
By Ellie Doughty, Foreign News Reporter
Monday 8 July marked three weeks since Jay Slater, a 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, went missing in Tenerife.
The apprentice bricklayer, who flew to the popular holiday island for a rave festival with friends Lucy Law and Brad Page, made headlines across the country.
On Sunday, June 16, the three left for one of the events at the Papagayo nightclub.
In the early hours of Monday the 17th – Lucy and Brad were ready to go back to the hotel, but Jay wanted to continue the party.
It was then that he left the south of the island and headed to an Airbnb in the northwest with two Brits.
The Sun revealed the identity of one of them – convicted drug dealer Ayub Qassim, who spent nine years behind bars in the UK.
For days, it was thought that the second mystery man was called ‘Johnny Vegas’.
On Sunday, former detective Mark Williams-Thomas, who is investigating in Tenerife, said Qassim told him he is in fact the man behind the nickname ‘Johnny Vegas’.
We still don’t know the identity of the second man – who remains a key part of the puzzle of Jay’s mysterious disappearance.
Qassim claims he took Jay and his friend back to the dorm and said everyone went to sleep.
In the morning, he offered to take the teenager back to the Los Cristianos resort after a nap, but Jay, hungry and tired, said he wanted to leave immediately.
Lucy, the last person to speak to Jay, claims that she received a panicked call from him shortly after he left the holiday, saying that he was lost and thirsty, that his phone was about to die, and that he had been cut off by a cactus. .
Jay had been seen by the Airbnb owner that morning wandering near the Teno Rural park – a nearby mountainous region.
He is believed to have attempted the 11-hour walk back to his hotel, despite the supposed offer of a lift and more buses scheduled for the day.
It was there that his phone last rang – and he hasn’t been seen or heard from since.
Mark Williams-Thomas said he left Airbnb quickly and was “scared.”
Strangely, Qassim says he was woken up that morning by a phone call from Jay’s unidentified friend, saying he was “in a ditch” somewhere and had been “cut by a cactus.”
Jay’s friend Lucy claimed to have “located” the two men at the Airbnb after he disappeared – interrogating them on the morning of Jay’s disappearance.
Some reports suggest that Lucy knew both men, although it is unclear how.
She dubbed his disappearance “strange and suspicious.”
The two men were questioned by Spanish police officers on June 17, but were quickly deemed “irrelevant” to the investigation and allowed to fly back to the UK.
Police spent nearly two weeks searching for Jay in the mountains of Tenerife, searching a 2,000-foot ravine, before calling it off on Sunday, June 30.
Jay’s family has repeatedly criticized the Spanish investigation into his bizarre disappearance.
His uncle, Glen Duncan, is convinced of “third party involvement”.
And the teenager’s devastated father Warren Slater says ‘everything stinks’
He told The Sun: “My starting position, I said this from day one, ask the two men who took him – and then go from there.”
A number of unanswered questions remain, about why Jay would have traveled so far with two older men he did not know, why these men would have taken him in, and why he braved the mountains of Tenerife without a phone battery, water or protection. thermal. for a full day hike
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