JAY Slater’s desperate family are hoping tonight’s Euro final could trigger a major breakthrough in the search for the missing teenager.
Pubs, bars and clubs in Tenerife are packed with thousands of tourists cheering for England.
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Local residents are also expected to come out in droves to observe Spain in and around the area Jay was last seen on June 17.
Businesses in the holiday hotspot are predicting it will be the “busiest and busiest” weekend of the summer so far.
Now a source close to the search for Jay has told The Sun they believe this could provide a much-needed opportunity to obtain new evidence in their hunt.
The source said: “There will be more people in Tenerife this weekend than there have been all summer.
“It will be packed in bars and clubs for the England game.
“And the volunteers involved in the search for Jay think this could present an opportunity to raise awareness about the work they are doing to try to find Jay.
“It’s an opportunity to highlight how desperately they still need information.
“They are particularly interested in reaching local residents who may not have been following the case as closely. Someone might have a clue or clue that would change everything.”
Jay, 19, was last seen leaving an Airbnb in the remote and mountainous area of Masca, in the northwest of the island, almost a month ago.
In a final call to his friend Lucy, he said he was lost, needed water and only had 1% battery left as he attempted the 11-hour walk back to his hotel.
Football-mad Jay has not been seen or heard from since and an extensive search has failed to find any trace of him.
The desolate area has only a small population – and many don’t have televisions and may not know Jay is missing.
Jay’s family remains convinced that someone, somewhere will have information.
The source added: “They will be asking pub owners to put up posters and volunteers will be on site and around the busiest areas, trying to speak to people too looking for answers.
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“They are desperate for new leads and information.
“They haven’t given up hope, but with each passing day it obviously becomes more difficult to remain positive. They just want Jay home.”
Apprentice bricklayer Jay, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancs, is a huge football fan and should watch the Euros with his loved ones.
Beautiful childhood photos showed seven-year-old Jay beaming after winning his first match.
The source said: “There is a real commotion this weekend for Jay’s family. He’s crazy about football.
“And they would all be together watching the England game on Sunday night, for sure.”
They are particularly interested in reaching local residents who may not have been following the case as closely. Someone might have a clue or clue that would change everything
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Jay’s devastated mother Debbie Duncan, 55, father Warren Slater and brother Zak still remain on the island as they wait for answers.
They have continued to scour the remote Masca Ravine for any sign of Jay since the official search was called off two weeks ago.
The Sun revealed yesterday that they are looking for a more permanent base after promising to remain in Tenerife until they know what happened to Jay.
The Spanish police, although not actively searching, are still investigating his disappearance.
They confirmed this week that Jay is still not considered “missing and presumed dead.”
Jay’s family is hopeful he is still alive, but is worried because he hasn’t been in touch.
Dad Warren, 58, told The Sun he “needed the Army” as he scoured the rocky terrain of Masca with son Zak, 24.
Warren said: “We’re still looking. What else can we do?
“I’ve said it before, I need an army to help me. People don’t understand the vastness of it.
“I would love to be able to fly a drone and sit here all day scanning the entire area. Why would you go there? Why go off the road?
The distraught father believes that someone must have seen his son as he walked up the road from the village of Masca.
He added: “When we arrived on Monday we must have passed 200 cars going up those hills.”
The mysterious case of Jay Slater, four weeks later
By Ellie Doughty, Foreign News Reporter
Monday 15th July marks five 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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