Search continues in Tenerife for missing British teenager Jay Slater | BBC News

British teenager Jay Slater has been missing in Tenerife for three days now, after flying out to the island for a music festival.
The 19-year-old's friend Lucy Law told the BBC that she fears he is in “severe danger” in harsh terrain in Tenerife without suncream, water or hiking gear.
Local police have refocused their search to the north of the island after discounting information which took them south.
The missing teenager’s mother has called for the British police to assist with the investigation, so "we can bring him home to his family".
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[@thisismetoday]

They let him walk home? When they knew he was 10 hours away? And where were the friends staying in the national park? Camping? And why cant the friend show her face on camera if this is all just about a missing person? This all sounds very odd.

[@Shay3356]

He missed the last bus. Question is, why was his phone not already charged and why didn’t he just go back to his new friends instead, of walking ahead??? I believe this is all staged and, nothing like this really happened.

[@magaolinewood9268]

@@Shay3356 Via the Daily Mail. Please read. Timeline of Jay Slater's disappearance June 12 - Jay arrived in Tenerife last Wednesday with his friend for the NRG rave a three day festival from 14-16 June at Los Cristianos. June 17 - In the early hours of Monday morning Jay is pictured at the after party at Xanadu enjoying himself with pals including Lucy Mae West. 2am - Lucy decides to leave and head back to her apartment but Jay remains at the party and gets chatting to two British men he has met. 5am - Jay and the two men leave and make an hour car journey along the tortuously twisty mountain road to the Air B and B at Masca where the two mystery British men are staying. 6am - Neighbours at Casa Abuela Tina report noises from the house. 7:30am - Jay sends a picture of the view from Casa Abuela Tina and a picture of him holding a cigarette on the stone doorstep of the house. Around 8am - Jay is seen by a local woman and he asks her how to get back to Los Cristianos by bus. She tells him the next one is not until 10am. 8.15am - The same woman says she saw him walking up the mountain and the wrong way 8.50am - Jay calls Lucy to say he has one percent on his phone and he is lost and has no idea where he is and he is trying to walk back Los Cristianos.

[@gmgmontana4328]

the two people he stayd with was strangers not friends he met them the night before at the festival chewin his face off drugs and they clearly said they had more gear at theres so he went back with them

[@melgrant7404]

Why didn't Lucy arrange to pick him up .doesn't make sense.

[@kimgrant3879]

Yes he could have charged his phone and got water before he left the apartment.

[@marcosimoes5338]

This kids is not a Angel, and Media need to say how is Jay slater, Last year

[@maud375]

Jay Dean Slater, yeah. Look it up, people.

[@vietashroffoliver2521]

@@maud375thanks I looked him up. Is this the same Jay Slater

[@AwaisAhmed-p4d]

Media are shit houses pedal nothing but lies

[@cynric-u4m]

@@maud375 yikes

[@UncleReg]

Yeah and the lad he attacked Tom Hilton is a home invader and car thief yet no one mentions this do they?

[@scotty2036]

Severe danger, just like the kid he attacked with an axe, was in.

[@English_lifestyles]

Why hasn't the BBC mentioned the fact that Jay was convicted of being involved in a machete attack?

[@mattysykes2121]

Because its irrelevant like your whole existence

[@ShawnStaton-im9pb]

Who cares.. let's put that aside right now and find him.. if it was your son.. grandson.. : he was missing.but had been convicted..would that piss you off that the media hadn't mentioned it.. get a life you ole troll

[@db1019]

SCAM so they can set up a GoFundMe. Check Lucy’s background. Why is she the only one who can talk? Where are the other friends who went? Total SCAM

[@Bebs995]

Bit soon for .gofund me.whats money for??

[@sunnyduscle]

stay away from tiktok you are going to be proved to be an idiot

[@mrsillywalk]

If true, that's crazy but not impossible. When in Dublin, I picked up a paper that said that a mid 20s couple from Ukraine had their cheap car broken into and laptop and other goodies stolen. Within days, they had their own GoFundMe set up. They knew how to do that. When I saw pics of their car, I didn't understand how it had made it from Ukraine, but they were 11thousand euro up and climbing.

[@maxpreston9483]

Jay Slater, 18, of Fountains Way, ACCRINGTON - 18 month community order with 25 days rehabilitation activities and 150 hours unpaid work. Convicted of s18 wounding with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm and violent disorder in August 2023, when he was aged 18. He is now 19. Tom Hilton, who was 17 at the time of the attack, suffered a head injury so serious his skull was exposed, and wounds to his shoulders and legs in the attack close to the Old Paper Mill in Hermitage Street, Rishton, in August 2021. The Daily Record: Eight thugs who split boy's head open with machete dodge jail The teens were slapped with community service after attacking Tom Hilton, who was 17 at the time, with a machete, an axe and a golf club. By Rachel Smith Eve Beattie 19 JUN 2024 Please compare pictures of the convicted Jay Slater in the Lancashire Post article: Eight handed community and rehabilitation orders over attack 4th August 2023, with any other pictures of missing Jay. It is the same person.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Attacked a 17 year old with golf clubs and a machete in a drug turf war. Looking at 200 hours community service.

[@DesignFIaw]

All the comment sections are talking about this, but I can't find any sources confirming it. But apparently a lot of people believe it, the poor sod mom of his is getting horrid prank texts about him.

[@beatonthedonis]

@@DesignFIaw You just have to google his name plus machete and you get a dozen links from reputable media outlets.

[@UncleReg]

Yeah and the lad he attacked Tom Hilton is a home invader and car thief yet no one mentions this do they?

[@gab_gallard]

@@DesignFIaw The thing is that that the disappeared teen is from Lancashire, the same place where the teen involved in the attack last year is. Could be a coincidence, but the connection is there.

[@Longislandteaboy]

​@@DesignFIawIts a report from a few years back in the daily record and there besides a big picture of him is his name.

[@AdmiringBabyPenguin-on6fd]

He is an adult not a child, he has a bad reputation and furthermore the story is girlfriend is saying keeps changing. Nice try!

[@scruffyo4460]

Tell the truth about this “innocent” young man.

[@shaun7638]

Half a story here,he is no Angel.

[@moonboot-ff3db]

Did he hv a return flight ticket bk to uk or what date and time was mothers flight booked cos 1 hour after miss foned 911 which is america the GFM was up and running straight away they keep fetch thst TH into it has the family not thought of a way to get money to move to that country out of the way as dad says tgere looking for a more permenant place to stay on the island

[@potoo6122]

why would you voluntarily go on a 10 hour walk in unfamiliar territory, by yourself? No water, no charger pack for your phone. Cant be that bright and why did no one go with him or tell him not to do it?

[@AwaisAhmed-p4d]

Crackhead white people love doing dumb shit

[@OrionBlaze]

he probably thought it was like walking from the council state to the job centre

[@melgrant7404]

Been done in imo.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

Yeah, She said he wasn't a "stupid boy", but he goes walking in shorts and a tee in warmer weather with no water etc, and alone to boot. Yeah. I won't be surprised when they find his dehydrated ass somewhere and they weep and wail and try and justify how stupid he wasn't. I live in the Mojave (desert) and we keep a flat of water in the trunk of the car, even to the grocery store, and when we do go walking, we don't go anywhere unless we can still see the car (or the building we left from, or tour guide etc.

[@melgrant7404]

@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 why didn't his friend Lucy go and pick him up once she got the message.

[@jeremiassuarez266]

With all due respect because of their pain, how is British police going to do better than our local authorities who know the place and who have had to do this more than once in this same spot? Please, be more specific or it just sounds a bit arrogant

[@ggunga7764]

Adding to more doing search! Hope safe return family going through hell 🙏🙏🙏

[@PhoenixMD]

That's exactly what I thought... Her demand was completely bonkers

[@donnag5820]

They wouldn’t do any better. Our police are too busy helping all the U.K. protesters.

[@budapestkeletistationvoices]

British Police is completely useless. They are unable to cope with a bunch of rowdy people outside my home who play loud music every night. They say they are scared for their own safety so they don't approach these people

[@christinebourke7620]

I agree. There is no need for the british police to turn out. "we need the british police here to make sure they are doing everything right"Arrogant, ignorant , woman is slating the people doing everything they can to find this stupid boy,who obviously did not have his wits about him.

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

"That's why we need British police here.". 😂😂😂😂😂 Sweety that's not how it works. Your police can't move anywhere outside the UK without the approval of the foreign government whose territory they want to visit. And if Spain says NO, then they are absolutely staying put in Scotland Yard. That's why the Interpol exists.

[@DUNASBOY]

I was going to say the exact same thing. It's all arranged between them. He's no saint, neither is she.

[@simbarashekunedzimwe1372]

Self-entitlement is bizarre

[@5858blue]

Plus also she's saying the Spanish are not doing enough. There are dozens and dozens of Spanish police looking aswell as Spanish mountain rescue with dogs. There's helicopters and drones too. She is dodgy

[@VPPAF]

turns out the bbc didnt do any in depth journalism about the lad and report it to the public in there news that could be a significant factor in his disappearance if allegations of gang violence are correct

[@BarryBeeBuzzing]

The lad was clearly on something aswell at the festvial probably out of his head and how could u leave your mate on his own at a festvial, i dont care if he was involved in a attack recently its just shit for all his family and friends. I usually go to festival's and you'd never leave your mates on your own, you look after each other.

[@capndallas4918]

What ever happened to being a responsible adult and taking responsibility for your own actions? Why is it always someone else to blame?

[@maggieedwards3951]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👈🏽👌🏾

[@darkwoods1954]

@@dmdm5339 That's all lovely but not reality for many people. People have their own minds, will and desires. Some are drunk and asleep or nursing a hang over while another wants to wander off and do something. Unless you have one designated babysitter to stay sober and alert 24 hours a day then people in a group on holiday are going to go off doing independent things. Especially teenagers.

[@greyfells2829]

British tourists really are a different breed

[@jacpat5372]

I think you might find these people slightly different

[@nonnayoubuzinnes1669]

People go missing every day, not sure why he's getting so much publicity especially given his dodgy past.

[@tayachting6345]

Distraction. There's an election coming up and Labour courts the youth vote.

[@Bebs995]

Past..we all have pasta sure you do..

[@mrsillywalk]

@@Bebs995 Past the sugar bowl fun d me.

[@squirrel9999]

10 hour walk home?????

[@maggieedwards3951]

That there makes no sense sounds like set up to me

[@bkray26]

10 hour walk sounds more 'how it is' than say, a 30 mile distance. Realistically 40 minutes to an hour to drive.

[@melgrant7404]

Why didn't Lucy go pick him up after his message.she knew his location.could have arranged transport.

[@Hashcarbunesti]

2 friends were staying in a remote national park . Nothing weird.

[@chrisboult6610]

Whys she hiding her face

[@DUNASBOY]

She's got more to hide than only her face, that's why

[@ShawnStaton-im9pb]

Been following this story since it broke.. its my hope that Jay is found safe.. many Prayers from California USA 🇺🇸

[@kellyg4543]

He’s not a teenager he is a adult plus stop making out he a clean cut Angel , report that he attacked a teenager with a axe, golf clubs and a machete the person they attack was a teenager

[@jordanstevens8664]

NineTEEN, yes he is a teenager 😂

[@FURY_IS_STILL_A_FRAUD]

​@@jordanstevens8664exactly clues in the title

[@kellyg4543]

@@jordanstevens8664 nope I disagree 19 u are a adult in the eyes of the law , then teenagers age 18/19 should not be allowed to go to pubs without their mums buying them a drink . But we all know 18/19 yrs are allowed in the uk cause u are a adult but I will say this some situations will say u are a teenager still like if u get arrested

[@jordanstevens8664]

@@kellyg4543 what on earth you on about. He’s 19 which makes him a teenager, it’s just a fact. You can be an adult and a teenager at the same time I.e. 18 & 19

[@ImJustGoingToSay.....]

​@@kellyg4543The clue is in his age, nineTEEN. You are a TEENager from thirTEEN to nineTEEN

[@mojopinlover]

Something is off about this

[@llnny863]

Why all the hiding their identity? This is all so ODD

[@roswilliams2899]

According to newspapers I've read, Jay went to a nighclub (was seen there) that night, stayed what was left of the night with the 2 men at their airbnb in far N.W area of island, then had a cigarette outside and then told them he was going to get the bus back to where he and his initial friends were staying in far S.W. of island. He went to bus stop and asked a local lady re bus times. She tried to explain but didn't speak English. He had just missed a bus but next one due in 2 hrs' time. Why didn't he ask someone else for info or just wait? Shortly after that the lady drove past him and she said he was on a road going in the opposite direction to where he was staying at south end of island. Next we heard he was using maps on his phone to show the way to where he wanted to go but why didn't he just follow the bus route road and ask for directions ? Instead he went wandering off in top NE of island in a wild "dangerous area" with river and ravine, with no water, phone battery now dead. Well make of that what you will

[@skullsaintdead]

Thanks for info. Given his violent past behaviour and drug-associations, plus the music fest, best bet: he was high as a kite and clearly, not thinking logically. I can't say I feel too strongly tbh, people prone to violence (clearly being unable to say NO to his mates in a peer-pressure gang environment, bashing up another kid, how pathetic) I don't feel have any place in a civilised society.

[@roswilliams2899]

​@@skullsaintdead The whole thing is totally bizarre. What on earth was really going on? Why did he go off with 2 middle-aged men? When did he go that night to nightclub where he was seen after the concert apparently, and where was that? And next day why not just wait for next bus? And why since he could have walked all the way to his destination on the bus's road, which apparently is the only proper road going that way for miles, why did he end up in the middle of nowhere. The 2 middle-aged men back in UK, are the police talking to them?

[@wingleburt3146]

Why wont she show her face. DRUG DEAL GONE WRONG

[@hon1962]

that go fund me needs shutting down the mother crying not crying !

[@FontaineDerby]

Fundraising for a missing Lancashire teen lost in Tenerife has been suspended by GoFundMe after his family feared ‘scammers’ were trying to ‘cash in’. Jay’s family have urged people not to donate to online fundraisers, explaining that none of the campaigns have been endorsed by them at this stage. Sharing an update in a Facebook group dedicated to Jay's disappearance, a family member said they are not currently seeking donations from the public. Source: Lancashire Post - Jay Slater search update as GoFundMe suspend fundraisers for 19-year-old lost in Tenerife due to scammers By Matthew Calderbank Published 19th Jun 2024

[@FontaineDerby]

Fundraising for a missing Lancashire teen lost in Tenerife has been suspended by GoFundMe after his family feared ‘scammers’ were trying to ‘cash in’. Jay’s family have urged people not to donate to online fundraisers, explaining that none of the campaigns have been endorsed by them at this stage. Sharing an update in a Facebook group dedicated to Jay's disappearance, a family member said they are not currently seeking donations from the public. Source: Lancashire Post - Jay Slater search update as GoFundMe suspend fundraisers for 19-year-old lost in Tenerife due to scammers By Matthew Calderbank Published 19th Jun 2024

[@markrobinson1458]

Why would you expect the British police to help, they spent hours trying to get him locked up, being locked up seems a good option now 🤦

[@tomm_m_m6378]

Play dangerous games win dangerous prizes

[@SimonSimon-rn3tm]

There is, regrettably, a lot of truth in this.

[@DennisTheMenace-1999]

Apparently a day before he was dealing with members of the Mocro Mafia.

[@mwd331]

Source for this claim?

[@masere]

They probably macheted him.

[@DennisTheMenace-1999]

@@mwd331 his mum

[@mwd331]

@@DennisTheMenace-1999 his mum said he’d been dealing with members of the Moroccan mafia? Ok. I can find anything on that but sure.

[@chemeister]

BS

[@alexanderc3760]

10 hour walk home through basically a desert. Hammered, with no water. Come on man.

[@kimgrant3879]

What puzzles me is why he left the men's apartment without charging his phone and getting water first.if there was no threat in that apartment. Why didnt lucy see him at all if she went to the apartment.

[@OrionBlaze]

This why locals from the Canary Islands are calling for a shift in the type of tourists who visit their islands. The current influx of tourists, particularly those relying on Universal Credit, often come here with little regard for the local environment or culture. They get drunk, do drugs, and act recklessly, contributing nothing positive to the community. When accidents inevitably happen, it's the local authorities who are unfairly blamed. These officials, already stretched thin dealing with issues like wildfires, are forced to divert their resources to search for wanna be road men who underestimated the dangers of the terrain Bro proly thought he could walk from Masca to Los Cristianos by going along the coast, a clear indication of his ignorance about the island's geography and the risks involved

[@thehermit1122]

I don't see what being on Universal Credit has to do with it, but I agree that us Brits need to be more aware of our surroundings. And not put pressure on these poor countries' resources at a time when they're stretched anyway.

[@gaykid80]

Brits getting drunk and drugged overseas is what locals are tired to see. If they behaved a little better and were more respectful I’m sure the local population wouldn’t be complaining so much. Calling Spain a “poor country”, as I read in the above comment shows all the ignorance and arrogance involved with Brits abroad.

[@tayachting6345]

@@thehermit1122 well then maybe you should not be allowed to be a citizen of this country until you learn how it should work. Universal credit is money paid by the taxpayers for others who are on low income. Low income means you struggle or have just enough to put food on the table and pay necessities, NOT go on holiday. You are going on holiday at MY and everybody else's expense. Fool.

[@tayachting6345]

@@LL-LLLL9 I think so too. But I also think people need to use common sense that the Lord gave them, and not get themselves into trouble like this, if, this is what happened. The man may be okay; let's hope so.

[@simbarashekunedzimwe1372]

@@thehermit1122 Poor countries?

[@happyhammer1973]

He is definitely in danger, you play with fire you sometimes get burnt.

[@bettinastebner]

A 10 hour walk home. 😢

[@nelotharen8599]

I survived traveling the world alone because i am a real men.

[@reddwarfer999]

@@nelotharen8599 So tough there's more than one of you. That's pretty damn hard!

[@melgrant7404]

Hes been done in.

[@xoxamyoxx]

☠️

[@craigrothwell6144]

Oh well, Never mind.

[@beatonthedonis]

I'm getting Shannon Matthews vibes.

[@Ian-mj4pt]

How ? Completely different circumstances.

[@tonytajine]

The mum looks like that because she knows his past and the fact his machete attack case was in the daily star two days after his disappearance. She looks guilty yes, but because she's hiding this inside as she's saying he's such a nice guy.

[@annsmith495]

I totally agree. I have thought the same.

[@simbarashekunedzimwe1372]

Something is off...

[@Richardjaymz]

I thought they were strangers not friends

[@DubsEire]

Someone is sending police on a wild goose chase? Did he even have the phone when it last pinged?

[@babz7051]

I think he’s wasting peoples time and money for his own selfish reasons. He’s no good boy on his first holiday abroad. It’s an abroad trip for robbery and dealing in his eyes to make money

[@stephburnett202]

What you mean 1:43 he hasn’t got a phone ?? Why not say he hasn’t got battery on his phone??

[@darkwoods1954]

He told us what happened in his last phone call. He got lost and was dehydrating. So many conspiracy theories people are coming up with even though it's obvious what mostly likely happened to this guy. Maybe if he'd learned to use a machete out there in the wild to build a shelter and survival rather than attacking teenagers he'd have been ok.

[@shameamakhtar9002]

Jay's parents are going through hell at this moment in time. I pray they find him alive and well.

[@RevanJ-c6x]

AAAAAnd thats why we have chav culture because of stupid soft touches like you that allow these people to commit crime

[@Prettysunshine982]

She said he had no phone ?

[@peekaboobaby908]

He didn’t go with 2 friends he went with 2 strangers who he met that night

[@Katie-kt5uw]

Trust the BBC not to report the whole story

[@FightingToLive95]

He’s known for attacking somebody with a machete and leaving him in critical conditions and laughing in court I hope he isn’t found and I hope this is gods kalma, that guy in hospital didn’t deserve to be in pain for silly gang type lads like this lad right here getting lots of attention

[@messrsandersonco5985]

Teenagers these days can't walk 1 mile to WORK. How can we believe he'd take a 10 mile hike in a t'shirt with no provisions? It's just not believable!

[@darkwoods1954]

There's a difference between walking to work where you have little enthusiasm to go and walking home when you're drunk and high and on an adventure abroad. Teenagers don't sit there planning their survival gear. Especially when on booze or pills.

[@jvdesigns8863]

What I don't get is he asked the woman multiple times when the bus was coming how did he miss the bus? I am sure she would have also told him which direction the bus was going, why walk in the complete opposite direction? I agree with others that this whole thing is sounding dodgy.

[@gmgmontana4328]

they say he was last seen in a white t shirt n shorts when his last photo on the door step of the house was him with a cigarette and looked like was wearing a flowery dress with no shoes 😂

[@spenstrangward5126]

The guys been kidnapped for running off with a massise bag of drugs.. mess with the big boys your gonna pay fot it..

[@ayaantoqir5451]

Lots are people are saying this rumor and I think this could be the truth

[@ayaantoqir5451]

So they probably killed him

[@ishootaliens6264]

He won't be Missed

[@AaronSamules]

He hasn’t got a phone ???

[@douglas3286]

Why is this Lucy so afraid to show her face? Rumour online has it she's a dealer in Tenerife

[@LondontommyG]

She’s been there for a a week mate 😂 how can she be a dealer

[@Carl-zq1yv]

Strange she doesn't want to show her face if your only involvement is trying to find him

[@XboxLegend1018]

Because she's a kid herself and most young kids are super self conscious and don't want their faces plastered on national news channels. Probably won't be too difficult to find her on social media anyway.

[@douglas3286]

​@@LondontommyG apparently she's well known for it.

[@yodaami]

@@Carl-zq1yvprobs ashamed to be known as a friend of a machete weilding drug dealer ( allegedly).

[@moonboot-ff3db]

Did jay even have a return ticket booked for his flight back to uk ?

[@JOHNTHEWHISK]

How hard is it to keep your phone charged unless you're constantly on it

[@corecollapse4726]

Probably spent so much time on tiktok that he had no idea how to hike or survive being lost.

[@kimgrant3879]

Why didnt he charge the phone and get water before he left the apartment.

[@acreativiter]

We are all glued to our phones and in an night out you are constantly using it to take photos, videos, upload them, tell followers what you are doing, look at social media to see what others are doing at that time, you probably will phone them or they will phone you to know in real time everything … = 0% battery

[@kimgrant3879]

@@acreativiter the point is he could have charged it before he left .

[@acreativiter]

Charging a phone takes time, perhaps he had to leave a place he wasn’t booked to stay in, perhaps there wasn't around his type of cable to charge it, perhaps he thought being a small island things wouldn’t get too bad so a phone charged wasn’t that urgent. People used to go on life without phones …

[@jenniferoconnell2355]

He’d probably in hiding

[@danielwhyatt3278]

I cannot imagine how scary it would be to get lost out there I have a sad feeling he must’ve fallen off the edge or something. Only question is why can’t they find him. If he did fall off, surely he wouldn’t have fallen too far.😞

[@globalsaints2768]

Maybe he got paranoid and panicked Maybe due to drugs or maybe some people were actually after him and his paranoia was real And decided to walk....maybe he saw demons in his paranoia and threw himself of a cliff rather than fell off

[@ChrisMass-zp1zw]

​@@globalsaints2768I think karma got him and he is lying dead somewhere in a bush for what he did to the lad he attacked as he had no remorse for what he did in court for him only laughed at it the B@ST@RD 😡

[@tracyjacob7091]

That lucy has something to do with it and his mum is in on it too,

[@christinebourke7620]

A bit too hot on the heels of the Michael Mosely story?

[@SimonSimon-rn3tm]

Most unlikely.

[@kimgrant3879]

Why didnt she pick him up after his message. Transport could have been arranged.

[@tracyjacob7091]

@kimgrant3879 exactly, something is not right, she should have jumped in taxi and told jay quickly wait where you are I be there ,she is dodgy, one big set up

[@kimgrant3879]

@@tracyjacob7091 agree.

[@queenbee4618]

Is it true lucy only just met him on this holiday? That she is friends with the boy that was attacked by this lad? Why is she stood with her back to the camera and why haven't the other "friends"s said anything, maybe they have and i haven't seen it but this lucy and his mum seem to be the only people saying anything

[@collette165]

Why haven't they search the apartment he was last in with friends

[@janiceleighton7348]

The parents must not be happy if friend saying UK police sooo

[@auro1986]

bbc now sending unskilled surveyor to find mines?

[@BenStein-rx9if]

Good start imo would be to track down the 2 other lads he whent back to the air bnb with and question them, they are uk lads who got a flight home on tuesday after Spanish police questioned them, but at the time of questioning jay had only been mising less than 24hrs so their line of enquiry would have been tame compared to if they were being questioned today 5 full days missing, them 2 lads were the last people to see jay along with another lady who jays asked about bus times, Look hes 19yrs of age at a festival drinking and by the looks of his face on the newly released video in the club hes also clearly on drugs, hes found a few english lads to continue the party with an consume more drugs an drink, what ever has fone down in that Airbnb should be the focus of investigation imo, you heard off his mate when she was interviewed saying its completely out of character for him to choose to walk home no money no water an hes ment to be a switched on lad for his age street savvy etc so why make a decision to go on foot?? Obviously he had done a google maps search before leaving the Airbnb an realised how long it would take him to walk back so again why leave?? When he had his brief call with his friend before his battery dies she tell his to go straight back the airbnb and she will pick him up he replies "i cant go back there"?? This leads me to belive somthing heavy has gone down in the airbnb were there may have been more than just jay and the other 2 brits? Something that spooked jay so much that it made him want to get away from that place asap and walking was his only option? And if the 2brits who drove from festival 50 mins to air bnb then why not offer him a lift back or at least to the bottom of the region were there may have been more buses shops etc?? Or maybe jay witnessed somthing in the in the airbnb that could have incriminated the other 2brits and after he left on foot they followed him in their car offered a lift an jay never seen again🤷‍♂️ Ok its a long shot but atm its as good as any other explanation or theory out there? I just think that if the British police were to go question the 2 brits it may shed some light on situation

[@globalsaints2768]

That's the key mate! "I can't go back" Why couldn't he go back? Something must of spooked him Unless he couldn't go back because he didn't know how to get back But surely if you weren't in any danger from others you'd stay on the roads and flag someone down for help......atleast one person surely would of been kind enough to help Makes me think he's been killed tbh For a guy who doesn't like walking there's no way he would walk off like that and if he did walk surely he walk the road way as atleast you'll end up somewhere other than a cliff face

[@MATRIX....]

There’s some info that he tried to pinch an expensive watch or summit.

[@acreativiter]

Perhaps the Airb&b should have been vacated by 10 am?

[@BenStein-rx9if]

@acreativiter I belive the 2 brits didn't check out till Tuesday they had originally been due to check out Monday but ended up booking another night and checked out Tuesday

[@janedoh123]

1:41 hes not a stupid boy he’s not a phone ?.. Can people please check I heard this correctly What does she think the met are going to do in that terrain, I thought she was going to pick him up, something about the stories doesn’t add up sadly if he is this great friend then forget about what trouble they could be in and tell them what actually happened

[@janedoh123]

Please look at the alleged screenshot that Lucy said jay sent her but I share location with my son and if he’s at home with me there’s a dot and he shows as a bubble near enough on top of my dot THERES A DOT AND A CONTACT WHOSE SHARING LOCATION WITH THE PHONE WHICH TOOK THE SCREENSHOT!! That proves that there was 2 people who were together in that picture of his alleged last location. Surmising with Brad 12 days later saying that he told Jay to put his location on and he inferred that he was off road already (but he said that it was a 14 hour walk, not an 11 hour walk like Lucy insisted from his screenshot?) we don’t know what time Brad spoke to Jay but he was 3 hours walking distance away from when he was in contact with Lucy? What if he was maybe with Brad when he fell to his death and that was Brad calling off jays phone? . Remember Brad said that he had just come out of a festival? He also mentioned that he left before Jay but what time was Jay actually in the mountains? I can’t imagine that he would go to carry on the party without his mates and with two older blokes who he didn’t know, Lucy did and maybe they are helping her cover up her version of events. Brad didn’t go up there looking for Jay with Lucy perhaps because he was up there already needing rescuing? Idk but I believe Jay suffered from an unfortunate accident which was fatal but I think we don’t know why he was there in masca who with or why or when and how long until he was reported missing and in serious circumstances?

[@janiceleighton7348]

The mother needs tooooooo ask assistance from UK as soon as she says it it a must as UK want that too

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

You are complicit in this farce.

[@LeonHowells]

Hes known as rouge and villain in the uk hes a godgy bloke

[@hb4541]

Go Fund Me scam?

[@serpent5574]

Bus stop he was told was running evey 10 minutes literally across a narrow path to the house he was staying at. He got a lift to the house from the festival so clearly those lads he was with wasnt gonna drop him off, but Jay decided to ignore the bus for the sake of ten minutes waiting and walk 10 hours with no phone charge? Something is weird, his mum and friends said he spoke sound of mind but clearly that doesnt exactly allign with his actions, wouldnt suprise me if he made off with those lads drugs in a hurry so he went through the mountains, off his head, hungover and dehydrated instead of waiting for the bus and logically charging his phone. Sounds to me that Jay had a reason to not be in that house anymore, maybe kicked out or stole something? From there he probably did more drugs thinking it would fuel the walk, completely off his head he probably made some stupid decision to cut across the terrain and get off the main road and unfortuantely ended up very injured and exhausted in a creek or hill dip and eventually succumb to the elements. Whatever happened, kidnapped or lost I doubt he is alive nearly 6 days in.

[@kimgrant3879]

To not charge your phone or get water before leaving is so odd.

[@serpent5574]

@@kimgrant3879 Especially knowing your more than 40 miles away from accomodation

[@JulieKafkaesque]

This sounds like the most plausible explanation. I don't think Lucy is telling the full story of what transpired in their phone conversation.

[@serpent5574]

@@JulieKafkaesque The women he asked for bus times said he was walking at an unusually fast pace in the wrong direction to, I doubt he or Lucy is a drug kingpin like everyones saying, they are barely out of school. I dont think he has been murdered or kidnapped. Just made some poor decisions in a poor state of mind.

[@dmgsoultogetherness6667]

its nothing to do with uk police

[@shanaryman8328]

Everyone got a past ur all quick to comment but how would you feel if it was ur son went missing

[@lw3646]

Machete Man 🤺

[@mattysykes2121]

Are the search teams shouting out the boys name? He coukd be stuck somewhere with a broken leg? I dont understand how they haven't found him!? I know a lot of people have been horrible to this boys family regarding the boys past? But most young men are violent these days and they go over the top any tine theres is a fight! Days of a straightener are long gone! It sounds like he has kept out of trouble since. And is a hardworking member of society. The family do not deserve the hate. Lets all hope and pray Jay turns up alive!?

[@lyudmilakutsenko7045]

How can you know that the battery ran off? You can't know that. Why do you assume what you don't know, it could fell in the water or don't know. I think so.

[@ElenaElena-uu1es]

Drug dealing went wrong?

[@MillyReccuper]

Oh, my god....

[@harryarcher4971]

Wat ever he done or didn't do..in the past don't matter the gudg and the court's have already delt with it ...he's gone with 2 older men probably told him they had a drug stash in their place..and now he's gone and they have gone ...something is wrong hear ..

[@xoxamyoxx]

I dont get people like with the recent deaths from the heatwave people always blame clothing right but he had shorts on few also died on the beach. This could happen to anyone regardless or skin colour or culture a heat wave can happen to anyone

[@Roland_Tr909_Swing]

Charly says always tell your mother before you go off somewhere

[@Whydoyoubelievethatcrap]

Why aren’t the BBC and other media outlets reporting information about Jay Slaters previous behaviour, attacking someone with a machete (drug related). This guys family has a £30k go fund me page, how do we know whether it’s even genuine. He’s not of good character.

[@MorganKocemba]

He is my cousin

[@techtinkerin]

So

[@MillyReccuper]

my god...

[@Matthewr933]

The British police won't be any help they don't know the terrain they wouldn't know were to look or start

[@gavinbissell8847]

"Missing" do you mean on the run

[@SimonSimon-rn3tm]

I feel for his poor mother, but young people these days take so many risks and live potentially dangerous lives: if drink and drugs were involved then anything can happen. I also feel that the two men he is said to have gone off with (was he drunk when he did this?) have more significant involvement than, so far, we have been lead to believe. Are they gay? Did they abuse him in some way? They need to be talked to again, in depth.......

[@acreativiter]

We all took risks when we were younger, nothing new here

[@BruceWayne-vn5vg]

RIP

[@llnny863]

Screw going to Europe...isn’t there 5 people missing now?

[@WarrickHunt]

She needs to make her mind up she saying here he could of easily got lost and another breath she says he’s been taken

[@ChrisMass-zp1zw]

The mothers milking the go fund me page it should be shut down 😡

[@joshs1533]

Has those two men he went back to do drugs with come forward? Very odd

[@janiceleighton7348]

They wernt friends just met them

[@the.real.dwight.schrute]

why do so many people disappear in spain?

[@OrionBlaze]

maybe because Spain has actual geographic diversity unlike England which is the same farmed land all throughout and also the people disappearing are usually drunk clueless tourists with no respect for natural hazards

[@acreativiter]

Overconfident tourists with lack to see any risk

[@TheUndead1]

as an english man i would like to say this. we need to find jay .regardless of how and why jay is missing, lots of conspiracies, opinions . its an island and unless someone has taken him he should 100% be on that island . the technology we have now shouldn't take this long . i want to send my sorrow to his family but also send my hate to the channels that are taking advantage just like the nicola bully case. absolutely disgraceful. #findjayslater

[@FontaineDerby]

Jay Slater, 18, of Fountains Way, ACCRINGTON - 18 month community order with 25 days rehabilitation activities and 150 hours unpaid work. Convicted of s18 wounding with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm and violent disorder in August 2023, when he was aged 18. He is now 19. Tom Hilton, who was 17 at the time of the attack, suffered a head injury so serious his skull was exposed, and wounds to his shoulders and legs in the attack close to the Old Paper Mill in Hermitage Street, Rishton, in August 2021. The Daily Record: Eight thugs who split boy's head open with machete dodge jail The teens were slapped with community service after attacking Tom Hilton, who was 17 at the time, with a machete, an axe and a golf club. By Rachel Smith Eve Beattie 19 JUN 2024 Please compare pictures of the convicted Jay Slater in the Lancashire Post article: Eight handed community and rehabilitation orders over attack 4th August 2023, with any other pictures of missing Jay. It is the same person.

[@gazzadee3]

If hes alive it will be a miracle. Hes most certainly dead, though. Not a bit of meat on his bones, clearly has a history of drugs and by the looks of it was still doing drugs at the rave, that on top of walking in that heat dehydrated hes probably died of exhaustion after stopping to regain energy cause he was hungover and hes somewhere. But it wont be a pretty site to come across. People saying why go with strangers across an island. Its no different from being at home and meeting randoms on a night out and getting a taxi to theres for a gaff, everyone does it, he just made the wrong choice. The bus stop apparently outside the house he was in and came every 10 minutes after speaking to neighbours yet he chose to walk and then cut through the land so clearly made the wrong choice thinking he was capable. He has a history of being the big man and untoucbable so his mind will be the same. Regardless of the history, hes still a guy lost abroad with family missing him, the boy he attacks family went through the same worry. He was wrong to do that. But its also wrong to just say its "karma". Its still a person. Wasnt that when the MCanns fucked up big time and everyone was crying over them and the government was pushing millions into finding her due to the parents fault of making a bad choice.

[@messrsandersonco5985]

You're missing the point. Karma only happens to bad people. It's also known as "what goes around, comes around". You do bad things and maybe bad things will happen to you too...

[@SimonSimon-rn3tm]

What a mouthful, and a foul one at that!

[@SimonSimon-rn3tm]

@@messrsandersonco5985Nonsense.

[@gazzadee3]

@@SimonSimon-rn3tm how is it foul 🤣 cause its blatantly realistic and not the hopes and dreams with rainbows and sunshine that everyone wants.

[@SimonSimon-rn3tm]

@@gazzadee3You have totally misunderstood my comment. It is grossly insensitive to use foul language in these circumstances.

[@collette165]

Where the people he was in the apartment with surely they are suspects

[@kimgrant3879]

If there was no threat to him by them why didnt he charge his phone and get water at the apartment before he left.

[@collette165]

@@kimgrant3879 Yes that's wt I thought ,And they took him there in there car why didn't they give him lift back to his apartment

[@collette165]

And in the snap chat picture there was a girl he was sat next to smoking cos u could see her dress

[@Shay3356]

Another story of going on holiday with friends, minus one, rest go back home 🤔

[@SuperKasper333]

A 10 hour walk in a remote, unknown area at night with no water, cell phone battery dead. Please find this child safe and sound, and return him. Thank you.

[@robertbones326]

​@c9o8l7i6n5 A story with no sources. Why is that information important if the courts have already reached a verdict? We have courts so that we can look at all the evidence and information and then make an informed decision. Stories on the Internet aren't reliable.

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

Ten hour walk, in southern European summer, without water, in an unknown area. Those are some British levels of dumb. Only the young Poles can compare with that.

[@jamessmith14000]

Darwinism at its finest.