Search for missing Jay Slater enters ninth day
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Police cars were spotted parked near the entrance of a mountain trail, close to the location where Mr. Slater's phone last sent a signal.
The hunt for Jay Slater, who has been missing for over a week now after his last communication in Tenerife, continues.
The teenager, who is 19 years old and from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, went missing after trying to go back to his place of stay following the NRG festival, which happened on June 16th.
The apprentice bricklayer was staying at a flat in the northern part of the Spanish island with some friends he had met at the event. However, after he missed the bus the next morning, he phoned a friend to inform her that he was planning to trek the 10-hour journey back on foot.
Mr. Slater also mentioned to her that his phone battery was at only 1%, and he was completely lost without any clue about his whereabouts, desperately in need of a drink of water.
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Earlier this week, police vehicles were spotted stationed at the entrance to a hiking trail in the Rural de Teno National Park, near the area where Mr. Slater's phone was last tracked.
Expert K-9 units have also been deployed to search for him, with a significant portion of the operation concentrated on a location close to a national park in the northwest region of Tenerife.
Mr Slater's dad has been asking for assistance from the people in Santiago del Teide, the town where the family traveled to following a rumored sighting in the area.
Warren Slater mentioned that someone "must be aware of something".
"I just want him to be located. That’s it," he included.
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Emergency services were primarily searching for outbuildings in the national park.
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On June 16th, Mr. Slater went to the NRG music festival with some pals at Papagayo nightclub in the popular tourist destination of Playa de las Americas in the southern part of the island.
On June 17th, he heads to an apartment in the northern part of the island between 3:00 and 6:00 BST with some acquaintances he had made earlier in the evening.
Around 7:30 AM, Mr. Slater uploaded a photo on Snapchat from the entrance of the place he spent the night at, indicating that he was in Rural de Teno park.
At 08:30, he phoned his friend Lucy Law to tell her that he tried to go back to his place on foot after he missed his bus.
During the phone call, he mentioned that he had injured his leg on a cactus and was completely lost.
Ms. Law mentioned that her friend informed her that he was disoriented in the mountains, not acquainted with his surroundings, in urgent need of a beverage, and his phone battery was almost depleted.
Mr. Slater's phone died soon after he was last seen in Rural de Teno park. He was reported missing at 09:04.
On June 18th, despite a fruitless search by friends the day before, local authorities and mountain rescue teams comb through Rural de Teno park in search of Mr. Slater. His family rushes to Tenerife to assist in the search efforts.
On June 19th, the search was briefly shifted to the Los Cristianos region in the southern part of the island based on a possible clue. However, this lead was soon ruled out and the search resumed in the northern area.
On June 20th, the search efforts shifted back to Rural de Teno park, near the village of Masca. Rescuers searched through dense bushes, rugged terrain, hillsides, and rivers, but unfortunately were unable to locate the teenager who had gone missing.
On June 21st, Spanish authorities declined assistance from Lancashire police as they continue their search.
Rescue teams carefully combed through fallen palm trees near a river at the base of the hill near a vacation rental property where Mr. Slater was last seen.
The person who owns the property said to reporters that she saw Mr. Slater walk past her land, but she didn't see him again after that. She found the situation concerning.
On June 22, Mr. Slater's mother made a heartfelt plea to her son, who has been missing for six days, asking him to come home. She expressed her desire to have him safely back with his family.
Firefighters were seen searching in Tenerife, using helmets to navigate the risky hillside landscape.
On June 23rd, search teams focused their search on small structures near the location where Mr. Slater's phone was last traced.
Guardia Civil officers in the Canary Islands were spotted patrolling two buildings located deep in a gorge within Rural de Teno Park.
On June 24th, the hunt for Mr. Slater continues for the eighth day. Police vehicles can be spotted at the beginning of a path on the mountain, close to where the teenager's phone was last located.
