Mum issues ‘we need you home’ plea to missing son

The mom of a British teenager lacking in Tenerife has issued a direct plea to her son because the sixth day of looking for him drew to a detailed.

Debbie Duncan, whose 19-year-old son Jay Slater has not been seen since Monday, mentioned she wished to inform him: “We simply want you dwelling.”

He went lacking after attending a music pageant on the Spanish island.

Ms Duncan mentioned she “couldn’t quit” on her son, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, however she had not slept and was “not coping very effectively in any respect”.

Specialist canine groups have been out looking for Mr Slater after he known as a pal, saying he was misplaced and wanted water.

Spanish police wouldn’t remark when requested about studies of a sighting of Mr Slater later that day.

On the sixth day of the search, police, rescue canine groups and firefighters reconvened within the mountainous terrain at Rural de Teno Nationwide Park, Mr Slater’s final recognized location.

Lancashire Police mentioned on Friday it had supplied to help officers on the island of their efforts to find Mr Slater, however added their counterparts had been “happy that they’ve the assets they want”.

The apprentice bricklayer’s family and friends have mentioned he had earlier left the group he travelled with within the vacationer hotspot of Playa de las Americas, on the south of the island.

After leaving the NRG music pageant at Papagayo night time membership, he bought in a automobile with two males he had met to drive to the nationwide park in north-west Tenerife.

The administrator of a Fb web page set as much as assist discover Mr Slater mentioned any individual who was not the 19-year-old had logged in to his Instagram account .

Rachel Louise Harg mentioned a fundraising web page had gathered greater than £26,000, which might assist household and mates staying in Tenerife whereas the hunt continued.

Individuals who had been “hacking” the social media accounts of Mr Slater’s household had been “sick within the head”, she mentioned.

Specialist officers are persevering with to help Mr Slater’s household, Lancashire Police mentioned.

The Reverend Matt Smith, from West Finish Methodist Church in Oswaldtwistle, mentioned a service on Sunday could be “an opportunity for the neighborhood to come back collectively”.

“It is going to be a standard service and we’ll supply our prayers for Jay and provides a chance for folks to depart messages for him and lightweight candles,” he mentioned.

“We’re persevering with to wish for Jay and maintain his household in our prayers.”

Deryn Regan, who owns West Finish Fish and Chips in Oswaldtwistle, mentioned the neighborhood was in “shock” over the disappearance of Mr Slater, who was a buyer.

“All people is aware of everyone so, for one thing like this to occur in our space, it does sadden us all,” she mentioned.

“I’ve bought two younger sons myself so, for considered one of them to go lacking, I might be completely devastated, so I do actually really feel for the mom.”

Pauline Stables, 63, who’s a barmaid at Hare and Hounds, mentioned she remembered Mr Slater as a younger boy.

“I do know his mum, Debbie, fairly effectively and it is her I am feeling sorry for,” she mentioned.

“I simply cannot think about the ache that she goes by means of, and the remainder of his household, it is simply terrible – simply come dwelling to us.”

On Friday, search groups gave the impression to be methodically scouring a mountain street and specializing in a ravine, earlier than transferring to a valley within the village of Masca.

Canine groups had been scouring an space close to farm buildings for a lot of the day, whereas police and mountain rescue officers examined a steep patch of land behind the house Mr Slater had reportedly travelled to.

The operation rigorously combed by means of lifeless palm timber protecting a river on the backside of the hillside close to to the property.

Investigators have been taking away baggage of garbage from the realm to attempt to discover any clues.

The house proprietor informed reporters she noticed Mr Slater stroll up the street previous her property however didn’t see him once more after that, describing the scenario as “worrying”.

In an announcement, Lancashire Police mentioned it had “made a proposal of help to the Guardia Civil to see in the event that they want any extra assets”.

The British power mentioned the Spanish police had confirmed “at the moment they’re happy that they’ve the assets they want, however that provide stays open and they’re going to contact us ought to that place change”.

It added: “Our ideas stay with Jay’s household and mates at this distressing time.”

Mr Slater was on his first vacation with out household and had travelled to attend the pageant with two mates.

Lucy Regulation, thought to have been the final particular person to talk to him, mentioned he informed her of their name that he had missed a bus and determined to stroll the 10-hour journey dwelling however was misplaced, wanted water and his telephone was on 1% battery.

The Rural de Teno is a few 40-minute drive from the place Mr Slater and his mates had been staying.

A distant and wild nationwide park, it’s a world away from Los Cristianos and Playa de las Americas, the get together city vacation resorts of the island’s south coast.

Deep ravines and large daunting mountains make the nationwide park a tough place for the Spanish search groups to navigate.

At night time, the countryside turns into a maze, pitch black and disorientating.

A International, Commonwealth and Growth Workplace spokesperson mentioned: “We’re supporting the household of a British man who has been reported lacking in Spain and are involved with the native authorities.”

Sunday 16 June – Jay Slater and mates attend closing day of the NRG music pageant at Papagayo night time membership within the vacationer hotspot of Playa de las Americas Monday 17 June – Between 03:00 and 06:00 BST Mr Slater bought right into a automobile with two males he had met through the vacation and left Playa de las Americas07:30 – Mr Slater posts {a photograph} on his Snapchat account exhibiting him on the doorway of a property, tagged with the situation Parque Rural de Teno Between 08:30 and 09:00 – Mr Slater calls his pal and says he missed a bus again south and was making an attempt to stroll the 10-hour journeyThe name cuts out, along with his telephone’s final location exhibiting a path within the mountainous Rural de Teno nationwide park, in style with hikers Tuesday 18 June – Regardless of his mates looking the realm, no signal of Mr Slater emerges and he doesn’t return to his accommodationLocal police and mountain rescue groups start looking and his mom and brother board a flight to TenerifeWednesday 19 June – The Spanish Guardia Civil proceed the search utilizing drones, canine and a helicopter however no hint is foundThe search is briefly moved to the Los Cristianos space within the south of the island on account of a possible sighting, however police rapidly “low cost” that lead and transfer the search again to the unique space.Thursday 20 June – The Guardia Civil, mountain rescue, firefighters and volunteers return to scour the nationwide parkFriday 21 June – Lancashire Police confirms it has supplied to assist the search however says Spanish are “happy that they’ve the assets they want”.

Extra reporting by Adam Durbin and Shaun Dacosta