The search for missing Jay Slater is continuing this morning with a huge search scheduled for the teen. It comes as the search for the 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer enters its 13th day. Jay, from Lancashire, vanished after a night out at the NRG festival at Papagayo nightclub in Playa de las Americas on June 17. He went with two men he had met at the festival to an Airbnb in the north of the island in the Rural de Teno park. He called friends the next morning to say he was thirsty and was trying to walk back to their holiday accommodation – a journey that would have taken almost 11 hours.
A former British detective, who exposed Jimmy Saville, has now said the Tenerife drugs scene could play a role in the disappearance. Mark Williams-Thomas told The Sun: “In the past 24-48 hours, information has come to light that gives rise to concern that drugs are a worrying aspect here. This is a line of inquiry.” He added: “You get out of your car and, within 30 seconds, you are offered every kind of drug imaginable — and that is an alarming aspect. There is no doubt an undercurrent of drugs, but I can’t tell you if that has had a direct impact.”
It comes amid bizarre reports from locals who claim to have seen Jay watching the Euros in the town where he vanished. Mayor Emilio Jose Navarro said investigators had spoken to several people who alleged Jay watched the Euros “on the coast”. He said: “Locals have told me they have heard from others that they saw someone looking like the boy in a bar at Los Gigantes. I have no idea if it was him and I have no idea in which bars he was seen. “I don’t know if the police have been there.”
