Dad of teenager missing in Tenerife says it is ‘living hell’

The daddy of lacking British teenager Jay Slater says he’s experiencing “a dwelling hell”, because the seek for his son in Tenerife enters a second week.

Warren Slater mentioned “I simply need him discovered”, whereas talking to reporters within the city of Santiago del Teide, round 4 miles (6.4km) from the place search groups are wanting.

On Monday, police automobiles parked on the entrance to a mountain monitor close to the place the 19-year-old’s cell phone was final traced.

Mr Slater has not been heard from since calling one of many buddies on the island with him eight days in the past – telling her he was misplaced, his telephone was working out of battery and he wanted water.

Specialist canine groups have additionally been out searching for him, with a lot of the search specializing in an space close to a nationwide park in north-western Tenerife.

Mr Slater’s father has been interesting for assist from the area people in Santiago del Teide, the place the household went after an unconfirmed report of a attainable native sighting.

They’ve put up lacking posters written in Spanish, together with on the vacationer data centre and in store home windows.

Warren Slater was emotional as he informed reporters: “Anyone should know one thing. I simply need him to be discovered. Finish of.”

The search groups are working in difficult situations at Rural de Teno Nationwide Park – Mr Slater’s final recognized location.

Officers from the Guardia Civil within the Canary island have been noticed looking out two buildings on the backside of a ravine within the park on Sunday.

Efforts seemed to be primarily targeted on the one space after days of searches within the close by village of Masca and the encircling panorama.

When requested how the search operation goes, police in Tenerife mentioned that they don’t touch upon ongoing investigations.

One man who had flown out from the UK to assist described his function within the search operation via ravines as like “searching for a needle in a haystack”.

Mountaineer Paul Arnott, 29, of Flitwick, Bedfordshire, mentioned: “You can not consider how steep and large an space it’s till you get out right here.

“I assumed there can be extra individuals looking out, although.”

Mr Slater’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 competition at Papagayo evening membership, the apprentice bricklayer bought in a automotive with two males he had met to drive to the nationwide park in north-west Tenerife.

In a press release, NRG described Mr Slater’s disappearance as a “devastating scenario” that “has deeply affected us all”. Organisers continued to “hope for his secure return,” it added.

Lancashire Police mentioned final week it had provided to help Spanish police trying to find him, however have been informed their counterparts in Tenerife felt they’d sufficient sources.

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

One in every of them, Lucy Legislation, is assumed to have been the final particular person to talk to him, mentioned he informed her over the telephone he had missed a bus and determined to stroll the 10-hour journey dwelling however was misplaced, wanted water and solely had 1% battery left.

Earlier within the week a fundraising web page arrange by Ms Legislation to assist discover him gathered greater than £30,000 value of donations.

Mr Slater’s employer, PH Construct Group, mentioned it had deleted a publish in regards to the lacking teenager on its Fb web page after it was inundated with “unfavourable feedback.”

“Jay has been with us since he left faculty and is favored by all. He is a valued member of our group and we stand by him,” the development firm wrote.

“The actual fact is he is a 19-year-old lad lacking out of the country. He must be again dwelling the place he belongs.”

The Rural de Teno Park is a couple of 40-minute drive from the place Mr Slater and his buddies have been staying.

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

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