Mum of missing Brit Jay Slater believes son has been 'taken against his will'

The mother of missing teenager Jay Slater has said she believes he was 'taken against his will'.

Jay, 19, from Lancashire, went missing on Monday morning in Tenerife after attending the New Rave Generation festival at the weekend.

19- year-old Jay Slater. (Family Handout)

Jay parted ways with his friends to stay out on Sunday (16 June) night with a new group.

The last person to hear from Jay was his friend Lucy, who revealed to the Manchester Evening News that he phoned her at around 8.50am on Monday (17 June) saying he was lost in the mountainous area and his phone was only on one percent.

Following her phone call, Lucy said: "He's ended up out in the middle of nowhere. Jay was obviously thinking he would be able to get home from there.

"But then in the morning he's set off walking, using his Maps on his phone and ended up in the middle of mountains with nothing around. He rang me at about 8 o'clock this morning saying his phone was on one percent, he said 'I don't know where I am, I need a drink and my phone is about to die'."

Speaking to the PA News Agency, Debbie Duncan - who flew out to Tenerife to search for her son on Tuesday - said: “It’s just traumatic and it doesn’t feel real. It’s just awful, it’s horrendous.

Debbie said she believed her son had been 'taken against his will' (Family Handout)

“I think he’s been taken against his will with what’s been said, but it’s in the hands of the police.

“He’s just a great person who everyone wanted to be with. He’s good looking, he’s a popular boy.”

Debbie said that the police investigating Jay's disappearance had been 'very good'.

Jay's last known location was the National Park of Teno.

A missing poster for Jay Slater. (Family Handout)

A Facebook group dedicated to getting people involved in the search for Jay posted a video of the teen which had come from Snapchat.

In the video, he is seen in a grey t-shirt with green stripes on the shoulders and is carrying a black bag.

If he was wearing this on Sunday night then it's likely what he was wearing when he went missing the next morning.

A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said: “We are supporting the family of a British man who has been reported missing in Spain and are in contact with the local authorities.”