Owner of Airbnb where missing teen Jay Slater stayed speaks out as search enters sixth day

The Airbnb owner of the property missing teen Jay Slater was understood to have stayed in has spoken out as the desperate search operation continues.

Jay, 19, has been missing for six days now after vanishing in Tenerife on Monday morning. He had been attending the New Rave Generation festival with friends on the island, when, according to his friend, he decided to stay out with a group of people he had just met on Sunday (16 June) evening.

The Lancashire native’s family have been frantic in their efforts to find him, telling news outlets that they believe he could have been ‘taken against his will’.

Friend Lucy Law told Sky News he phoned her at around 8.00am on 17 June to tell her he was 'in the middle of nowhere' and had only one percent battery left on his phone, having missed a bus back to the resort, with an 11-hour walk ahead.

Jay Slater has been missing since the 17th of June. Family handout

She shared further details from her final phone call with Jay, claiming he had cut his leg on a cactus.

Speaking to Sky News, Lucy - who had been attending the festival with Jay - said he rang her to say he 'didn't know where he was', that he 'needed a drink' and had 'cut his leg on a cactus'.

She went on to say that he sent her a photo of his location before the battery on his phone died.

The Brit was believed to be staying in an Airbnb in Los Christianos and the owner, Ophelia, claimed she saw Jay that day walking in a ‘dangerous’ area in the mountains near Masca - a secluded town.

She told the MEN: It’s dangerous walking around here, it’s easy to lose yourself. He walked up the road when I saw him for the last time."

According to reports, Jay had been drinking that night with two other people at the festival and continued after the event in Casa Abuela Tina, 20 miles north of the gig in Playa Las Americas.

After leaving the party and deciding to go home to the resort he was staying at, he called his friend Lucy at around 8.00am and expressed his concerns over his phone battery, thirst and injured leg.

Lucy Law spoke to him on the phone before he went missing. (Snapchat)

Lucy, who set up a GoFundMe for Jay which is currently at £25,694, went on to add to Sky News that he is 'not a stupid boy' and would've tried to get in contact with his family if the opportunity presented itself.

She said: "If he'd seen somebody, or a car, he would have flagged down the car - he would have said he needed a phone to contact someone.

"If he saw someone, the first thing he would do is say 'I need to ring my mum' - I know that for a fact. He would never ever have his mum worrying like this.

"It's just awful - I've never in my life been so worried."

Search efforts continue to ramp up as the Garde search the dangerous terrain on the mountain and a 2,000ft ravine close to the location he called Lucy in a bid to bring him home.