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Police interview locals who believe they may have seen Jay Slater 'watching Euro 2024' in Tenerife

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Updated 09:44 26 Jun 2024 GMT+1Published 08:49 26 Jun 2024 GMT+1

Police interview locals who believe they may have seen Jay Slater 'watching Euro 2024' in Tenerife

A mayor has claimed locals on the island believe they have spotted Jay Slater

Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper

Police in Tenerife have interviewed locals who believe they may have spotted missing teenager Jay Slater watching a Euro 2024 match.

The disappearance of the 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer has taken the media by storm, with an extensive search currently taking place on the Spanish island after he vanished last Monday.

However a local mayor on the island has made the bizarre claim that police have interviewed locals who believe they may have spotted Jay watching the Euros.

Emilio Jose Navarro, mayor of the town of Santiago del Teide, said police are also examining CCTV footage from the rural town - which is around three-and-a-half miles from Jay's last location in Rural de Teno park in the northwest of the island.

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Jay Slater was last seen in Tenerife. (Family Handout)
Jay Slater was last seen in Tenerife. (Family Handout)

"We know the police are investigating (the CCTV images). They have asked for the town hall’s security cameras and they are also working with the company that handles those cameras," Mr Navarro told Reuters.

Jay's family have shared the CCTV image with the media, which is believed to have been captured around 10 hours after his phone last pinged in the area.

The images show a man walking through a church square in the town but it is unable to make out his face.

The last person who is confirmed to have had contact with Jay is friend Lucy Law, who spoke to him around 8:50am on Monday 17 June.

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During the phone call Lucy revealed that Jay told her he didn't know where he was', had one percent battery, needed a drink and had cut his leg on a cactus.

Jay had been attending the New Rave Generation (NRG) festival on the island over the weekend, with the teenager later travelling back to an Airbnb in the remote Masca region of Tenerife.

CCTV footage which Jay's family believe could be him. (Family Handout)
CCTV footage which Jay's family believe could be him. (Family Handout)

The hunt for Jay has so far focused around Masca and Las Portelas region of the island, with local police also searching on a 2,000ft ravine in the area.

Meanwhile, former British police officer has recently landed on the island hoping to aid in the search.

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Mark Williams-Thomas - who previously worked on the Nicola Bulley case in January 2023 - has flown out to Tenerife after claiming that he would be able to locate Jay within just three days.

Speaking to Manchester Evening News about the search, Williams-Thomas said he believed he could crack the case within '72 hours' if given 'total access' to all the documents and witnesses.

Jay pictured with his mother Debbie Duncan. (Family Handout)
Jay pictured with his mother Debbie Duncan. (Family Handout)

"If the family work with me, I will get the answers. It is crucial for the family. It is difficult for them, to deal with foreign police who handle it differently," he said.

"But I'd need their full cooperation, I'd need to speak to every witness involved; those that he's been with since he's been on the island. Some people will be more persons of interest than others.

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"It's a week on now - I need to get on the ground and get the answers. It's about finding Jay.

Featured Image Credit: (Family Handout)

Topics: Jay Slater

Brenna Cooper
Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper is a journalist at LADbible. She graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in History, followed by an NCTJ accredited masters in Journalism. She began her career as a freelance writer for Digital Spy, where she wrote about all things TV, film and showbiz. Her favourite topics to cover are music, travel and any bizarre pop culture.

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