20 June 2024 , 13:28
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Jay Slater’s best friend is calling for British police to join the search for the missing teenager.
Lucy Mae Law, 18, is believed to be the the last person Jay contacted before his phone died. She told the Mirror: “We need British police here. I just want to find my mate. He’s been missing three days. It’s not looking good now. We feel as though it’s down to us to find him and that we’re doing more than the police.
“The police here don’t speak English and don’t even have a translator after three days. I feel like they’re fobbing me off. They’re still asking me the same questions as when I first reported Jay missing.”
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The searchers are using drone and dogs to assist them, locals have said (BBC)She added: “The two boys that he was last with have left the country. They need to be questioned by British police.”
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Speaking while overlooking a ravine where it is understood Jay’s phone last ‘pinged’, Lucy, who has just finished a college course in Travel and Tourism: “A lady said she last saw Jay at 8am walking at pace. She said her brother owns the house.”
Jay vanished on Monday (MEN)
Lucy Mae is desperate to find her friend (facebook)Lucy’s mum Rebecca, 46, who works as a midwife, said: “Jay had almost finished his bricklaying apprenticeship and has been thinking about buying a van. Jay’s mum is absolutely devastated.
“She wants him found. His dad was up here searching yesterday. His brother is also here now and is looking after their mum. Debbie went to the police station at Los America’s this morning, but they just keep asking her the same questions.
Jay's mum Debbie Duncan is devastated (ITV News)Another friend of Jay’s said: “We’ve been told the two guys Jay was last with are from Luton. One is known by the nickname Johnny Vegas. We’re sure they know something.
“The island police say they have copies of their passports, but we’ve been told they flew back to Gatwick yesterday. We drove all round the ravine yesterday for 12 hours and we’re getting out shouting and screaming Jay’s name, but we couldn’t find anything."