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A local from Tenerife has revealed details about the two British men Jay Slater was last seen with before his disappearance.
Jay Slater, 19, went missing on Monday morning after he left with two other men while out with friends on the island. They were all attending a three-day music festival. On Monday morning, Jay attempting to walk back to the south of the island called his friend Lucy Mae Law letting her know that his phone battery was at 1 per cent.
A woman identified only as Araceli, who works in the business next to the rental property, stated: "I never saw the missing boy, but I know people saw him walking on his own. I saw the two British men who stayed here. They came in for cafe con leche a couple of times. One was aged about 40. The other one was slightly younger," she told the Mirror.
The woman confirmed: "The police have spoken to them both [the British men]. They arrived on Saturday and were due to stay until Monday, but they left on Tuesday." When asked if they had to remain to be interviewed by the police, she responded: "I don't know."
This was the last house, a holiday rental, that Jay was believed to have stayed at before going missing (Stan Kujawa)The holiday home was supposedly rented by the two men who were with Jay before he vanished. Both men have checked out of their accommodation and flown back to the UK yesterday. Jay had posted a photo of himself, cigarette in hand, on the steps of the property shortly before his disappearance.
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Police in Tenerife said today they were doing everything they could to find missing British teenager Jay Slater. (SOLARPIX.COM)Lucy Mae Law, a friend of Jay's, raised the alarm after receiving a call from him around 8am on Monday. Jay, an apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, told her he was walking back to their accommodation in the south of the island, feeling thirsty and with only 1 per cent battery left on his phone. Jay's phone went dead shortly afterwards, and his last known location was traced to the Rural de Teno area, a mountainous region of the island. His parents and brother have since flown out to assist with the search.
Jay Slater shared a last snapchat before he went missing (MEN)Lucy has said she isn't happy with the efforts of the Civil Guard, and demanding the British police help with the search for her friend. Speaking to the Mirror, she said: "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 rugged landscape close to Masca (Stan Kujawa)Police have been conducting searches in a rural mountainous area in the northwest of the island, near the village of Masca, where he was last traced. Since then, more information has come to light about the two men he was last seen with on Sunday night, as images of the rental property, Casa Abuela Tina, where he was reportedly staying, have surfaced.