New chilling theory emerges in search for missing Jay Slater in Tenerife

A new theory has shed light on why missing British teenager Jay Slater’s phone may have “rang” in a remote area of ​​Tenerife.

The 19-year-old bricklayer’s apprentice has not been seen since he went missing on the island on June 17 after attending a music festival with friends, sparking a massive search that was recently called off by local authorities.

Before calling off the search, police and specialist teams were scouring a remote, mountainous area where Jay’s phone had led them using GPS coordinates.

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However, a local journalist in Tenerife, who spoke to a former British Army officer, was told that the area being searched was dangerous and covered in undergrowth, casting doubt on whether or not Jay had ever been to the area.

As Chronicle Live reports, Jay embarked on a perilous 11-hour walk to return to his accommodation when he was last seen and called one of his friends before his phone ran out of battery.

Jay’s family and friends continue to search for him on the island while Nick Pisa, a journalist covering the case, speaks to police and Spanish investigators before proposing a new theory as to why Jay’s phone last rang in the dangerous mountainous region.

It was suggested to Nick that Jay’s phone may have been dumped in the area after it was revealed how remote and difficult the search area is to access. Telling GB News, Nick said: “Obviously we’re not being kept up to date, but (the former officer) told me he thought where the ping came from was quite surprising because it was very steep to get to, and it was covered in undergrowth and cacti.”

“He said that to get there you would need a machete. Or he suggested that someone had thrown the phone into that vegetation.”

The journalist also reported that expert climbers are continuing their search efforts with the support of Jay’s family, although the official search by the Civil Guard has concluded. Pisa commented on one climber saying: “I must admit, I have seen him up there several times, and he seems to be the most serious.”

Jay’s traveling companion, Lucy Mae Law, who was with him in the Canary Islands, has the distinction of being among the last to communicate with him; he contacted her around 8 a.m. on the day of his disappearance.

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In a conversation on July 18, Lucy described the events that led to the mystery: “He went out at night, went to a friend’s house, someone he met on vacation. One of the people he met rented a car from here, so he drove them back to his apartment and Jay drove there without realizing how far it was. He ended up in the middle of nowhere.”

“Jay was obviously thinking he could get home from there. But then in the morning he went walking, using his maps on his phone and ended up in the middle of the mountains with nothing around. He called me at about 8am saying his phone was on 1%. He said ‘I don’t know where I am, I need a drink and my phone is about to die’.”

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The young woman was able to track down the Airbnb on the day of his disappearance, after deciphering clues in Jay’s last Snapchat photo. Upon arriving at the property, she said: “We were able to find the house. I knocked on the door and there were two people there.”

She discovered that Jay had gone out for a cigarette before returning and expressing his desire to go home.

Recounting her conversation with the occupants, Lucy added: “They told me he had spoken to the neighbours and they had told him there was a bus every 10 minutes going back to Los Cristianos,” and noted: “The bus stop was right next to the house. So obviously if he had gone to catch the bus he wouldn’t have gotten lost because it (the stop) was visible from the hallway door.”