Jay Slater’s distraught mum reveals she’s ‘barely slept’ as missing teen’s ex-girlfriend & pals join search in Tenerife
THE distraught mother of missing Jay Slater has revealed how she’s been “at her wits’ end” following her son’s disappearance.
School finance officer Debbie, 55, said she’s “barely slept” since Jay vanished without a trace in Tenerife on June 17.
It comes as Jay’s ex-girlfriend and friends arrived on the island from Lancashire to help in the hunt.
Debbie told the press: “It’s been a week now and it’s been awful. I’ve barely slept and I’m at my wits’ end.
“The Spanish police are doing a good job and we are getting updated from the consulate so we just put our faith in them.”
The night before his last known sighting, Jay left a music festival with two new pals who had hired a car.
It’s believed they travelled to a property in Rural de Teno park – a 10-hour walk from Jay’s hotel.
His final Snapchat picture the following morning was an out-of-focus image of a hand holding cigarettes in Buenavista del Norte, which sits within the park.
The teen’s dad also spoke to the press, breaking down in tears as he described being in “a living hell”.
Warren, 58, told The Sun: “I just want him to be found. I just want my son back, end of.
“What more is there, it’s been a week now, a week of nothing. So somebody somewhere must’ve found out something. Somebody.
“It is a living hell, unless you’re going through it, you cannot explain.
“Please, please please, if anybody knows anything just come forward and help us.”
Former detective Mark Williams-Thomas – who has probed several high profile missing persons cases – has now joined the search for Jay.
Mark was pictured leaving the the Airbnb where missing Jay Slater last stayed after he spent time with his distraught family.
Mark has claimed he can get answers and additional information for the 19-year-old’s loved ones “in three days”.
Speaking in Tenerife today Mark said: “I don’t want to talk in detail at the moment, but I’ve spent time with the family and my focus now is to build a clear timeline of the last 24 hours before Jay disappeared.
“My focus is very much to ensure that I’m here to support the family and work with the Spanish authorities to get answers.”
Mark was seen carrying out enquiries at the AirBnb where Jay was last seen last Monday.
Now it can be revealed the two-bedroom property he stayed at is called Casa Abuela Tina in the village of Masca, according to MailOnline.
The farmhouse is listed on Airbnb as set in a “unique natural landscape” and costs £40 per night.
Haunting photographs have recently emerged showing the interior of the accommodation where Jay partied before he vanished.
Mark first reached out to Jay’s mum Debbie Duncan last week to offer his assistance.
The investigator has probed a string of high-profile missing persons cases, including Nicola Bulley’s disappearance.
He said on Sunday: “I have this morning reached out to missing Jay Slater’s mum offering the help of my team to get her answers as to what has happened to Jay.
“Lots of speculation about what could have happened and if they give me total access and with feet on the ground I will very quickly be able to say if his disappearance is him alone or if it has third party involvement.”
Mark produced and featured in Madeleine McCann: The Case Against Christian B, a documentary about the toddler’s disappearance in 2003.
He worked as a police officer with the met for around 10 years and then became a private detective.
The experienced investigator also claimed he could get to the bottom of the case “in three days”.
He told MEN: “I would quickly be able to do establish whether or not there are suspicious circumstances – but I’d need total access to everything and to speak to all the witnesses involved.”
Mark has also vowed to “track down” the two British men Jay met at NRG music festival and was with before he vanished.