Jay Slater lacking: Tenerife police name off search as household vows to proceed searching for teen

A person who had his “cranium break up open” in a machete assault carried out by a gang together with Jay Slater has damaged his silence on the determined seek for {the teenager} who vanished in Tenerife.

The lacking 19-year-old was a part of a bunch of eight individuals who attacked Tom Hilton, then 17, with a machete, golf golf equipment and an axe in Rishton, Lancashire, in 2021.

The apprentice bricklayer, from Oswaldtwistle, was handed an 18-month neighborhood order with 25 days of rehabilitation actions and 150 hours of unpaid work for his function within the violent dysfunction.

The mom of a younger man who went lacking in Bristol has known as for renewed consideration on her son’s case amid the disappearance of Jay Slater.

Jack O’Sullivan, 23, was final seen greater than 17 weeks in the past after strolling house from an evening out with mates on 2 March, in a case mirroring that of Mr Slater, 19, who vanished within the early hours after partying in Tenerife.

Household and mates try to maintain Mr O’Sullivan’s story within the public eye by launching their very own web site, fundraising, and altering their Fb profile photos to his lacking poster.

Pretend rumours of a physique being discovered within the hunt for Jay Slater had unfold like wildfire throughout Fb, TikTok and different social media websites as hundreds of customers share disinformation.

A mocked up Fb submit from one of many Slater’s household interior circle was shared with the message: “Jay’s physique has been discovered. Our hearts are along with his household in these evil instances, we’ve heard from locals it was the job of the Morrocans [sic].”

The mom of Jay’s greatest buddy Rachel Louise Harg, who additionally arrange the GoFundMe web page to go in the direction of search efforts, was compelled to amplify the merciless prank as she distanced herself from it, insisting the official replace group: “This isn’t me.”

The Impartial’s Holly Evans studies from Tenerife:

The household of lacking Jay Slater are sick with fear about their son – however are nonetheless holding out hope he could also be discovered alive after disappearing in Tenerife.

However the story of an Irish vacationer who additionally vanished on the Spanish island final yr to be discovered alive a couple of days later suggests all will not be misplaced within the lacking individual seek for Mr Slater.

Experiences from final yr inform of how Ryan Cooney, who was aged 28 on the time, was final seen leaving his lodge Paraiso del Sol flats in Playa de las Americas on 9 November 2023.

Lined with garish neon indicators, booming music and ridiculously low-cost drink offers, Veronica’s Strip in Tenerife could possibly be seen as a British teenager’s heaven or a nightmare.

Younger Britons seem like the primary clientele alongside the favored avenue in Playa de Las Americas, with lots of gathering this week to have a good time the top of their A-Degree outcomes.

It was right here that Jay Slater spent his Sunday night clubbing, earlier than disappearing 37km away within the mountain area of Rural de Teno nationwide park, with few clues main as to why {the teenager} would journey such a distance.

The Impartial’s Holly Evans studies from Tenerife: