Jay Slater search continues: 'It’s been a nightmare' says father of missing teenager in Tenerife

The search continues for Jay Slater, a British teenager who has not been heard from since Monday after going missing on the Island of Tenerife. His father says waiting to hear news from the search team has been “a nightmare”.

[JBroMCMXCI]

Now he understands how Tom Hilton’s parents felt waiting in the hospital room.

[michaelsrowland]

Why does the media give this person attention without mentioning his past crimes

[tomchloe]

Which muppets are donating their money for the search of a serial criminal?

[Elbufeira-whli]

It’s a nightmare for the guy he attacked with a machete too

[ZMan]

IMO Jay knew these 2 men. They weren't strangers to him.
The village is somewhere hikers stay yet the 2 men drove 30 miles to go to a rave. Drugs involved somewhere.

[davidmitchell]

He's a convicted criminal for a machete attack, why would I feel sorry for him been missing

[Ontgo-dtfc]

I don’t mean to seem insensitive, but why is this lad getting more media attention than others who have gone missing?

[warren]

Look at his history and don't donate any money it's all scams.

[traceymitchell]

You only have to look at the timeline to see this is a scam. He leaves the property at 8am hanging around and asks the cafe owner twice for bus time. She is then in her car and sees him again at 8.15am walking quickly towards the park. That only leaves 15 mins for him to get to the park, hurt himself, become dehydrated and unaware of his surroundings before he makes that call to Lucy and 30 mins all in from leaving the property. He's not missing. He went to the park to make the call, left and was picked up on the road. He would have been barely in the park when he made the call.

[Ann-qfvk]

What I am not understanding re the massive search is how far can someone walk in that terrain in the given time limit? May I add in shorts and t-shirt minus water. Also must have a better phone signal than I get in the deepest darkest Scottish Borders. No way would I be able to contact anyone with 1% battery. What is going on here?

[oliverb]

Sat in a pool somewhere waiting for the 30k 💰 to drop.

[jacobwarner]

Why is the media not covering the drug mule possibility with his friend Lucy? His supposed friends have posts on Facebook confirming it

[Scot-land]

Something doesn't seem right about the situation

[faithnaidoo]

I am now doubting that this lad is even on this Island!!!!.IMO

[actonman]

This dude got a very shady past . Canoe man and Shannon Mathews vibes this seems a fraud on the making

[jules]

The money raised from the go fund should go to the victims of him past crimes. Police and local authorities will find out the facts with or without the money raised.

[anneheard]

Father and brother suddenly turning up for some photos and a bit of a look in

[ziggarillo]

It's only a 2 hr walk to the next town, presumably they've checked there.

[geoffshaw]

Still havent found machete boy yet, what a shame.

[AlbertMonkey]

Anyone remember Ryan Cooney who went missing in the same place Nov 2023 for four days?
There was no media attention about him like this or gofundme to get 30k
Luckily he was found