Missing teen search in Tenerife uncovers another lost tourist
Desperate searches for the missing 19-year-old have been ongoing for a week. The areas of the ravine in Tenerife, where Jay's phone last logged in, are being combed. To great surprise, the authorities came across another lost tourist during the search. The man needed urgent assistance.
Search teams scouring the remote park in Tenerife stumbled upon a Scottish tourist who got lost in the mountainous terrain. This extraordinary discovery happened amid intensive searches for 19-year-old Jay, who went missing over a week ago.
On Friday, while searching the area around the Rural de Teno park, the police came across a 51-year-old Scottish tourist. The man had gotten lost in a rugged terrain unsuitable for travel. "Tired and disoriented, he was located by the agents and the rescue team who helped him get out of the ravine," the police reported.
Drones, sniffer dogs, and helicopters have been searching the Rural de Teno park and its surroundings since over a week ago when 19-year-old Jay from the UK went missing in the area. Most efforts have been focused on the extremely challenging terrain of the Masca ravine, where the teenager's phone made its last connection with a nearby cell tower on June 17.
Jay made his last desperate call to his friend Lucy Law on Monday morning, stating that he was lost in the middle of nowhere, without water, and with just one percent battery left on his phone.
Yesterday, the police extended the search to the "vast" desert landscape north of where Jay was last seen. The Civil Guard officers confirmed that they are also searching the forest paths and trails north of the ravine in the Rural de Teno park.
Desperate search for the missing boy in Tenerife
Warren, the father of the missing boy, broke down in an interview with The Sun, saying that his family is going through absolute hell. "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. I don’t know if anything undertoward has happened to Jay. One minute, he was here; the next minute, he disappeared. I don’t believe he’s still in that mountain. The police have put every effort into finding him. It’s bleak and barren." Warren appealed.
The man was putting up posters with the image of his missing son in the village of Santiago del Teide. He also shared footage from CCTV, which he believes might show Jay. It shows a mysterious figure walking past the church in Santiago del Teide last Monday — a few hours after the boy was reported missing. The village is about 6 kilometres from Masca, where Jay disappeared a week ago.
The police have not yet confirmed the person's identity in the footage. However, Jay's mother hopes that the man who reported seeing someone matching her son's description sitting on a bench with two men in the same area indeed saw her missing son.
