Spanish police END hunt for missing teenager Jay Slater
Spanish police have ended the search for missing raver Jay Slater - almost two weeks after the British teenager vanished on the island of Tenerife.
Apprentice bricklayer Jay, 19, was last seen on June 17 and a huge search involving dogs, drones and a helicopter has failed to find any trace.
On Saturday police launched one final push and appealed for volunteers to help and just six turned up to join 24 mountain rescue and fire teams at Masca.
A spokesperson for Tenerife police said: 'The search is now over but the investigation remains open.'
The spokesperson refused to elaborate on whether it was now a criminal investigation.
Jay was last seen by a local resident in Masca in north-west Tenerife just after 8am on June 17 walking northwards along the road out of the village after stopping to ask her for directions.
His phone last pinged near to a look-out point where search teams gathered yesterday to begin the last day of the operation.
Friend Lucy Law said Jay had called her shortly after he was last seen to say he was thirsty and had no water and just one per cent battery on his phone.
The Civil Guard says the 'parallel' investigation by police investigators which they are not sharing information on is continuing despite the suspension of the 'visible' mountain search in and around Masca.
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Spanish police have ended the search for missing raver Jay Slater - almost two weeks after the British teenager vanished on the island of Tenerife
On Saturday police launched one final push and appealed for volunteers to help and just six turned up to join 24 mountain rescue and fire teams at Masca
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