Jay Slater missing updates LATEST: Friends of British teenager who vanished in Tenerife 72 hours ago issue plea for search party as hunt resumes in Spanish national park
Friends of missing British teenager Jay Slater have issued a plea for a search party in Tenerife today as the hunt resumes for a fourth day on the Spanish island.
Jay, 19, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, has not been seen or heard from since he called a friend on Monday morning to say he was 10 hours away from his accommodation but needed water and had 1% battery life on his phone.
Searches for the apprentice bricklayer, who had flown to the Canary island for the NRG music festival, have taken place in the mountainous Rural de Teno national park.
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07:05
Jay Slater's friends - 'We need to get him home'
Friends of Jay Slater have today appealed for a search party to help find the missing teenager who hasn't been seen or heard of for 72 hours.
In an update posted on a Facebook group, his friend Lucy wrote:
Still no updates, when it reaches 8:30am it’s been 3 days😢 tomorrow, we need as many people as possible up there searching for him please. We will be up there again first thing, however a search party is going to be necessary to search everywhere as the area is very big. If you can help, please do, we need to get him home.
06:58
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Hello and welcome to MailOnline's live coverage as the search for missing British teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife.
Jay has not been seen or heard from since he called a friend on Monday morning to say he was 10 hours away from his accommodation in the south of the Island but needed water and had 1% battery life on his phone.
His friends have issued a plea for a search party as the hunt for the apprentice bricklayer resumes in the mountainous Rural de Teno national park
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Jay Slater's friends - 'We need to get him home'
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