The friend of a British teenager who has gone missing in Tenerife has described his disappearance as 'weird'. Lucy Mae, who was on holiday with Jay Slater on the Spanish island when he went missing, last spoke with the 19-year-old on Monday morning (June 17).
He told her his phone was going to die, that he needed a drink of water and had no idea where he was after going to stay in an apartment with people he had met after a night out.
Speaking from Tenerife, Lucy has now claimed Spanish police have said that they are 'keeping an open mind' as they continue to investigate his disappearance and search for him in the Rural de Teno park - a mountainous area popular with hikers close to the village of Masca.
Lucy said Jay was 'not stupid' and said she found it 'weird' how nobody had seen him in the two days since he was reported missing. Follow LIVE updates on the search for Jay here She said: "Jay's not stupid, it was just before 9am when he rang me so broad daylight and the area he was in is full of hikers.
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