A new theory which could help the Jay Slater search has emerged, explaining the GPS location of his phone. The 19-year-old from Lancashire vanished on June 17 in a remote area of Tenerife, and has still not been found after 18 days of searching.
The apprentice bricklayer disappeared while holidaying for a three-day music festival with friends after he left them to travel to a quiet Airbnb with two other partygoers in the early hours of Monday morning.
Jay then began walking the treacherous 11-hour trek back to his accommodation, located on the south of the island after missing the first bus of the day, reports the Mirror.His phone last 'pinged' somewhere in the Parque Rural de Teno nature reserve, where Spanish police focused their search before they officially called off their search on Sunday.
His loved ones have continued the hunt.A journalist who has been covering Jay's case on the Spanish island - who has also spoken to Spanish police and sleuths on the ground investigating his disappearance - has now highlighted a new theory that could explain why the teen's phone last pinged in a dangerous mountainous area.
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