Mayor flies to Tenerife to help Jay Slater's family in search for teenager as disappearance remains a mystery
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe family of missing Jay Slater are being helped by a selfless mayor who flew to Tenerife to help with the ongoing search efforts.
Shane Yerrell spent two days searching the area where the 19-year-old was last seen, alongside his devastated dad Warren, 58, older brother Zak, 24, and other family and friends.
He is now continuing to assist the family, including Jay's heartbroken mum Debbie, 55, while planning another trip to the island to rejoin the search, now in its fourth gruelling week. READ MORE Missing Jay Slater: New update issued by Spanish police in Tenerife search Shane, who is mayor of Waltham Abbey in Essex and has previously climbed Kilimanjaro and Mount Olympus, said: "They're just living on hope.
It's awful - they've got no answers. They don't know whether Jay is alive or dead." Asked if the apprentice bricklayer's parents are still holding out hope he is alive, Shane added: "Of course.
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