'I visited the Tenerife Airbnb where missing Jay Slater stayed - this is what I noticed'

The Manchester Evening News has visited the Airbnb where Jay Slater stayed the night before he went missing in Tenerife. The remote holiday rental, called Casa Abuela Tina, is situated just outside of the village of Masca.

It is thought 19-year-old Jay, who hasn't been seen or heard from since Monday morning (June 17) had stayed there with people he met after attending a music festival. The owner later claimed she saw him on Monday walking uphill into the mountains alone.

Jay, from Lancashire, who was on his first holiday abroad without his parents, went missing on Monday after last speaking to his friend Lucy at around 8am. His last known location was where his phone 'pinged' in a vast mountainous area around half a mile north of Masca.

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A huge search was launched with local police that continued for its fifth day on Friday (June 21). Search teams told the M.E.N. how they 'still have hope' he will be found alive - but expressed the difficulties in searching through the desolate and challenging landscapes. Drones, police dogs and helicopters have been deployed over the past few days along with mountain rescue teams, but there have so far been no developments.

Reporter James Holt visited the Airbnb as the desperate search operation continued. This is what he noticed...

The holiday cottage is situated midway up a mountain, just outside of Masca. It takes around an hour to get to from the popular resort of Los Cristianos - where Jay and his friends were staying in a booked apartment.

It was difficult to reach even by car. With just one road in and out, which is beside a steep cliff with nail-bitingly tight