Jay Slater search team redeployed to Tenerife ravines after 'unanswered questions'

A specialist team who joined the search for Jay Slater are continuing to scour the area where the teen was found dead. Experts from the Dutch outfit Signi Zoekhonden, a team used to working in the aftermath of natural disasters, are still working in the ravine where Jay was found.

They are working to ensure that nothing is missed which could answer further questions about how Jay came to his death. The team were flown to Tenerife by Jay's family but arrived just as his body was finally found by Spanish search teams, the Mirror reports. However they returned to the treacherous location, known as the Juan Lopez ravine, in the remote Macizo de Teno mountains in the north-west of the island yesterday.

A source revealed they returned on behalf of the family so they could fully understand the geography of where Jay was found. They were seen today with their Belgian Malinois sniffer dog called Flex returning from a five hour trek deep into the gorge. The team from the Signi Zoekhonden charity said they are determined to make sure nothing is left in the valley that could help explain Jay’s death.

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They have also made a short film for Jay’s mother so that the family has a record of the location. The post-mortem examination confirmed that the multiple injuries Jay suffered were consistent with a fall from height but there are still other unanswered questions.

The team is led by veterinarian Esther van Neerbos who dedicates all her spare moment time searching for people who have gone missing and helping their families find closure. She revealed the dog flex indicated at a particular spot in the ravine which she described as very “difficult