Jay Slater Tenerife search latest as specialist finds 'new clue' in hunt for missing teen

A specialist in Tenerife claims to have found a 'new clue' in the quest to find missing teenager Jay Slater. The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, vanished on June 17 after leaving a rural Airbnb rental in Masca.

A former serviceman who is helping volunteer search groups has allegedly found the unexpected 'clue', after stumbling across a pair of sunglasses with one lens missing, and and has speculated about the unsettling reasons why search parties may have missed the teenager.

It's now been more than three weeks since the 19-year-old disappeared on the Spanish island after spending the night partying with friends.

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The official search was called off after an almost two-week-long hunt in Parque Rural de Teno near the village of Masca in Tenerife. Since then, Jay's devastated family including his mother Debbie Duncan, father Warren Slater and older brother Zak, have been largely reliant on the help of skilled volunteers to continue the search.

They are being supported by experienced professionals, including volunteer Christopher Pennington, a former serviceman in the British military who traded the UK for Tenerife in 2006.

Chris, now working in property development, expressed his disbelief when the official search was called off, reports the Mirror. He blasted the law enforcement officials for purely 'sticking to the paths', hypothesising that Jay followed the same route, claiming that the area has 'not been searched properly'.

While navigating the demanding terrain of Parque Rural de Teno, where continuous efforts have been focussed since the apprentice bricklayer went missing, Chris claims to have come across a fresh