Missing Jay Slater: Chilling new theory he 'may be alive after boarding yacht in Tenerife'

A new Jay Slater theory has emerged which suggests the missing 19-year-old may have boarded a yacht in Tenerife. Jay went missing on the Spanish island on the morning of June 17, with the hunt for the Lancashire teen now entering its fourth week.

The teenager is understood to have attended a rave at Papagayo nightclub in Playa de las Americas the night before he vanished with pals. He left the club with two British men, one named Ayub Qassim, 31, known by the nickname 'Johnny Vegas', and an unnamed second man, to head to their Airbnb rental near the remote village of Masca on the north of the island.

Jay left the Airbnb on the Monday morning and has not been seen since. At around 8.30am the of his disappearance, Jay called Lucy to say he was in the middle of nowhere and was trying to get home with no water and 1 per cent on his phone battery. Most of the search efforts have focused on an area in the Rural de Teno Park where his phone last pinged.

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A new theory states the 19-year-old Jay threw his phone into the bushes in order to avoid being found and could have then made his way down the nearby Los Gigantes cliffs via a safe route to a nearby jetty. Jay may have boarded a waiting boat and skipped the island, the theory adds, the Sun newspaper reported.

Local guide Tami informed the Mail that there is a well-trodden path from Masca - near the Airbnb where Jay stayed - which takes you down to a secluded beach. The Mail reports that Jay's phone was found in Playa Juan Lopez, a very secluded beach.

And a 14ft yacht named Maruba was recorded sailing past Masca beach around the time of Jay's disappearance. The boat mysteriously then vanished from