New statement in missing Jay Slater search as friends in Tenerife 'drained beyond words'

The loved ones of a British teenager who is missing in Tenerife said they are 'drained beyond words' as a desperate search for him continues.

Jay Slater has been missing on the Spanish island since Monday morning (June 17). The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, had flown to the Canary Islands with two friends to attend the NRG music festival, but failed to return to their accommodation in Los Cristianos on Sunday evening after going to stay in an apartment with people he had met.

His friend Lucy Mae Law last heard from him at around 8am on Monday morning when he called her to say his phone was going to die and that he needed water as was walking in 'the middle of nowhere'. His phone location was last tracked in the Rural de Teno Park, close to the village of Masca.

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A huge search has been ongoing on the island for the teenager in the days since his disappearance. As the night drew in last night (Thursday), at the end of the fourth day of searching, Rach Louise Harg, who is sharing updates in the 'Jay Slater missing' Facebook group on behalf of his loved ones, said there was 'no update'.

She said his family and friends were 'drained beyond words' and in a 'living nightmare'. In the post, she said: "There isn’t an update for anyone unfortunately.

"Struggling to find words at this time but all I can say is we are looking still and everyone is doing all they can!! We are drained beyond words I just can’t say no more I wish I could I wish this would end now this living nightmare SEARCHES are on going and we remain positive.

"If anyone as not got anything positive to say don’t even bother now just go away honestly. Thanks to you all