{"id":79015,"date":"2024-06-22T21:40:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T21:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/22\/jay-slater-missing-teenagers-father-and-brother-make-emotional-pleas-for-his-safe-return\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T21:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T21:40:09","slug":"jay-slater-missing-teenagers-father-and-brother-make-emotional-pleas-for-his-safe-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/22\/jay-slater-missing-teenagers-father-and-brother-make-emotional-pleas-for-his-safe-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Slater: Missing teenager’s father and brother make emotional pleas for his safe return"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The father and brother of Jay Slater, the British teenager missing in Tenerife since Monday, have made emotional pleas for his safe return.<\/p>\n

Warren Slater, the 19-year-old’s father, told Sky News he is “just hoping that somebody has helped him off this mountain”.<\/p>\n

He added: “That’s all I want, that somebody has helped him get off this mountain. I just want him back and that’s it. He’s my son.”<\/p>\n

His voice cracking, Mr Slater said the last few days have been “a nightmare, just a nightmare”.<\/p>\n

Struggling to control his emotions, he then walked away from the camera as he repeated: “I just want him back and that’s it.”<\/p>\n

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Mr Slater’s brother, Zak Slater, echoed those words, saying: “We don’t know where he is, what’s happened, or anything. I don’t know what to say. We just want him to come home safe.”<\/p>\n

He also became emotional as he said: “I just wish he’d come home.”<\/p>\n

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The pair have gone to Tenerife<\/a><\/strong> to help search for Jay, who was holidaying with friends before he disappeared<\/strong><\/a>. He had been at the NRG music festival with two friends on Sunday.<\/p>\n

He was last heard from just after 8am on Monday, when he called his friend Lucy Law to say he was setting off to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus.<\/p>\n

It’s not clear whether he realised the journey could take as much as 11 hours.<\/p>\n

Ms Law said he told her he was lost, in need of water, and only had 1% charge on his phone.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, the sixth day of the search<\/a><\/strong>, police, rescue dogs and firefighters reconvened at Rural de Teno Park, the last location logged by Mr Slater’s phone.<\/p>\n

Mr Slater is from the Lancashire town of Oswaldtwistle, where specialist officers are continuing to support his family, Lancashire Constabulary said.<\/p>\n

The force added it had made “an offer of support to the Guardia Civil to see if they need any additional resources”, which was rejected by Spanish authorities.<\/p>\n

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The apprentice bricklayer’s mother, who is also on the island, the largest in the Canary Islands, also made a direct plea to her missing son, saying: “We just need you home.”<\/p>\n

Debbie Duncan said she has “not slept” since he disappeared.<\/p>\n

Asked how the family was coping with the situation, she said: “We’re not. I’m not coping very well at all. I’ve not slept, I’m exhausted. It’s been awful. I can’t give up on him, I just can’t.”<\/p>\n

Read more:
Jay Slater’s last known movements<\/a>
Missing teen ‘had cut his leg and didn’t know where he was’<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Asked by the Press Association if her head was spinning from the past few days, she said: “It is, it is.<\/p>\n

“People say: ‘Yeah, I understand’ – no, you don’t, you don’t understand.”<\/p>\n

Speaking about what message she would have for her son, Ms Duncan added: “We just need you home – we just need him home.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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