The 19-year-old disappeared on June 17 near Buenavista del Norte, after travelling there with two men he had met at a festival around 27 miles further south on the island.
The apprentice bricklayer was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with shorts and trainers, and his phone shows his last location as the Rural de Teno park at 8.50am that Monday morning.
Despite the efforts of mountain rescue teams, the Guardia Civil and volunteers, no trace of the Lancashire teenager has been found in the mountain region. Mr Slater’s family, however, have not given up and vowed to continue their own search for him.
The case captured the attention of the nation, with volunteers flying to the island and thousands donating to a fundraiser set up for Mr Slater’s family.
Mr Slater attended the NRG music festival in Playa de las Americas with two friends before his disappearance, and had travelled to an Airbnb in Masca during the early hours of the morning with two older men who were renting the property. A police spokesperson later said they had been ruled “not relevant” to the case.
The last person to speak to Jay was his friend Lucy Law, who described a frantic phone call with him. She said he told her he was “lost in the mountains, he wasn’t aware of his surroundings, he desperately needed a drink and his phone was on 1 per cent”.
Ms Law set up a GoFundMe appeal titled “Get Jay Slater Home”, which had raised more than £46,000 as the police search came to an end.
