Jay Slater’s dad has said police have left him and his family in the dark over the hunt for the missing teen – as they shared what they hope is a new image of him.
Warren Slater, the 19-year-old’s father, said that while some officers had been “brilliant”, he had been left frustrated at the lack of communication from others.
Speaking to media, he said: “Nobody’s told us. The mountain police [have been] brilliant… but I don’t know how the other police [force] works.
“They could be doing everything but if they are doing [something], they’re not telling us what they’re doing, if you understand what I’m saying.”
Mr Slater, from Oswaldtwistle near Blackburn in Lancashire, has been missing in Tenerife since the morning of Monday 17 June.
He had been on a holiday with friends and was last heard from just after 8am that day, when he called his friend Lucy Law to say he was setting off to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus.
It comes as his family shared a blurry image of what they believe could be the missing teenager captured on CCTV in a nearby town ten hours after he was first reported missing.
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Warren Slater speaking to the media earlier today
Sky News has not been able to verify the source of the picture.
The sighting has not been confirmed by Spanish police but the family are pinning their hopes that it may help bring their son home.