FORENSIC cops in Tenerife today searched the Airbnb apartment where Jay Slater stayed with two men hours before he vanished.
Detectives spent two hours searching the remote holiday let in Rural de Teno park, northwest Tenerife.
Doug SeeburgTwo plain-clothed officers went to the Airbnb today[/caption]
Jay has been missing for two weeksSolarpix
Inside the Airbnb Jay went to with two men
SnapchatJay’s final Snapchat showed a cigarette in a hand[/caption]
After going to a rave in Playa de las Americas, apprentice bricklayer Jay headed to Masca with two British men in the early hours
The 19-year-old, from Lancashire, shared a final Snapchat from their Airbnb of a hand holding a cigarette at 7.30am.
Jay then tried to make his way back to his holiday accommodation – an 11-hour walk away.
But at around 8.50am he made a final frantic call to friend Lucy, telling her he was lost in the “middle of nowhere” with no water and had just one per cent battery on his phone.
It sparked a major search for the teen involving drones, sniffer dogs and helicopters.
But after almost two weeks, cops dramatically called off the search on Sunday.
Yet today, two plain-clothed officers wearing blue forensic style shoe coverings were sent to scan the £40-a-night two-bedroom cottage called Casa Abuela Tina for clues.
The owner of the Airbnb where the men stayed said she has given all the information she had to the police.
Ofelia Hernandez, who owns the holiday let, revealed they were friendly, booked several days at the cottage, and spent a lot of time inside the property.
She said she saw Jay walking off on his own uphill in the vast mountainous area near Masca.
Ophelia told MEN: “It’s dangerous walking around here, it’s easy to lose yourself. He walked up the road when I saw him for the last time.
“He was alone. He was walking normally, though he was fast.”
Investigators said the two mystery Brits Jay partied with at the Airbnb were “not relevant” to their probe.
So a renewed interest in the flat which Jay left at around 8am on June 17 is an interesting development and raises further questions over the direction of the police probe.
On Monday a Spanish judge revealed there is “no current evidence of criminality” in the case.
Many believed Jay could have been kidnapped or murdered by a criminal gang in the mountains.
But investigating judge Maria Goya, who is being kept informed of developments by police, was told by the Civil Guard that nothing that points to Jay being the victim of a crime.
The remote holiday let in Rural de Teno park is called Casa Abuela Tina
Doug SeeburgEmergency workers and volunteers searched for Jay together on Saturday[/caption]
Jay’s devastated family were left “blindsided” on Sunday when cops abruptly axed the search on Sunday.
His loved ones said they felt “left in the dark” over what will now happen with the investigation.
Jay’s mum Debbie and dad Warren Slater yesterday begged police not to give up looking for their son during a crunch talk.
Debbie said she is “trying to remain positive” despite no trace of Jay being found.
She told Good Morning Britain that she doesn’t want his case “to lose momentum”.
Distraught Debbie also said it is “important to keep the world watching” despite police ditching the search.
She said she was aware, however, of vile conspiracy theories being peddled shamelessly on social media.
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