Spanish authorities are reportedly planning on holding a press conference regarding the disappearance of UK teenager Jay Slater.
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On June 17, Jay - from Lancashire in the UK - was reported missing following a concerning phone call to his friend after a night out.
The evening prior, the apprentice bricklayer had been attending the NRG music festival with his friends. However, rather than return to their shared accommodation, Jay opted to stay out with two British men in an Airbnb 19 miles from the venue.
The following morning, Jay called his friend Lucy Mae Law to say that his phone had just one percent battery life left and that he was about to begin a 10-hour walk back to where they were staying.
This was the last time he was heard from.
The search for Jay is now in its 10th day, and The Mirror has reported that the Spanish Civil Guard is planning on holding a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
No further details are being reported at this time, but the publication does state that authorities want to "try and appeal for any clues".
The Manchester Evening News has also reported that former UK detective Mark Williams-Thomashas also held a press conference in Tenerife.
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Following delays, Williams-Thomas spoke to the press about his brief time on the Canary island as he works to assist Jay's family in the search for their son.
"The family are very grateful for you to be hear," he told members of press on Wednesday afternoon. "They appreciate the press are a really important aspect of the story but they are reluctant to speak because they really want to work with Spanish police, and Spanish authorities and they have not sanctioned this. We have to respect that.
"Since I have been here and worked with the family, I have spent yesterday with them and the night before and they are very, very united family and they are very supportive and their one mission of course is to find out what happened to Jay.
"They still live with the hope that Jay will return and he is, not safe, but still alive."
The detective then turned his attention to the two British men Jay met on the night before his disappearance. "The family have provided me with an in-depth insight into what has happened in the hours leading up to his disappearance," Williams-Thomas said.
"I have, to date, not been able to speak to a large group of witnesses. But there are two key people to date that I have not spoken to.
"These are the two men that took Jay back to the holiday rental in the hills. Those two men have spoken to the police and they are now back in the UK."
Williams-Thomas - who has become known for his detective work on high-profile disappearances cases - has flown out to Tenerife to aid Jay's family with the search for their son.
In a tweet shared in the early hours, of Wednesday morning, the former cop wrote: "Been another very long day - just finishing for today.
"The last 24 hours has enabled me to spend time with Jay Slater’s family & friends and track down and speak in detail to crucial witnesses. I still have a number of crucial people to speak to and over the next few days will be making appeals for information to help support the Spanish police investigation & further my investigation."
The detective then shared a photo of the outside the farmhouse Airbnb where Jay spent several hours before disappearing.
News of the press conference comes after the Spanish Civil Guard took to social media to share footage of teams searching for Jay. Check it out below:
The search effort is currently focused on village of Masca near the Rural de Teno Park, a mountainous area on the western tip of the island where Jay's phone was last tracked.
This village, situated at an altitude of 650 meters and home to around 90 residents, is where Slater was last known to be, per Sky News.
Footage released by Spanish police shows a helicopter scouring the rugged terrain, with search teams on foot accompanied by sniffer dogs.
The teams can be seen entering wooded areas and navigating the mountainous region. In one clip, an officer uses binoculars in an attempt to spot any signs of the missing teen.
The 35-second montage of clips was posted on the Guardia Civil's account on the X social media platform, along with the caption: "We continue with the search for the young British man who disappeared in Tenerife
“Different civil guard units from the area participate, joined by agents with their dogs specialized in searching for people from #Madrid.”
The footage was shared just before 8:00PM on Tuesday (June 25).
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