Specialist search dogs have been flown in from Madrid to join the search for Jay Slater, it has been revealed.
The 19-year-old was reported missing on Monday, June 17, after failing to return to his accommodation in Tenerife.
According to reports, Slater left the NRG music festival at 5:00AM and headed to Masca - a rural village 19 miles away from the venue - with two British men he'd met that night.
He shared a Snapchat image that showed him at a farmhouse Airbnb at around 7:30AM and then called his friend Lucy Mae Law at 8:15AM to tell her that he was lost, thirsty and that his phone battery was critically low.
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Slater also told Lucy he was going to attempt to walk back to their shared accommodation - a journey that would take roughly 10 hours.
After their phone call, his phone battery died, with his last tracked location being in the Rural de Teno Park, a popular hiking area.
Police hunting for Slater have revealed that officers from Madrid landed on the Spanish island with scent dogs who specialize in searching for people "over large swathes of land," per Daily Mail.
A spokesman for the force said: “In addition today several dog trainers and their expert dogs who have transferred from Madrid have joined the search," as cited by The Sun.
“These dogs are specifically trained in searching for people over large swathes of land," they continued. “The difference is that specialization in large expanses of land.
“The dogs that were already taking place in the operation were trained for searches in smaller areas," he concluded.
The force confirmed that the search operation involving mountain rescue experts, scent dogs, a helicopter, and drones was currently limited to the municipality of Buenavista del Norte, which Masca forms part of.
The number of reinforcements that have been brought in has not been disclosed.
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As the search for Slater enters its second week, details about the teen's past have emerged on social media.
It has been reported by The Independent that Slater was one of eight people involved in a brutal 2021 assault on Tom Hilton, who was 17 at the time, in Rishton, Lancashire.
The group of teens - with the youngest being 14 - used a machete, golf clubs, and an axe in the brutal attack. The victim ended up sustaining a split skull, exposed bone, and deep wounds to his shoulders and legs.
While some online users have labeled Slater's disappearance as "karma," Hilton has spoken out in a now-deleted post, writing: "Whoever is writing on these TikToks, give it a rest.
"This young lad's missing and his family's heartbroken. Put yourself in their shoes," the now-19-year-old said. "Stop talking nonsense on social and get this lad found, mentioning my name all this and that.
"Have some respect and help find this boy and get him back to his family," he added.
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