Jay Slater's family has been left 'heartbroken' and desperate for answers after Tenerife police called off their search for the missing teenager.
The 19-year-old was on holiday in the Canary Islands with friends, attending a music festival, when he went missing last Monday (June 17).
The bricklaying apprentice from Lancashire was facing an 11-hour walk, and a dead mobile phone, having missed the bus back to where he was staying.
With the remaining one percent of battery he had, he called one of the friends he was on holiday with, saying he was lost, thirsty and injured.
He has not been heard from since and search parties have been scouring Rural de Teno Park, an area popular with hikers thought to be his last known location based on the last data provided by his phone before the battery died.
But today, the Spanish Civil Guard announced that the search for Jay was being called off. They said the case would remain open and the investigation would continue, but there would not be an active search for the missing teen.
The decision to call off the search has left Jay's parents and family "heartbroken and devastated", a family source told the Sun today.
They said parents Debbie, Warren and brother Zak - who are all still in Tenerife - are feeling a "sense of bewilderment".
His family were said to be "dreading" waking up to the search being called off as the source called it a "nightmare scenario".
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The devastated family is still yet to get any answers on what happened to the 19-year-old - who has not been seen or heard from since June 17.
They were left "blindsided" by the speed at which the decision to end the search was made.
But close family friend Rachel Hargreaves, who has joined them in Tenerife, said: "Nothing has changed. We will continue to search for him."
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