'When the police said 'the best thing you can do is get yourself out there' we knew it was bad'
The step-dad of teenager Jay Slater, who has gone missing in Tenerife, has described the moment police knocked on the door and suggested they get on the first flight out.
The next morning, at around 8.15am, Lucy received a call from Jay in which he said he had missed a bus back but was going to make the 11-hour walk back to their resort.Jay only had one per cent battery left on his phone and his mobile died with his last known location showing him in 'the middle of the mountains'. Less than 24 hours later officers from Lancashire Constabulary were knocking on his mum Debbie's home, in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.
"It was about 2.30am in the early hours," Andy, 63, said. "When the police said 'the best thing you can do is get yourself out there' we knew it was bad. This was his first holiday on his own. I'm just hoping he's gone to another party." "She said she'll make contact with the consular office and then ring me but I've not heard anything yet," Andy said..
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