Jay Slater missing – latest: Family urged to use GoFundMe to carry on search as TikToker uncovers ‘new clue’

Jay Slater’s family have been urged to use donations to hire “experts” to continue the search for the missing 19-year-old.

Spanish police said the hunt for the 19-year-old from Lancashire had ended with the case remaining open on Sunday as the gruelling search entered its thirteenth day.

His family have vowed to carry on looking for him despite authorities bringing the search to an abrupt end.

TV detective Mark Williams-Thomas, who worked on the Nicola Bulley case, flew out to conduct his own investigation and has urged the family to use some of the £46,000 raised to help continue the search.

He wrote on X: “In light of the police search ending. I have suggested the family should use the GoFundMe money to continue the search using experts in searching.”

It comes as an amateur TikTok sleuth claimed to be following an unofficial “new clue” while authorities reigned in their efforts.

TikTok climber Paul Arnott, who has been searching for Jay in Tenerife, said that a pair of sunglasses similar to the ones Jay was last seen wearing had been found close to where his mobile phone last pinged.

He told MailOnline: “There have been some new developments and these sunglasses could be key.”