The frightened grandmother of missing Brit Jay Slater has broken her silence for the first time and admitted she's 'terrified' by what might have happened to her beloved grandson.
June Duncan, who described Jay as a lovely boy, revealed that she's growing more worried as time goes on.
She said: 'The longer it goes on the more worrying it is. I'm just getting through each day at a time.'
Ms Duncan also compared the desperate scenes in Tenerfie to TV doctor Michael Moseley's disappearance and said she can't bear to think about what's happened to Jay.
The 19-year-old was reported missing on June 17 after he failed to return to the apartment he was sharing with friends in Tenerife, Spain following a night out.
June Duncan, 77, holding up a family photo of her missing grandson Jay. The desperate grandmother has compared his disappearance to TV doctor Michael Mosley's
Ms Duncan described Jay as a lovely boy and revealed that she's growing more worried as time goes on and the hunt continues
The frantic mother of missing teenager Jay Slater (pictured) flew out to Tenerife to help rescue efforts to find her son
The apprentice bricklayer was last heard from at 8.50am on Monday, after leaving arave with two British men to their isolated Air BnB apartment an hour away.
Before his disappearance, Jay messaged his friend Lucy Mae Law to say he was 19 miles away at an apartment in Masca, north west Tenerife and was trying to hike back but was in desperate need of water.
The teen from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire has not been seen since.
In her first interview since her grandson went missing, the worried grandmother toldLancsLivethat she is terrified.
She said: 'I watched all that on the news about [TV doctor] Michael Mosley and it's just so similar. It's hot out there in Tenerife and I just can't bear to think about what's happened to Jay, I'm terrified.'
Despite her fears she said she is trying to stay positive but admitted that she feels totally powerless.
Ms Duncan is being kept updated on any major developments in the search for Jayby her family.
The teenager's frantic mother Debbie Duncanand her eldest son Zak flew out to Tenerife after police knocked on the door of her home in the early hours of Tuesday.
Apprentice bricklayer Jay was last heard from at 8.50am on Monday when he phoned his friend to tell her he was lost
New footage of the missing teen has show him partying at a rave in Tenerife just hours before he disappeared
She hurriedly packed a bag and got on the first flight out of Manchester after an officer told her: 'I'd fly out there now if I was you.'
Speaking from her chalet on the outskirts of cl*theroe, Mr Slater's grandmother said her family are shielding her from the worst of the speculation surrounding his disappearance.
The 77-year-old said she hasn't been reading the news but can't escape it on the TV despite trying not to think about it too much.
Her son son Glen has now joined Jay's mother Debbie as the family continue desperately to search for the missing Brit.
Police are focusing their search on mountain range in Rural de Teno near the village of Masca and are treating the rescue operation as a missing personcase.
The isolated village is famously a dangerous area, where many rescue operations have been launched in the last few years.
Jay's devastated mother, school finance officer Debbie, said: 'If anyone does have him, just let him go, he's not a bad person, maybe he's got in with some strangers who've befriended him.
Jay was reported missing on June 17 after he failed to return to the apartment he was sharing with friends in Tenerife, Spain following a night out and he has not been seen since
The mountain range in Rural de Teno near the village of Masca where police are searching
'I'm not stupid, I've been to Tenerife before, I've worked abroad myself and I gave him warnings, I just think if anyone has got him let him go, he's not a bad person.'
Breaking down in tears, Debbie added: 'If he's got himself mixed up with any trouble, just let him go, just let him go, it's been three days, he's in the same clothes, if he's been dumped in the mountains it's hot in the day and cold at night.
'Jay is a brilliant person, everybody loves being in his company, he's bubbly and fun, he's such a lovely, beautiful boy. I just want my little baby home with me.
'He was supposed to fly home from Tenerife today, he should be on the flight now, coming home. I had the taxi booked and everything and now who knows where he is.
'I just don't know what to think, I'm all over the place and I'm trying to keep positive, has somebody taken him? Is he panicked and lost in the mountains? I just don't know, that's why if anyone has any information please just tell us.
'But if he is lost then why hasn't anyone seen him? It's busy with hikers and holidaymakers up there so if he was lost then someone would have seen him, so that's why I think maybe he's been bundled off somewhere.'
A search involving a helicopter, mountain rescue dogs and drones has so far discovered nothing, and Jay has been missing for four days with fears growing that he may have been abducted.
