This is the first picture of Ayub Abdul, the Briton who rented the £40-a-night Airbnb where missing teenager Jay Slater stayed just hours before he vanished. Ayub Abdul, who booked the holiday rental online, hosted Jay at the Casa Abuela Tina cottage in Tenerife on June 17.
Jay, who returned to the remote cottage at 5 am on the day he disappeared, left the property around 7:30 am to catch a bus back to his holiday apartment. A witness reported that Jay inquired about the next bus, and upon learning it wouldn’t arrive until 10 am, he seemingly decided to walk the 11-hour journey back to his accommodation.
Spanish police have already spoken to Mr. Abdul and his unnamed friend, both of whom have fully cooperated with the investigation. Despite their involvement, sources close to the inquiry have described the men as “irrelevant” to Jay’s disappearance.
Jay’s mother, Debbie Duncan, has expressed the family’s “pain and agony” over his disappearance, pleading for help in finding their “beautiful boy.” The family remains hopeful as the search continues. The men are understood to have met Jay, an apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, during the three-day New Rave Generation festival in Playa de las Americas.
Mr. Abdul booked the Casa Abuela Tina in the village of Masca, approximately 19 miles from Playa de las Americas, on June 14 for three nights and paid £120. The Airbnb booking was made at 15:48 on June 14, and within 90 minutes, the men were at the two-bedroom property, where Jay later sent two Snapchat images from.
One image showed him on the doorstep wrapped in a blanket and holding a cigarette, while the other depicted a view of the valley below the property. He then told friends he was going to try and walk back 11 hours after being told there was no bus for Playa de las Americas until 10 am and was last seen walking uphill in the wrong direction.
Last night, Jay Slater’s mother, Debbie Duncan, 55, issued an emotional plea saying, “Our beautiful boy had his whole life ahead of him.” The loving mother has been on the Spanish island since June 18, having flown out there a day after her son vanished.
In a statement issued by British overseas missing persons charity LBT Global, Debbie gave an insight into her son, calling him a “normal guy” who is a “very popular man with a large circle of friends.”
“We are a very close family and are absolutely devastated about his disappearance,” she said.