"I just think he's being held against his will," Duncan said. "He's not a stupid lad. He wouldn't have gone walking down bloody mountains.
"There's a road there with tourists and buses and properties, He's not that daft."
Jay Slater was last heard from on Monday morning, when he called his friend to say he was lost and had little phone battery.
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Speaking from near Rural de Teno park in northwest Tenerife, Lucy Mae said: "Jay's not stupid, it was just before 9 o’clock in the morning when he rang me so broad daylight and the area he was in is full of hikers.
A close friend of Jay Slater is growing increasingly concerned for the teenager's safety - and admitted police in Tenerife are keeping an "open mind" about what may have happened
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Trying to hold back her emotions, Lucy recounted today where Jay was last known to be. "He was in the mountains but it was just off a main road so this is what I don't understand. He's not stupid, in my mind he's not going to go off a main path and down a sheer drop or cliffs unless he's been forced down by someone who could have been following him."
Lucy Mae was on holiday with Jay Slater
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"And he's not a stupid boy - he's got some nous about him.
"If he saw someone, the first thing he would do is say 'I need to ring my mum' - I know that for a fact. He would never ever have his mum worrying like this.
"If he saw someone, the first thing he would do is say 'I need to ring my mum' - I know that for a fact," a friend of Jay Slater tells Sky News.
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“As soon as I drove up there I knew he wasn’t going to [go off the road]. He’s not stupid. When I saw the police officers I asked them seriously, ‘Would you like to get off the road?’ So I think that woke them up a little bit.”
The family of missing teenager Jay Slater has released CCTV footage showing a possible sighting of him in Tenerife.
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"He's not stupid. If he didn't have a room key he could have gone to reception for a replacement."
Missing teen Jay from Lancashire vanished without a trace three weeks ago while on holiday in Tenerife.
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