A desperate search is underway for a British dad who vanished on holiday in Tenerife just days after he FaceTimed his family.
Paul Wrigglesworth, 60, was last heard from on December 16 when he made a video call from the Big Ben pub in Avenida Juan Carlos.
The father’s mobile phone has mysteriously been offline since December 22, with his family members, including his son Mark, now concerned that he could be sleeping rough on the beach or in caves.
Wrigglesworth arrived on the party island at the end of November and has now been reported missing.
‘Anyone with any news about my dad, good or bad, please get in touch,’ Mark said.
Following the disappearance, an appeal has also been launched by local missing persons Facebook group, Missing Persons Tenerife.
The appeal, posted on December 29, reads: ‘British tourist Paul Wrigglesworth, who is 60, has been missing from Los Cristianos since around 16th December 2024 when he was last in contact with his family by Facetime from the Big Ben pub in Avenida Juan Carlos 1.
‘He arrived in Tenerife around the end of November. His phone has been offline since before 22nd December, and he has said that he no longer has his passport.
Paul Wrigglesworth, 60, was last heard from on December 16 when he made a FaceTime call to his family
The father made the video call from The Big Ben Pub in Avenida Juan Carlos
Following the disappearance, an appeal has also been launched by local missing persons Facebook group, Missing Persons Tenerife
‘Paul may be in a vulnerable situation and sleeping rough, possibly on a beach or in caves.
‘If you believe you have seen him, you can contact Missing Persons Tenerife by Messenger or email us on [email protected]’.
MailOnline has approached the Foreign Office for comment.
It comes after a British electrician went missing in Tenerife for four days last month after his phone battery died.
Kris Finney, from Ramsbottom in Greater Manchester, jetted off to the Canary Island to meet up with friends but never made it to the gathering.
Luckily, four days later, Finney was found safe after the FCDO liaised with local police in Tenerife and the British Consulate contacted various hospitals on the island.
Earlier this year, British teen Jay Slater also disappeared in Tenerife in June after trying to walk back to his accommodation following a music festival in Playa De Las Américas.
A month-long search involving police, mountain rescue teams, volunteers, and Slater’s family and friends took place as authorities scrambled to locate him.
But tragically, Slater’s body was found by a Spanish Civil Guard mountain rescue team in a ravine near the village of Masca on July 15.
Officials said his death was caused by trauma consistent with a fall.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
