Overview
- The boy did not return from a guided jet-ski excursion and was first reported missing late on Wednesday night, triggering a large multi-agency sea, air and land search.
- Rescue teams found the missing teen’s overturned jet-ski on Pals beach on Thursday and towed it to L’Estartit for inspection, but the boy himself has not been located.
- Bombers de la Generalitat scaled back and then stood down their active search role by Saturday, leaving the Guardia Civil to continue specialized maritime dives and investigative searches.
- Guardia Civil’s Policía Judicial has sealed the rental company’s fleet, taken witness statements and is seeking the minor’s mobile phone under court authorization as investigators probe inconsistent accounts and a delayed alert.
- Investigators are weighing preliminary theories such as running out of fuel or loss of a lifejacket leading to drowning, and authorities note Costa Brava currents can carry watercraft long distances which affected how the search area was reoriented.