“If anyone has Jacqueline, just let her come home”

PALMA
THE worried family of missing British resort representative Jacqueline Tennant admitted yesterday that they “have not got a clue” as to what happened to the 45-year-old when she went hiking in Majorca on October 8 but they told the Bulletin yesterday that, “if anyone is holding her, just let her go, we're not looking to press charges, we just want her to come home.” Jacqueline's sister Maxine, niece Lakeita and her husband Damian Barrett, flew in from New York last weekend to cover for Jacqueline's other sister Monique who flew back to London from Majorca to look for clues at the family home in the UK. This week, the three have been in daily contact with the British Consul and trying to map out mountains Jacqueline had yet to climb from a list of places “to see” found in her diary. The main stumbling block is that no one knew where Jacqueline went on her day off. All there is is a mobile phone call she received and both the family and Guardia Civil are waiting for Movistar to comply with the Inca court order they have been served to trace the call and the signal from Jacqueline's mobile which finally went dead on October 10. Yesterday morning, Damian, Maxine and Lakeita were out with a Guardia Civil search and rescue team combing the Son Marti mountain to the back of Alcudia. Based on the fact that Jacqueline had breakfast at the Can Picafort hotel where she worked at 9am and used public transport to get around and, according to the person who called her on the phone between midday and 1pm, was nearing the summit where there was a “spectacular view”, the Guardia Civil believe Jacqueline could not have gone too far from Can Picafort. The family yesterday paid tribute to the great work the Guardia Civil are doing despite not having the vital information from the phone company. The Guardia also put a helicopter up to search the Formentor cliffs and mountains. In response to yesterday's article in the Bulletin, search and rescue dog handler Andrew Calou contacted the British Consulate to offer the services of himself and his dogs and the family plan to continue cracking up the pressure on the search until missing Jacqueline is found. “We're traveling the island, putting up posters and finding everyone is so friendly. We're pleading for people to help, keep their eyes open and report anything to the police. Anything could have happened to Jacqueline but her family is not leaving the island until we find out,” said Damian yesterday.