Breaking – Body found in Tenerife identified as Jay Slater
The Canary Islands Higher Court of Justice has confirmed the body found in Tenerife yesterday has been identified as the missing 19-year-old British teenager Jay Slater.
His death was caused “by trauma consistent with a fall in a rocky area”, the court adds
“We have a positive identification and more data: fingerprint tests show that the body is that of Jay Slater and that the death was caused by trauma consistent with a fall in a rocky area,” the statement reads.
Yesterday, Spanish police found human remains as part of their search.
What happened to Jay Slater?
Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, was in Tenerife to attend the NRG music festival in the tourist hotspot of Playa de las Americas.
He has not been heard from since the morning of 17 June, when he called friends to say he was lost in a mountainous area and had 1% battery on his phone.
In the early hours of the same day, he reportedly entered a car with two British men he had met during the course of the holiday.
He is believed to have ended up at an Airbnb rental in Masca, a tiny settlement in a rural national park, about 40 minutes drive north from his accommodation.
His friends, Brad Hargreaves and Lucy Law, said they spoke to him between 07:30 and 08:50 BST that morning, when he said he had missed a bus and was attempting to walk back.
Spanish police called off the land search for the apprentice bricklayer at the end of June after helicopters, drones and search dogs were deployed to find him, but said the investigation into his disappearance continued.
They said in their statement today they had carried out an “incessant and discreet” search over the past 29 days.
Source: BBC News
