Tributes are continuing to pour in for Jay Slater after his body was discovered in a ravine in Tenerife. The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, went missing on the Spanish island on June 17. He had travelled to a remote Airbnb in the mountains on the north of the island with two men after a rave in Playa de las America.
The teenager had posted a Snapchat video of himself at the Casa Abuela Tina property, near the village of Masca, shortly before making his last phone call to his pal Lucy Law. He said he was in the middle of nowhere and was trying to get home with no water and 1 per cent on his phone battery. READ NEXT: Search expert's verdict on why Jay Slater may have ventured into perilous Tenerife ravine He sent his phone location from the mountains and this was the last anyone heard from him.
On Monday morning (July 15), after a gruelling four-week search, members of a mountain rescue team from the Spanish Civil Guard discovered a body in a treacherous gorge. Yesterday (July 16), a Spanish court confirmed the body had been identified as Jay using fingerprint technology. A spokesman for the court said the post-mortem examination report determined that the injuries he sustained were consistent with an accidental fall.
In the wake of the tragic discovery, Jay's mum Debbie Duncan issued a statement through charity LBT Global. She said: "I just can’t believe it – we’re here with the embassy staff waiting for an update and now it’s come – the worst news." Ja.
