Police searching for missing teen Jay Slater believe they have "evidence" to show how the Brit died after a body was discovered in Tenerife . Human remains have been found in the search for the teenager who disappeared in Tenerife while holidaying with friends, according to Spanish authorities. The tragic discovery was made on Monday morning by Civil Guard officers from the mountain rescue division, with evidence so far indicating he had died "due to an accidental fall in the rough and inaccessible area where he was found".
Authorities issued the major update bringing an end to the four-week search for the missing 19-year-old, who vanished on Monday, June 17. Jay, an apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, had been on the island with two friends for a three-day music festival. The three pals were out on the Sunday night before before Jay separated from the group, leaving a rave by car with two British men he had befriended on a bar strip.
The teen travelled back with them to an Airbnb in the remote village of Masca, before trying to head back on foot when there were no buses, calling a friend to say he was lost and had only 1% battery on his phone. A spokesman for the Civil Guard said today (Monday): “After 29 constant days of searching the lifeless body of the young man has been found in the Masca area. The discovery has been possible thanks to the tireless and discreet search carried out by the Civil Guard over these 29 days.
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