EXCLUSIVE Jay Slater's family are 'absolutely broken' after discovery of a body in mountainous area suggests teenager 'was killed instantly after falling from a height' - as Civil Guard reveal they continued 'discreet search' away from 'curious onlookers' Follow MailOnline's live blog for the latest Jay Slater updates here Why this tragic Jay Slater find raises more questions than it answers. Read here By Nick Pisa and Arthur Parashar Published: 09:02, 16 July 2024 | Updated: 10:08, 16 July 2024 e-mail 44 shares 118 View comments Jay Slater's 'absolutely broken' family believes he was 'killed instantly after falling from height' - after a body was discovered in a mountainous area of Tenerife yesterday. The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, vanished following a night out on the Spanish island on June 17, prompting a huge search operation involving police, volunteers and family members which spanned almost a month.
On Monday morning, the Spanish Civil Guard tragically discovered a body with the apprentice bricklayer's possessions and clothing, near to where his phone last pinged. Formal identification is yet to take place, but officers - who found the body after continuing a 'discreet search' away from 'curious onlookers' - say that 'everything is pointing to it being' the missing teen. Amid questions over how a body was missed for 29 days, Jay's family now say they can 'appreciate the remoteness' of the area and say he 'would most likely have been killed instantly.
