Jay Slater ’s family are set to take the dead 19-year-old’s body home with them from Tenerife, someone working closely with the family has revealed. Matt Searle, the boss of the overseas missing persons charity LGB Global, revealed that Jay’s mum and dad, Debbie Duncan and Warren Slater, are making repatriation and funeral plans for their son - whose body was discovered on Monday morning (July 15). Jay had been missing since June 17 and is believed to have suffered a sharp "fall from height" before dying of his injuries, according to Spanish police.
Searle told the BBC that Debbie said she would "fall apart" if she is "not doing something", after the family spent a month in Tenerife desperately searching for their beloved son. Footage released by Spanish authorities on Monday showed rescue workers using a helicopter to winch down a rescuer into the "inaccessible" ravine where Jay’s body was discovered. READ MORE - Jay Slater: Cafe manager warns of 'something very strange' in tragic case READ MORE - Briton Jay Slater's body being found has everyone asking the same question Jay was found around a 20-minute walk away from where his phone last pinged on the morning of June 17, the Slaters' family detective revealed exclusively to The Mirror .
The Canary Islands High Court of Justice said the death was caused by "trauma consistent with a fall in a rocky area", with officials adding that the body was "very deteriorated" and had several broken bones. Distraught mum Debbie, 5.
