The body of missing British teenager Jay Slater, 19, was discovered in a remote area of Tenerife, Spain a month after he went missing. A Civil Guard mountain rescue group found Slater on the morning of Jul. 15 after a 29-day search.
Slater is believed to have suffered an accidental fall. Spanish authorities said his death was due to "multiple traumas compatible with a fall in the mountainous area", Reuters reported. Slater was reported missing on Jun.
17 after attending the New Rave Generation Festival (NRG) at Tenerife with two friends. This was reportedly his first overseas trip without his parents. One of the friends he attended the festival with, Lucy, set up a GoFundMe after discovering his disappearance.
Lucky explained that she had left the festival earlier as she was tired. She had woken up to a phone call from Slater in the morning telling her that he was lost in the mountains and was not aware of his surroundings. He also told her that he "desperately needed a drink" and that his phone was at 1 per cent battery life.
Slater had apparently left the previous night to follow two people he met at the festival to their Airbnb place. "Their apartment was miles away from civilisation and in a very secluded location," Lucy wrote. His last known location was on an off-road track, which was a 10-hour walk from his accommodation, she added.
His phone was last traced to the Masca ravine in a remote national park on the Canary Islands archipelago, Reuters reported. Lucy also sai.