A body has been found by Spanish police searching for missing teenager Jay Slater, it has been reported. The 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in England has been missing since the middle of June after disappearing on the Spanish island of Tenerife. He was last seen setting off to walk back to his accommodation after attending a music festival on the island on June 17.
At 8.30am on 17 June he called his friend Lucy Law , telling her he had missed a bus, his phone battery was on 1%, and he had cut his leg on a cactus. Sky News has now reported that Spanish Rescue teams found human remains in the area he went missing.
Early investigation suggests the death could have been the result of an accident or fall in an ‘inaccessible area’ in the village of Masca. They say ‘all indications’ point to the human remains being Jay Slater. A statement given to Sky News by Spanish Police read: “The Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group of the Civil Guard has located the lifeless body of a young man in the Masca area after 29 days of constant search," the statement says.
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