A body has tragically been found in the hunt for missing British teenager Jay Slater – who vanished on the Spanish island of Tenerife almost a month ago.
The 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer was last seen on the morning of June 17.
WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND?
Although Spanish police are awaiting full identification, they say that ‘everything is pointing to it being a young British man’ who could have ‘suffered an accident or fall in the inaccessible area where he was found’.
Possessions and clothes belonging to the teenager were found alongside the body, missing persons charity LBT Global revealed.
They said the body was found close to to the last known location where Jay’s mobile pinged near the remote village of Masca, north-west Tenerife.
STORY OF JAY SLATER
Jay was partying with friends on the last night of the three-day NRG music festival in the Playa de Las Americas party resort before going back to a £40-a-night Airbnb in Masca – around an hour’s drive away – with two older British men he met out there.
After leaving the Airbnb at around 8am, Jay started trying to walk back to his accommodation in the southern part of the island, which would have taken around 11 hours on foot.
The teenager then called a friend to say he was lost, severely dehydrated and only had one per cent battery on his phone.
His disappearance, which has sparked wild conspiracy theories online from cruel trolls, led to a huge search and rescue mission, with Spanish police scouring the mountainous landscape around the Rural de Teno national park in Masca.
