Jay Slater‘s final cause of death has been revealed following a post-mortem after his body was returned to Britain.
The body of the 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, who died on June 17, was returned to the UK last week.
OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH
A post-mortem examination found he died of traumatic head injuries, consistent with a fall from height. His death would have been instantaneous.
Mr Slater attended the NRG music festival with two friends before his disappearance, and his last known location was the Rural de Teno Park in the north of the Canary Island, which was about an 11-hour walk from his accommodation.
WHAT HAPPENED TO JAY SLATER?
He had travelled to an Airbnb in Masca after a night out but the two men said to have rented the property were later ruled ‘not relevant’ to the case.
The Spanish Civil Guard said Mr Slater could have fallen in the steep and inaccessible area where he was discovered.
It had said that the results of the preliminary autopsy pointed to his cause of death being, ‘a fall or plunge from height due to the broken bones he suffered’.
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A ‘celebration of life service’ is to take place at Accrington Cemetery Chapel prior to interment.
Floral tributes will come from the family but ‘if anyone would like to bring a single rose to place with Jay, they are more than welcome’, his relatives said in a statement issued through LBT Global.
Well-wishers who attend his funeral on August 10 have also been asked to wear something blue in his memory.
