Body found in area where Jay Slater went missing in Tenerife | Spain

Rescue groups on the Spanish island of Tenerife have found the physique of a younger man within the space the place the British teenager Jay Slater disappeared.

In a press release, Spain’s nationwide police power, the Guardia Civil, stated rescuers had discovered stays.

Slater, 19, an apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, went lacking after attending a music competition on the island 4 weeks in the past. He was final seen strolling alone within the Rural de Teno nationwide park, a rugged and distant space on the other facet of the island to the vacation resort the place he had been staying with associates.

The assertion stated: “Guardia Civil brokers belonging to Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group positioned on this morning the lifeless physique of a younger man within the Masca space, belonging to the municipality of Buenavista del Norte.”

It went on to counsel the individual “might have died on account of [an] unintentional fall on the cliff and inaccessible space the place [the body] had been discovered”.

Spanish police stated that for 29 days, totally different items of the Guardia Civil had run a “fixed search … to search for the younger man every single day within the space of ​​Masca” and would await the outcomes of an post-mortem to verify the reason for demise.

A search and rescue operation was launched on the island after Slater was reported lacking on 17 June. The police in Spain stated they have been cutting down the search two weeks later however the case remained open.

Volunteer rescuers had continued to search for {the teenager}, with some Britons flying out to assist. Police had beforehand used helicopters, canines and drones to search for Slater however rescue groups stated the terrain had made the job notably troublesome.

“It’s so huge [here] that it’s very troublesome to go looking in such a steep space. However we’re doing all the pieces we are able to,” one member of the rescue group advised the Guardian. He stated it was a “very troublesome space to go looking”, with many areas coated in vegetation, in addition to there being gaps and ravines.

In Slater’s final recognized contact with associates, he made a telephone name saying he was misplaced, thirsty, and had only one% left on his telephone battery. After the music competition, he had gone with some males he had met that night time and was final seen near the vacation residence that they had rented on the island.

Ofelia Medina Hernandez, whose brother owns the Airbnb, stated Slater had requested her in regards to the instances of buses again to Los Cristianos, and she or he had later seen him strolling uphill in the other way to the coastal resort.

“It’s harmful strolling round right here, it’s straightforward to lose your self,” she stated. “He walked alongside the street after I noticed him for the final time, up there … He was there alone. He was strolling usually, although quick, a little bit quick.”

Slater’s mom, Debbie Duncan, described in a press release on Sunday the “heartache” her “regular household from Lancashire” continued to endure, and criticised “the fixed barrage of conspiracy theories and wild hypothesis” that had flourished on-line since his disappearance and compounded the household’s grief.

“As we strategy 4 weeks of our stunning Jay’s disappearance, we can’t put into phrases the heartache we’re struggling as a household,. He’s liked by everybody and has a detailed bond together with his household and plenty of, many associates,” she stated.

“It’s vital to think about how the household will really feel when horrific issues are being posted on-line,” she added, saying: “It should finish.”

The assertion was issued by way of LBT World, a British abroad lacking individuals charity that has been working with the household.

In line with Tenerife’s El Día newspaper, the terrain the place the physique was discovered was so inaccessible {that a} helicopter from the regional authorities’s emergency rescue service was used to assist get well the stays.

A spokesperson for the Guardia Civil stated one among its mountain rescue search groups had discovered the physique whereas finishing up a search on the bottom.

LBT World stated on Monday the physique had been discovered near the location of the final recognized location of Slater’s cell phone.

“Though formal identification is but to be carried out, the physique was discovered with Mr Slater’s possessions and garments,” it stated. “A postmortem and forensic inquiries will observe.”