The injuries he suffered suggest he fell from a cliff, a court spokesperson said
Jay Slater’s last known location before his disappearance was Rural de Teno park on the island of Tenerife A body found in Tenerife is British teenager Jay Slater, a court has confirmed.
A court spokesperson in Tenerife said fingerprints examined in a post-mortem identified the body and the injuries suffered are compatible with a fall from a cliff. Spanish police said in a statement on Monday that the Civil Guard’s mountain rescue group had found the “lifeless body of a young man in the Masca area after 29 days of constant search”.
Mr Slater, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was reported missing after he set off to walk from a northern area of the island back to his holiday accommodation in the south – a journey of about 11 hours.His body was discovered in a steep and inaccessible area near the village of Masca, according to the Spanish Civil Guard.Lucy Law, a friend and the last known person to speak to him during a phone call on June 17, paid tribute to him on her Instagram page.
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