A cloud hung over the Rural Parc de Teno for four weeks - now some answers are starting to emerge
Traffic crawled along the treacherous mountain road that snakes through the Rural Parc de Teno. It's usually a popular spot for tourists, but early this afternoon the area surrounding Masca was heaving.
He was invited to an Airbnb in Masca, a tiny village in the heart of the Rural Parc de Teno, and left the property in the morning. At 8.30am, he reportedly called his friend Lucy Law, to say he was lost and had just one per cent battery left. A specialist search team had flown to the island to find the missing teenager, funded by cash from the generous backers of the family's GoFundMe page. But away from the media glare, and unbeknown to the hikers and tourists preparing to make their way to Masca, a tragedy had unfolded.
Locals had their doubts that Jay was in the Masca area. The Civil Guard says that is where he has been found - although police are yet to give a specific location. In a statement issued earlier today, a Civil Guard spokesman said: "Officers of the Civil Guard belonging to the Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group have located this morning the dead body of a young man in the area of Masca, belonging to the municipality of Buenavista del Norte. All indications suggest that it could be the young British man who had been missing for 29 days, who may have died due to an accidental fall in the rough and inaccessible area where he was found.
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