Spanish rescue teams find remains thought to be missing British teen Jay Slater

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Spanish Rescue Teams Find Remains Thought To Be Missing British Teen Jay Slater
Local police shared the update on Monday. Photo: PA Images
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A Spanish mountain rescue team in Tenerife found human remains in the area where British teenager Jay Slater went missing nearly a month ago, local police said on Monday, adding evidence strongly suggested the remains were his.

The Guardia Civil police said in a statement that he may have died due to a fall in the difficult-to-access mountainous area, but that an autopsy would confirm whether it was an accident.

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A police spokesperson told Reuters by phone that the body was found on Monday morning by a Civil Guard mountain rescue group.

The family has been notified and an autopsy will take place shortly, with the case then being transferred to a Tenerife court to determine the cause of death, the spokesperson said.

Slater (19) went missing on June 17th and his phone was last traced to the Masca ravine in a remote national park on the Canary Islands archipelago.

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An appeal poster for Jay Slater (19), who went missing during a holiday in Tenerife (PA Media)

On June 30th, Spanish police said they had ended a search for Slater that had involved dozens of officers, rescue workers and volunteers using dogs, drones and a helicopter.

However, on Monday they said Guardia Civil officers had maintained a "continuous and discrete search" in the area for the whole 29 days.

Slater's mother, Debbie, said on July 13th the family had arranged for a team of experts with specialist dogs to fly in over the weekend from the Netherlands.

"Jay is just a normal hardworking young lad from Lancashire who is very loved by all who know him," she wrote in a statement, asking people to pray for him and his family.

The family could not be immediately reached for comment.

-Reuters

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