Rescue workers on the Spanish Island of Tenerife have found the remains of a body in the search for missing Lancashire teenager Jay Slater
The 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer was last seen leaving a music festival in Tenerife before he vanished on June 17.
Reports say that the Body was found with Jay Slater’s possessions and clothes.
It is understood the body was also found close to the site of the last location of the 19-year-old’s mobile phone,
In a statement police said:
The mountain rescue and intervention group of the Civil Guard has located the lifeless body of a young man in the Masca area after 29 days of constant search.
“Given the complexity of the case, the discovery has been possible thanks to the incessant and discreet search carried out by the Civil Guard during these 29 days, in which the natural space was preserved so that it would not be filled with curious onlookers.
“All indications indicate that it could be the young British man who has been missing since June 17 in the absence of full identification.
“The first investigations reveal that he could have suffered an accident fall in the inaccessible area where he was found.”
