Jay Slater: Body in Tenerife search confirmed as missing teen
The Civil Guard, which had been leading the search efforts, confirmed a body found Monday belonged to Jay Slater after almost a month of scouring the island.
A body found in the hunt for Jay Slater has been confirmed as the missing teen, a Spanish court heard.
Missing British teenager Jay Slater's body was discovered after a nearly month-long search operation on Monday. Police have now confirmed that the remains belong to the missing teen after examining his fingerprints in a post-mortem.
The High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands said in a statement: "We have a positive identification and more data: fingerprint tests show that the body is [that] of Jay Slater and that the death was caused by trauma consistent with a fall in a rocky area."
Earlier on Tuesday, Spanish authorities confirmed that documents belonging to Jay Slater had been found on his body.
Announcing the discovery of his remains on Monday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Civil Guard said: "After 29 constant days of searching the lifeless body of the young man has been found in the Masca area...
"The first investigations reveal that he could have suffered an accident fall in the inaccessible area where he was found."
Jay, an apprentice bricklayer from Lancashire, had disappeared after being driven to a remote Airbnb near Masca by two men after a party at a nightclub on the island on June 17.
The 19-year-old had called friends on the morning of his disappearance, telling them he was "lost in the mountains, thirsty and with one per cent battery".
He said he was planning to walk to his holiday accommodation in the south of an island - a journey which would have taken him about 11 hours on foot.
Jay was reported missing shortly after when his phone died, prompting a major search by local law enforcement.
Spanish police launched a major search of the rural area near Masca where his phone was last pinged. But authorities called off the operation at the end of June, though they insisted the investigation into his disappearance would continue.
After authorities halted the search operation, various volunteers stepped in to assist Slater's heartbroken family as they continued their own efforts.
The teenager had flown out to the Spanish island with friends on June 13, attending a music festival at Papagayo nightclub in Playa de las Americas, on the south of the island, three days later.
