Jay Slater police statement in full after male body is found in desperate search for missing teen

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Tragic news has emerged from Tenerife, as Spanish police confirm the discovery of a body in the search for missing British teenager Jay Slater.The Guardia Civil spokesperson stated today that "everything is pointing" to it being the 19 year old, who is believed to have had an accident in the area where he was found.

Jay went missing on 17 June after leaving an Airbnb in a remote village, which he had gone back to following a three-day music festival with friends.

After deciding not to wait for a bus, it is though he attempted to walk back to his accommodation in the resort of Los Christianos, but called a friend saying he only had 1% battery life left on his phone and that he had injured himself.

Released to press on Monday, 15 June, the police statement 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.