Earlier this week, authorities confirmed that the body found by rescuers in Tenerife belonged to the British teenager.
Wednesday 17 July 2024 20:02, United Kingdom
Flowers, a teddy bear and messages for Jay Slater were left near the ravine where his body was found.
Earlier this week, authorities confirmed that the body found by rescuers in Tenerife belonged to the british teenager.
Fingerprints examined during an autopsy confirmed the identity of the body, a spokesman for the Spanish island’s court said.
They said the multiple injuries he suffered suggested he fell from a cliff into a rocky area.
“To my boy, I love you, Dad,” one of them said.
“Rest in peace,” read another.
“Forever Young. […] “We will always have you in our hearts. We are gone, but we are never forgotten. We love you and pray for you.”
A teddy bear was also placed nearby, along with a bouquet of flowers and a candle.
Tribute to Mr. Slater Earlier this week, his mother Debbie Duncan, who travelled to Tenerife to search for him, said: “I can’t believe this is happening to my beautiful boy. Our hearts are broken.”
Ms Duncan said she was with British embassy staff waiting for an update when she learned her son’s body had been identified.
“I can’t believe it… and now it’s happened – the worst news,” she added.
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Monday Spanish police said The Civil Guard’s mountain rescue group has located the “lifeless body of a young man in the Masca region after 29 days of constant searching.”
Rescue teams kept looking the remote area where the goods were found on Tuesday to ensure that nothing is missing in the thick undergrowth that covers the area near the village of Masca.
Mr Slater was last heard from on the morning of June 17, after he set off on foot from a northern part of the island to return to his holiday accommodation in the south – a journey of about 11 hours.
At 8:30 a.m., he called his friend Lucy Law and told her he had missed a bus, his phone battery was at 1% and he had cut his leg on a cactus.
He had visited the Spanish island with friends to attend a music festival at the Papagayo nightclub in the southern resort of Playa de las Americas.