THE body found in Tenerife in Monday (July 15) is confirmed to be missing Oswaldtwistle teenager, Jay Slater.
Authorities say documentation, belonging to Jay Slater, was found on the body that was recovered in Tenerife on Monday (June 15). Fingerprint tests suggest the body is Jay.
In a statement The Canary Islands High Court of Justice said:"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."
On Monday, police said a 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.
"All indications indicate that it could be the young British man who has been missing since last 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."
Apprentice bricklayer Jay was on holiday with his friends when he went missing. He was last seen on June 17.
Thousands of pounds was raised to support the search for the teenager, with his family travelling to Tenerife to support efforts to try and find him.
The former West End Primary School pupil went missing after travelling to a property following a night out and attempting to walk home in the early hours.
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