July 16th 2024.
It was a heartbreaking moment for the family and friends of British teenager Jay Slater, who had been missing for almost a month on the island of Tenerife. The news of his death was declared by a Spanish court the day after his body was found. It was believed that he had died from injuries sustained in a fall in the rocky terrain.
19-year-old Jay was identified through his fingerprints after his remains were discovered in a rugged area close to where he was last seen, according to the High Court of Justice on Tuesday. The search for Jay had involved Spanish authorities, as well as his loved ones and volunteers, who tirelessly searched for him after he went missing while attempting to walk from one corner of the Canary island to another.
His mother, Debbie Duncan, expressed her devastation, saying, "I just can't believe this could happen to my beautiful boy. Our hearts are broken." Jay's journey from Masca, a village in the north-west, to where he was staying in Los Cristianos in the south, would have taken approximately 11 hours on foot.
On the morning of his disappearance, Jay had frantically called his friend Lucy Law, telling her that he was lost in the mountains and needed a drink. According to Law, he wasn't aware of his surroundings and his phone was on low battery. His body was eventually found on Monday by the Spanish Civil Guard in a steep and inaccessible area, close to the location of his mobile phone. LBT Global, a charity that supported Jay's family, confirmed this information.
Jay, who was an apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle in north-west England, had attended a music festival the day before his disappearance. Law took to Instagram to express her grief, sharing that Jay was always the happiest and most smiley person in the room. She also said that he would be missed more than anyone could imagine. In her post, she wrote, "I'm sure you'll have your dancing shoes polished and ready waiting for us all. We all love you buddy. Fly high."
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