A body found in Tenerife matches the fingerprints of missing teenager Jay Slater, a Spanish court has said.
Authorities say documentation, belonging to Jay Slater, was found on the body that was recovered in Tenerife on Monday (June 15).
The cause of death is also consistent with multiple injuries sustained during a fall in a rocky area.
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.
A spokesperson said: "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.
Debbie Duncan, the mother of Jay Slater, said in statement that the confirmation of her son’s death in Tenerife was the “worst news”, adding: “I just can’t believe this could happen to my beautiful boy. Our hearts are broken.”
The Spanish Civil Guard released video footage of rescuers climbing rock faces and battling through scrub as they carried out the search.
Part of the clip showed two members of the search team being winched out of the area by helicopter after the body had been found and recovered.
Mr Slater had attended the NRG music festival with two friends before his disappearance, and his last known location was the Rural de Teno Park in the north of the Canary Island, which was about an 11-hour walk from his accommodation.
He had travelled to an Airbnb in Masca after a night out, but the two men said to have rented the property were later ruled “not relevant” to the case.
Spanish police said they had called off the search for the apprentice bricklayer at the end of June after helicopters, drones and search dogs were deployed to find him.
Following the discovery, Mr Slater’s friend Lucy Law, who was the last known person to speak to him during a phone call on June 17, issued a tribute on her Instagram page.
She said: “Honestly lost for words.
“Always the happiest and most smiley person in the room, you was (sic) one of a kind Jay and you’ll be missed more than you know.
“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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