Girlfriend of Jay Slater’s brother posts emotional message
- The 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle went missing in Tenerife on June 17
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The girlfriend of Jay Slater’s brother has posted an emotional message after Spanish police announced they had found a body in the search for the missing teenager.
Police on the island of Tenerife today confirmed human remains had been found in the area of Masca.
Although formal identification has yet to take place, the Spanish Civil Guard has said ‘all evidence suggests’ the remains are those of Jay, including some of his clothes and belongings found nearby.
Jessica Rogers, the girlfriend of Jay Slater’s brother, took to social media today to pay tribute to the teenager.
She posted a photograph of Jay with a blue love heart, accompanied by the words: ‘Will love you forever’.
Jay’s heartbroken family must now wait for a post-mortem examination to be conducted to confirm whether the body found close to where his phone last pinged in Rural Teno Park is that of Jay’s.
Jessica Rogers shared this image on social media of Jay with the caption: ‘Will love you forever’
Human remains have been found in the search for British teen Jay Slater who went missing almost a month ago on the island of Tenerife
Spanish police today released footage showing the final moments of the agonising 29-day search for the missing Brit in mountains near the Tenerife village of Masca
Brad Hargreaves, who was on holiday with the apprentice bricklayer in Tenerife before his disappearance, took to social media to post a tribute earlier today.
Mr Hargreaves, who had been helping with the search before flying back to Britain last week, posted two snaps of him and his friend alongside a heartfelt message.
‘Nothing be the same without you. Rest easy brother. Love you always,’ he penned with a flurry of broken hearts and a crying emoji.
The Civil Guard said that while a formal identification needs to take place, ‘all evidence suggests’ the remains are those of Jay, including some of his clothing found in the vicinity.
The 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, had not been seen or heard from since Monday, June 17.
Jay Slater’s best friend Brad Hargreaves, who he was holidaying in Tenerife with, has released a touching tribute to the teen
Alongside a long string of broken hearts and crying emoji, Jay Slater’s best friend said there are ‘no words’ in his poignant tribute
Jay Slater’s family have been informed that human remains have been found in the mountainous area of the Spanish island after a body was found this morning (pictured: Jay Slater with his mother Debbie Duncan)
Jay had jetted off to the Spanish holiday island for an eight-day holiday with his friends Lucy Mae Law and Brad before he vanished.
The family were informed that a body has been found in an ‘inaccessible’ part of Tenerife where the teenager went missing.
His family, including mother Debbie Duncan and father Warren Slater, were told about the discovery shortly before the media announcement.
The Civil Guard says while a formal identification needs to take place ‘all evidence suggests’ the remains are those of Jay Slater.
Early investigations suggest he may have suffered an ‘accident or fall’, they added.
Jay’s clothing and belongings were found alongside the body, which was found near his phone’s last known location.
Lancashire Police released a statement confirming they had been’notified by the Guardia Civil that they have found the body of a man and that the indications are that this is Jay Slater’.
‘While at this stage no formal identification has been carried out our thoughts are very much with Jay’s family at this time, and we continue to offer them our support,’ the statement added.
Apprentice bricklayer Jay, 19, vanished after being driven to a remote Air BnB
Jay’s mother Debbie Duncan and father Warren Slater leaving the Guardia Civil in Playa de las Americas on July 2
Jay had attended the three-day NRG music festival at Papagayo nightclub in Playa de Las Americas before he disappeared.
In the early hours of June 17, Jay travelled in a car with two men he had met during the festival to their £40-a-night Airbnb in the remote north-western village of Masca.
At 7.30am, Jay posted a Snapchat picture showing him at the doorway of the property, tagging the location Parque Rural de Teno.
Some half an hour later, he rang his friend Lucy to say he was making the 10-hour walk back to his accommodation in the tourist hotspot on the southern part of the island.
He said he was lost, severely dehydrated and only had one per cent battery on his mobile before it cut out.
His disappearance, which has sparked wild conspiracy theories online from cruel trolls, led to a huge search and rescue mission, with Spanish police scouring the mountainous landscape around Masca.
It is the latest development in the search for the missing teen which comes after:
The £40-a-night Casa Abuela Tina holiday rental near the remote village of Masca where Jay spent his final hours before going missing
Volunteers helping in the search for the missing British teenager
A 13-day search by police using drones, dogs and a helicopter failed to find any trace of Jay
However, the official search was called off after just 13 days, prompting backlash from his desperate family who claimed they had been ‘left in the dark’.
Today, a spokesman for the Civil Guard said: ‘After 29 constant days of searching the body of the young man has been found in the Masca area.
‘The discovery has been possible thanks to the tireless and discreet search carried out by the Civil Guard over these 29 days.
‘Everything is pointing to the body being that of the young British man who disappeared on June 17, pending full identification.
‘Initial inquiries are pointing to him having suffered an accident/fall in the area where he was found.’
In a fuller statement the force added: ‘Officers of the Civil Guard belonging to the Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group (GREIM) have located this morning the dead body of a young man in the area of Masca, belonging to the municipality of Buenavista del Norte.
‘All indications suggest that it could be the young British man who had been missing for 29 days, who may have died due to an accidental fall in the rough and inaccessible area where he was found.
‘Thanks to the unceasing and constant search carried out by the different units of the Civil Guard, in which it has not stopped to look for the young man every day in the area of Masca, where he allegedly had disappeared the GREIM officers have found the dead body of the young person in a very inaccessible area.
‘The results of the autopsy are awaiting confirmation that it is an accident.’
GREIM officers led the search after Jay disappeared on June 17 after he left an Airbnb in Masca.
A visible search involving helicopter and sniffer dogs continued for nearly two weeks before police announced it was being halted.
They had not said in public it was continuing and there had been little outward sign of it going on on a more reduced scale.
Police said on June 30 after calling in volunteers for a ‘last push search’ a day earlier: ‘The search operation has now finished although the case remains open.’
A well-placed source added: ‘The daily operation which has been going on in and around Masca close to where Jay was last seen has been brought to an end.
‘If any information comes in that merits a new search though it will be acted upon.
‘My understanding is Jay’s parents have been informed of what obviously is a major development.
‘Nothing of any relevance was found during yesterday’s large-scale search.’
Jay Slater’s final Snapchat at the remote Airbnb before he went missing. It is not the same Snapchat as the one where he ‘admitted to stealing an expensive watch’.
Jay was on his first-ever friends holiday with Lucy Law (pictured) and Brad Hargreaves when he went missing in Tenerife
Brad Hargreaves (pictured) also said he spoke to Jay on the phone before he went missing
Yesterday, Jay’s frantic mother Debbie Duncan criticised the ‘awful comments and conspiracy theories’ posted on social media, which she branded ‘vile’ and said were ‘hindering’ the investigation.
Ms Duncan yesterday posted an update on the GoFundMe page set up for her son’s search, which has raised more than £53,000.
She revealed how the family had called in rescue experts from the Netherlands to help find the teenager after Spanish police ceased their land search.
