A TikTok sleuth heavily involved in the volunteer-led search for Jay Slater has posted a touching tribute to the lad hours after a body was found.
Paul Arnott was enlisted by the Slater family to help find their son early on into the search after Guardia Civil official stopped looking.
Slater went missing on June 17 after travelling from a rave to the remote Airbnb in the mountains of Tenerife with two men. Jay, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire had posted a Snapchat video of himself at the Casa Abuela Tina, near the village of Masca, shortly before making his last phone call to friend Lucy Mae Law before he disappeared.
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The search for the him was officially called off two weeks later and his last known location was half a mile north of Masca village, which is where Guardia Civil confirmed a body was found yesterday.
And Arnott has posted a tribute to him, using a photo of Jay and the words “Jay Slater. Forever 19.” on top. It also has a love heart emoji and the song Forever Young by Alphaville playing over the top an captioned it “love you bro”.
Arnott was praised in the comment, with one saying: “Lots of respect Paul for what you have done out there with the search.Thoughts are with Debbie, Warren and Zak and may Jay now rest in peace knowing just how much you all tried to find him.”
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And another wrote: “Lots of respect Paul for what you have done out there with the search. Thoughts are with Debbie, Warren and Zak and may Jay now rest in peace knowing just how much you all tried to find him.”
A third wrote: “Watching you over the last few weeks gave me a glimmer of hope in humanity. Never stop being you Mr you are an inspiration.”
The Guardia Civil said they were confident that the teenager had “suffered an accident” in the area where Paul and others had been searching, with an autopsy scheduled for later today.
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