Spanish authorities confirmed on Tuesday {that a} physique present in a distant space of the island of Tenerife a day earlier was that of lacking British teenager Jay Slater and the accidents sustained have been suitable with an unintended fall.
“We’ve a optimistic ID,” a court docket spokesperson mentioned. “Fingerprinting confirms that the physique belongs to Jay Slater and the demise was attributable to a number of traumas suitable with a fall within the mountainous space.”
Earlier, the identical spokesperson mentioned it might take some days earlier than post-mortem outcomes have been out there.
Slater’s mom Debbie issued an announcement via the British abroad lacking individuals charity, LBT World, acknowledging the “worst information”.
“I simply can’t consider this might occur to my stunning boy,” the assertion learn. “Our hearts are damaged.”
The physique was discovered on Monday morning by a Civil Guard mountain rescue group.
Slater, 19, went lacking on June 17, and his cellphone was final traced to the Masca ravine in a distant nationwide park on the Canary Islands archipelago.
The stays have been discovered with Slater’s possessions and garments near the positioning of his cell phone’s final location, LBT World mentioned on Monday.
Matthew Searle, chief government of LBT World which has issued a number of statements on behalf of the household, mentioned it might assist repatriate Slater’s physique and belongings and make funeral preparations.
“There’ll, in fact, be many extra hurdles for the household to face within the coming days and we’ll work with them to make this horrific time as simple as attainable,” he mentioned.
