A Spanish court identified the 19-year-old’s body using fingerprint technology yesterday after his remains were discovered near the village of Masca in Tenerife on Monday – almost a month after he went missing from that area while on holiday on the Spanish island.
A spokesperson for the Canary Islands High Court of Justice said the post-mortem examination report determined that the multiple injuries he sustained were consistent with an accidental fall in a rocky area.
The CEO of the charity LBT Global, which has been supporting Mr Slater’s family during the ordeal, said he was with the teenager’s mother Debbie Duncan when the “worst news” broke.
Speaking of the Slater family, Matthew Searle told The Independent: “It’s just the worst news they could possibly expect. There’s always that slim hope until confirmation comes that they’ve got it wrong and it’s someone else, but sadly they haven’t got it wrong and their worst fears have been realised.”
He added: “They’re pretty much lost for words – just how devastated they are.”
After flying out to search for her son, Ms Duncan is still in Tenerife along with the 19-year-old’s father, Warren Slater, 58, as well as Jay’s friend Brandon Hodgson, 19. In a statement issued through the charity, Ms Duncan, 55, said: “I just can’t believe this could happen to my beautiful boy. Our hearts are broken.”
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