Body feared to be missing teenager Jay Slater is airlifted out of 'inaccessible area' close to where his mobile phone last pinged 29 days ago - as Spanish police reveal what may have happened

A assemblage recovered successful the hunt for missing British teen Jay Slater was airlifted by chopper from an 'inaccessible area' adjacent to wherever his mobile telephone past pinged 29 days ago. 

The 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer, from Oswaldtwistle successful Lancashire, vanished connected the greeting of June 17 connected the land of Tenerife, prompting a immense hunt to effort and find him. 

Spanish constabulary called disconnected the authoritative hunt aft 13 days, but contiguous announced they had discovered a body. While a ceremonial recognition has not yet taken place, officers say that 'everything is pointing to it being' Jay. 

Police said successful a connection that helium whitethorn person died aft 'suffering an mishap oregon autumn successful the inaccessible country wherever helium was found', but that an autopsy would supply further details. 

A helicopter - believed to beryllium to a determination authorities exigency and rescue radical - was utilized to retrieve the assemblage utilizing a winch due to the fact that the crushed was truthful steep, with officials coordinating with Civil Guard upland rescue experts.

It is thought specialists connected the crushed winched the assemblage up to the waiting chopper overhead aft securing it. They besides recovered possessions and apparel belonging to the teenager.

Missing persons foundation LBT Global revealed said the remains were recovered adjacent to to the past known determination wherever Jay's mobile pinged adjacent the distant colony of Masca successful the northbound westbound of Tenerife amid an arid scenery of rocky ravines lined with cacti. 

Jay's person Brad Hargreaves - who went connected vacation with him and flew backmost past week - paid a poignant tribute connected Instagram today. Uploading a representation of the 2 of them with a drawstring of reddish breached hearts and a crying emoji, helium wrote: 'No words. Nothing volition beryllium the aforesaid without you. Rest casual brother. Love you always.'

Jay was partying with friends connected the past nighttime of the three-day NRG euphony festival successful the Playa de Las Americas edifice earlier going backmost to a £40-a-night Airbnb in Masca - astir an hour's thrust distant - with 2 older British men helium met retired there. 

After leaving the Airbnb astatine astir 8am, Jay started trying to locomotion backmost to his accommodation successful the confederate portion of the island, which would person taken astir 11 hours connected foot.

The teen past called a person to accidental helium was lost, severely dehydrated and lone had 1 per cent artillery connected his phone.

His disappearance, which has sparked chaotic conspiracy theories online from cruel trolls, led to a immense hunt and rescue mission, with Spanish constabulary scouring the mountainous scenery astir the Rural de Teno nationalist parkland successful Masca.

The tragic improvement comes after:

• Jay Slater's parent utilized GoFundMe donations to alert successful specializer hunt team 
• Jay's parent said she was alert of 'vile' conspiracy theories astir her son 
• Private researcher Mark Williams-Thomas claimed helium has fixed 'significant caller information' to constabulary investigating the disappearance
• The Airbnb wherever Jay stayed earlier vanishing has been relisted for tourists to rent - and has already been booked up;
•  The parent of a person who partied with Jay earlier helium went missing successful Tenerife revealed her lad has received decease threats from vicious trolls;
• Jay's household vowed to proceed their 'desperate' hunt for missing British teen successful Tenerife - and called for much assistance from police

Today, a spokesperson for the Civil Guard said: 'After 29 changeless days of searching the assemblage of the young antheral has been recovered successful the Masca area.

'The find has been imaginable acknowledgment to the tireless and discreet hunt carried retired by the Civil Guard implicit these 29 days.

'Everything is pointing to the assemblage being that of the young British antheral who disappeared connected June 17, pending afloat identification.

'Initial inquiries are pointing to him having suffered an accident/fall successful the country wherever helium was found.'

In a fuller connection the unit added: 'Officers of the Civil Guard belonging to the Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group (GREIM) person located this greeting the dormant assemblage of a young antheral successful the country of Masca, belonging to the municipality of Buenavista del Norte.

'All indications suggest that it could beryllium the young British antheral who had been missing for 29 days, who whitethorn person died owed to an accidental autumn successful the unsmooth and inaccessible country wherever helium was found.

'Thanks to the unceasing and changeless hunt carried retired by the antithetic units of the Civil Guard, successful which it has not stopped to look for the young antheral each time successful the country of Masca, wherever helium allegedly had disappeared the GREIM officers person recovered the dormant assemblage of the young idiosyncratic successful a precise inaccessible area.

'The results of the autopsy are awaiting confirmation that it is an accident.'

GREIM officers led the hunt aft Jay disappeared connected June 17 aft helium near an Airbnb successful Masca.

Visible searches involving chopper and sniffer dogs continued for astir 2 weeks earlier constabulary announced it was being halted.

Police said connected June 30 aft calling successful volunteers for a 'last propulsion search' a time earlier: 'The hunt cognition has present finished though the lawsuit remains open.'

A well-placed root added astatine the time: 'The regular cognition which has been going connected successful and astir Masca adjacent to wherever Jay was past seen has been brought to an end.

'If immoderate accusation comes successful that merits a caller hunt though it volition beryllium acted upon.

'My knowing is Jay's parents person been informed of what evidently is simply a large development.

'Nothing of immoderate relevance was recovered during yesterday's large-scale search.'

In a statement, missing persons foundation LBT Global said: 'LBT Global is saddened to denote that a assemblage recovered successful Tenerife does look to beryllium that of Jay Slater. It is understood the assemblage was recovered adjacent to the tract of his mobile phone's past location.

'Although ceremonial recognition is yet to beryllium carried out, the assemblage was recovered with Mr Slater's possessions and clothes.

'A post-mortem introspection and forensic enquiries volition follow.

'LBT Global are supporting the household astatine this distressing clip and inquire for everyone to spend them abstraction and privateness to travel to presumption with the news.'

Jay was past seen by a section nonmigratory successful Masca successful north-west Tenerife conscionable aft 8am connected June 17 walking northwards on the roadworthy retired of the colony aft stopping to inquire her for directions arsenic helium tried to get backmost to his accommodation successful confederate Tenerife.

His telephone past pinged adjacent to a look-out constituent wherever hunt teams gathered connected June 29 to statesman the past time of the operation.

The probe has been subjected to chaotic speculation online, done platforms specified arsenic TikTok - portion a fig of net sleuths besides flew to Tenerife to assistance the search.

Jay's parent Debbie Duncan had yesterday criticised the 'awful comments and conspiracy theories' posted connected societal media, which she branded 'vile' and said were 'hindering' the investigation.

Ms Duncan yesterday posted an update connected the GoFundMe leafage acceptable up for her son's search, which has raised much than £53,000. 

She revealed however the household had called in rescue experts from the Netherlands to assistance find the teen aft Spanish constabulary ceased their onshore search.

In a connection posted connected the GoFundMe page, Ms Duncan thanked the 4,300 radical who had donated for their 'kindness' and said the household were 'only capable to money this with the generosity of each those who donated'.

She said: 'As you each cognize the Guardia Civil gave up the onshore hunt aft 12 days. We person been actively moving with hunt and rescue teams and we tin present corroborate that we person a squad of experts flying successful implicit the play from the Netherlands, who volition transportation connected the hunt with their specializer dogs.

'We are lone capable to money this with the generosity of each those who donated. The squad are the Signi Zoekhondon and this has taken tons of readying to get them implicit truthful convey you truthful overmuch for your kindness.'

Turning to comments from trolls, Ms Duncan said: 'He is simply a loving son, brother, grandson, nephew, relative and person to truthful many.

'We person been inundated with requests for interviews, documentaries and adjacent arsenic acold arsenic a movie. In reality, we are conscionable a mean household from Lancashire hopeless to find our beauteous boy.'

Lancashire Police said successful a statement: 'We person contiguous (Monday 15 July) been notified by the Guardia Civil [Civil Guard] that they person recovered the assemblage of a antheral and that the indications are that this is Jay Slater," the connection says.

'While astatine this signifier nary ceremonial recognition has been carried retired our thoughts are precise overmuch with Jay’s household astatine this time, and we proceed to connection them our support.'