Police say Jay Slater ‘could have suffered fall’ as full statement on human remains is released

Human remains have been found in the search for the missing teen Jay Slater, with police having made a statement on the discovery.

The British teen, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, had travelled to Tenerife with two friends for the NRG music festival.

One of the friends Jay travelled with, Lucy Law, reported him missing on 17 June and stated he went back to stay with people he had met on a night out on 16 June.

Jay Slater went missing in Tenerife last month (Family handout)

According to his friend, Jay had ended up in an apartment in the 'middle of nowhere'.

Lucy told the Manchester Evening News: "He's gone on a night out, he's gone to a friend's house, someone that he has met on holiday.

"One of the people he has met has hired a car out of here, so he's driven them back to his apartment and Jay has gone there not realising how far away it is.

"He's ended up out in the middle of nowhere. Jay was obviously thinking he would be able to get home from there.

"But then in the morning he's set off walking, using his Maps on his phone and ended up in the middle of mountains with nothing around.

"He rang me at about 8 o'clock [in the] morning saying his phone was on one percent, he said "I don't know where I am, I need a drink and my phone is about to die"."

Debbie Duncan with son Jay (Family handout)

Police were able to trace his last known location before his battery died on 17 June, which was shown to be the Rural de Teno National Park, north west of the island.

In a new update, Spanish police told Sky News today (15 July): “The Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group of the Civil Guard has located the lifeless body of a young man in the Masca area after 29 days of constant search.

"All indications indicate that it could be the young British man who has been missing since last June 17 in the absence of full identification.

"The first investigations reveal that he could have suffered an accident/fall in the inaccessible area where he was found."

Earlier this month, Spanish police confirmed that the official land search for Slater had come to an end.

The case remained open, with a Civil Guard spokesperson telling Reuters there were ‘several lines of investigation’.

Jay's mother, Debbie Duncan, has previously made statements about her missing son and online conspiracy theories.

Earlier this month, she said: "Words cannot describe the pain and agony we are experiencing.

"He is our beautiful boy with his whole life ahead of him and we just want to find him. We do not have any information on his whereabouts."

Jay's last seen location was in a rural part of the island. (Handout by family)

She added: "Although the land search ended, the Spanish police still continue with their investigations into why Jay had travelled to the location so far away from his accommodation.

"We offer our sincere thanks to the Spanish authorities who continue to follow lines of inquiries.

"We would like to say to the press/news/reporters, that although we do not want to lose the momentum of Jay’s disappearance, we really would like to maintain our privacy and crucially let the Spanish police get on with their investigations without hindrance from press."

Following his disappearance, a spokesperson for the Foreign Office told Tyla in a statement: "We are supporting the family of a British man who has been reported missing in Spain and are in contact with the local authorities."

Tyla has contacted the Foreign Office for further comment.