The body of a man which police believe could be missing Jay Slater has been found in Tenerife.
Spanish police say the human remains were located in the area where the teenager vanished last month.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard confirmed that "the lifeless body of the young man" was discovered in Rural de Teno national park.
The 19-year-old vanished in Tenerife on June 17 after he set off to walk back to his accommodation on the Spanish island.
The body of a man which police believe could be missing Jay Slater has been found in Tenerife
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The Civil Guard said in a statement that he may have died due to an accidental fall.
Officers added that an autopsy will determine whether the death was an accident.
The apprentice bricklayer's phone was last traced to the Masca ravine in a remote, mountainous national park.
Slater - from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire - travelled to an Airbnb in the village of Masca with people he met at the NRG musical festival on Sunday, June 16.
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A spokesman for the Civil Guard confirmed that "the lifeless body of the young man" was discovered in Rural de Teno national park
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He spoke to his friend Lucy Law at 8am local time the following day to say he had missed his bus, his phone had just one per cent battery and he would walk home instead.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard said today: "After 29 constant days of searching the lifeless body of the young man has been found in the Masca area.
"The discovery has been possible thanks to the tireless and discreet search carried out by the Civil Guard over these 29 days.
"Everything is pointing to the body being that of the young British man who disappeared on June 17, pending full identification.
Jay Slater went missing in Tenerife on June 17PA "Initial inquiries are pointing to him having suffered an accident/fall in the area where he was found."
A major search and rescue operation was launched following Slater's disappearance.
Spanish police announced they would be ending their search almost two weeks after the teenager vanished but said the case remained open.
Formal identification of the body has not yet taken place.
