Jay Slater may have suffered accident in area where body was found in search for Brit teen in Tenerife, cops say

COPS fear Jay Slater may have accidentally fallen to his death in a remote area of Tenerife.

A body was tragically found on Monday in the hunt for the missing British teenager after a gruelling four-week search.

A body has been found in hunt for Jay Slater after four weeks

Jay went missing after going on holiday to the NRG rave in TenerifeIan Whittaker

The Airbnb where Jay stayed the night before he vanishedPA

Apprentice bricklayer Jay vanished on the morning of June 17 after going to a rave the night before with friends – sparking a huge effort to find the Lancashire teen.

Spanish cops axed the official search after two weeks – but today announced a body has been found in the area Jay was last known to be, Masca.

A spokesman for the Civil Guard said: “Initial inquiries are pointing to him having suffered an accident/fall in the area where he was found.”

They said the “lifeless body of the young man” was found “after 29 constant days of searching”.

“The discovery has been possible thanks to the tireless and discreet search carried out by the Civil Guard over these 29 days,” they added.

“Everything is pointing to the body being that of the young British man who disappeared on June 17, pending full identification.”

Jay’s distraught family have been updated and a formal investigation by police is set to follow.

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