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SICKOS are selling merchandise featuring photos and memes of Jay Slater online less than 24 hours after his body was found yards from his last known location in Tenerife.
Products that are too offensive to show include digitally manipulated images of Jay on mugs and warped memes on stickers.
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Spanish police released dramatic images of a helicopter crewman being winched into the ravine where Jay’s body was foundSolarpixIt comes a day after Jay’s body was found in a ” very inaccessible area” of Masca in Tenerife, Spanish police announced.
The discovery came after a gruelling four week search for 19-year-old Jay who went missing after after going to a rave with his friends on June 16.
The apprentice bricklayer, from Lancashire, had travelled to the remote area with two men to stay in their Airbnb after partying at the NRG festival.
He left the property in the morning, but missed the bus and decided to walk 10 hours back to his own accommodation.
One of the men he had been with – convicted drug dealer Ayub Qassim – has said Jay left the house alive.
In one of his last phone calls to his friend Lucy Law, Jay told her how he had only one percent charge left on his phone, needed water and had cut his leg on a cactus.
Lucy also started a Gofundme page on behalf of Jay’s family in a bid to help find Jay, which has so far raised more than £56,000.
The family had said they were using some of the money to fund specialist search teams – and it is not yet known how they will spend the rest.
The mugs are for sale on Ebay for £7 “or best offer” plus £2.94 postage.
Meanwhile on Etsy, stickers are going for £2.34 plus postage of £10.49 with delivery from the US, whereas mugs are priced £6 with £4.49.
Map showing where the body was foundBoth online stores appear to be run by the same person who goes by the name Elliot, from Birmingham.
The Sun has reached out to the seller on both platforms for comment and also contacted Ebay and Etsy for comment.
People cashing in on Jay’s disappearance with sick merchandise will be another blow to the teen’s heartbroken family.
Jay’s mum Debbie Duncan, 55, was said to be “totally devastated” and demanded answers after searchers discovered his body in a ravine on Monday – 29 days after he vanished.
It looks as if he fell from a height so he would most likely have been killed instantly and he wasn’t there for a long time
Family spokespersonA family source said: “It’s the news they have been dreading. She has lots of questions.
“It hasn’t completely sunk in yet. The hardest thing for her is to hear he was found so close to the original search site. It’s hard to take.
“It means it’s entirely possible they have walked past his body whilst searching for him.”
It emerged today that the family believe Jay was killed instantly after a fall.
What we know…
- A body was found in the gruelling search for missing Jay Slater on Monday after 4 weeks
- The body was discovered just yards away from where Jay’s phone last pinged
- Jay’s family believe the missing teen was killed instantly after a horror fall
- Jay’s best pal Lucy Mae Law pays tribute to the ‘happiest person in the room’
- GoFundMe reveals ‘next steps’ in Jay Slater fundraiser as donations pour in
- Moment Jay Slater cops scour ‘inaccessible mountain’ for clues after body found
A family spokesman told Mail Online: “The whole family is absolutely broken. They are devastated. It’s not the outcome they were hoping for.
“It looks as if he fell from a height so he would most likely have been killed instantly and he wasn’t there for a long time.”
Spanish police also said that evidence suggested Jay had “suffered an accident or fall”.
The body, found with Jay’s clothes and belongings and close to where his mobile phone last pinged, was formally identified as the teenager’s on Tuesday.
The family are hoping they can bring his body back to the UK in the next week or so and a postmortem will be held both in Tenerife and back home.
Mystery still surrounds the case – with Spanish cops refusing to reveal the exact location where the body was found.
The family were also plagued by online trolls, who hacked Jay’s Instagram page.
Friends of Jay paid tribute to the “happiest person in the room” following the news of the body being found and posted heartbreaking videos of him dancing online.
The case captured the imaginations of online sleuths, many of whom chose to ignore the facts and spread wild conspiracy theories on his disappearance.
Police revealed how they had to search in secret over fears amateur sleuths who had travelled to Tenerife would disrupt their operation.
TIMELINE OF THE TRAGEDY
THE grim discovery of a body comes after weeks of agony for Jay’s friends and family. Here is how the events unfolded:
Sunday, June 16: Jay and his friends party at the last day of NRG music festival being held at Papagayo night club in Playa de la Americas, Tenerife.
June 17 3-6am: Jay leaves with Ayub Qassim and another man for a £40-a-night Airbnb 23 miles away in the village of Masca.
7.30am: Jay shares a photo on Snapchat standing at doorway of the Airbnb.
8.50am: He calls pal Lucy Mae Law and says he is “lost in the middle of nowhere” with no water, a cut to his leg and one per cent on his phone.
Tuesday, June 18: Pals search area but no sign of Jay. Local cops and mountain rescue teams start official search. Jay’s mother Debbie Duncan flies to Tenerife.
June 19-20: Spanish police deploy drones, dogs and a helicopter, but find no trace. Search moves to Los Cristianos amid possible sighting, but it is ruled out and they return to Rural de Teno, near Masca.
June 21: Lancashire Police offer support but it is declined.
June 22: Mum Debbie issues emotional appeal to Jay saying “We just need you home.”
June 24: Claims of Jay sighting in Santiago del Teide — near to where he disappeared — and family believe a grainy CCTV image could be of him.
June 25: Debbie issues plea for her son to come home as more friends fly out and TV investigator Mark Williams- Thomas joins search.
June 29: Cops rule Mr Qassim, and other man at Airbnb, out of investigation.
June 30: Spanish cops officially suspend hunt but say probe “remains open”. His family continue to search.
Yesterday: A body is found by helicopter search team close to where his phone last pinged. His possessions are discovered next to human remains. Spanish cops say it points to an “accidental fall”.
The teenager went missing after attending the NRG rave in Tenerife
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