Thank you for joining uspublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 16 July
Marita Moloney
Live page editor
We're going to draw our live coverage to a close now, following confirmation that the body found in Tenerife yesterday is that of Jay Slater.
Almost a month since the 19-year-old was last seen, a Spanish court confirmed that he had been identified through fingerprint tests and his injuries were "consistent with a fall in a rocky area".
The teenager, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, had been missing since 17 June, after visiting an Airbnb rented by two people he had been with at the NRG music festival on the island.
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His mother, Debbie Duncan, said "our hearts are broken" following the confirmation, which came after a 29-day search by police, family, friends and volunteers in difficult terrain across a mountainous area of the island.
She described her son, an apprentice bricklayer, as a "beautiful boy", while Jay's former college paid tribute to a "hard-working" young man with a bright future ahead.
Although we're closing this live page, you'll still be able to read the story in full, as well as any new developments, in our full write up here. Thanks for joining us.