Jay Slater's family have never given up hope of finding him ever since he disappeared.

His mother, Debbie Duncan, posted on a fundraising website that the family had flown to Tenerife in late June to keep "looking for our boy".

She's previously told of her "pain and agony" as no trace of her son could be found, and his father Warren Slater described the disappearance as "a living hell".

Debbie said donated funds were being used to cover the family's expenses in Tenerife and to support volunteers looking for Jay.

She posted an update on Saturday that the family was still on the island "searching daily with the help of volunteers and local hiking groups".

We're yet to hear from the family following the news that a body has been found in the search for Jay.

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There are still many details we don't have clarity on after Spanish police released a statement earlier this afternoon saying a body had been found during the search for Jay Slater in Tenerife.

It's not clear yet whether the remains are those of the 19-year-old, as a formal identification is yet to take place, although police say "all evidence suggests" it's him.

The Civil Guard has also not said when the body was found, or the exact location where it was discovered.

But the charity LBT Global, which works with families of people missing oversees, said the remains were found along with Jay Slater's clothes and possessions, close to his mobile phone's last known location.

The search for the Lancashire teenager was focused on the Masca area and on 30 June the Civil Guard said it was calling off its search.

In its statement earlier, it said it carried out an "incessant and discreet" search over the past 29 days, although it did not provide further details on what those continued searches entailed.

We mentioned the Civil Guard's statement briefly in our last post, but let's give you a reminder as to what else Spanish police said earlier.

It said its mountain rescue and intervention group located "the lifeless body of a young man" in the Masca area of Tenerife, without naming Jay Slater directly.

"All the evidence suggests, with full identification still pending, that this is the young British man who disappeared on 17 June. The initial evidence shows that he could have suffered an accident/fall in the inaccessible zone where he was found," the statement said.

Police added that teams had been searching constantly for 29 days and did so "discreetly" and in a natural space which was not "filled with onlookers".

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Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, was in Tenerife to attend the NRG music festival in the tourist hotspot of Playa de las Americas.

He has not been heard from since the morning of 17 June, when he called friends to say he was lost in a mountainous area and had 1% battery on his phone.

In the early hours of the same day, he reportedly entered a car with two British men he had met during the course of the holiday.

He is believed to have ended up at an Airbnb rental in Masca, a tiny settlement in a rural national park, about 40 minutes drive north from his accommodation.

His friends, Brad Hargreaves and Lucy Law, said they spoke to him between 07:30 and 08:50 BST that morning, when he said he had missed a bus and was attempting to walk back.

Spanish police called off the land search for the apprentice bricklayer at the end of June after helicopters, drones and search dogs were deployed to find him, but said the investigation into his disappearance continued.

They said in their statement today they had carried out and "incessant and discreet" search over the past 29 days.

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• Spanish police say they have found a body in an area near where British teenager Jay Slater went missing almost a month ago in Tenerife
• Evidence strongly suggests the body is that of the 19-year-old, police say, adding they believe the person may have died due to a fall
• The 19-year-old has not been seen since 17 June when he called friends to say he was lost in a mountainous area after a night out
• British missing persons charity LBT Global said his possessions and clothes were found close to where the remains were discovered
• "It is understood the body was found close to the site of his mobile phone's last location," the charity added
• Officials say a formal identification and post-mortem on the remains will take place

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The discovery of the body in Tenerife comes after Jay Slater's mother Debbie Duncan spoke yesterday of her "heartache" over her missing son.

Duncan criticised "awful comments and conspiracy theories" as the family sought answers over his disappearance.

"We cannot put into words the heartache we are suffering as a family," Duncan said in a statement released through British overseas missing persons charity LBT Global on Sunday.

She described her son as someone who was "loved by everyone and has a close bond with his family and many many friends".

"Jay is a typical young man who loves life with a bright future ahead of him. This month will mark the end of his three year apprenticeship with the world at his feet," she said.

Lancashire Police have released a statement saying they've been told by Spanish police that the body of a man likely to be Jay Slater has been found.

The 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire has not been heard from since going missing on 17 June in Tenerife.

"We have today (Monday 15 July) been notified by the Guardia Civil [Civil Guard] that they have found the body of a man and that the indications are that this is Jay Slater," the statement says.

"While at this stage no formal identification has been carried out our thoughts are very much with Jay’s family at this time, and we continue to offer them our support."

Nick Garnett
News corrrespondent

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To call Masca a village is generous.

At most, a dozen houses and villas are dwarfed on all sides by towering volcanic cliffs. The road through barely lets two cars pass.

To get there, it’s a vomit-inducing rollercoaster of a road that at times seems like you’re driving through the sky.

Masca attracts view-seekers, hardcore hikers and nature lovers, mostly from Germany and mainland Spain.

It’s miles away, figuratively and literally, from the typical Tenerife party scene.

• Read more here about the complex search for Jay Slater

Here's the full statement from the British overseas missing persons charity LBT Global.

A reporter for the Reuters news agency has told the BBC that the body was found by the Civil Guard on Monday morning.

Jay Slater's family was told before the media, the reporter adds, and a post-mortem examination is yet to be carried out.

It will now be down to a Spanish court on Tenerife to investigate the cause of death.

The body found in the Masca area of Tenerife was located with Jay Slater's possessions and clothes, according to British overseas missing persons charity LBT Global.

"It is understood the body was found close to the site of his mobile phone’s last location," it says in a statement.

The group says it's supporting his family, adding that a post-mortem examination and formal identification of the remains will take place.

Guy Hedgecoe
Reporting from Madrid

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The body was found in a very inaccessible part of the island.

Spanish police believe this man had fallen down a chasm or a drop in the island - that is what made it so difficult to find the body.

The area is full of drops and has thick vegetation.

Drones, sniffer dogs and personnel were used on the ground in the search and we had been led to believe it looked as if it was going to be impossible to find the missing young Briton due to the difficult terrain.

The area of Masca - where the body has been found - was the focus of intense activity in the search for Jay Slater.

The area is a rugged, mountainous landscape in the north-west of Tenerife, far from the bustling nightlife of the south's beach resorts.

Most visitors to the area are hikers and nature lovers.

On 29 June, the BBC's Nick Garnett described the scene from the Rural de Teno national park.

These are the key dates in the search for Jay Slater:

• Sunday 16 June - Jay Slater, 19, and friends attend the final day of the NRG music festival at Papagayo night club in the tourist hotspot of Playa de las Americas
• Monday 17 June - Between 03:00 and 06:00 BST Jay gets into a car with two men he had met during the festival and left town at 07:30 - he posts a photograph on his Snapchat account showing him at the doorway of a property, tagged with the location Parque Rural de Teno. Between 08:30 and 09:00 he calls friends and says he missed a bus back south and was attempting to walk the 10-hour journey
• Tuesday 18 June - Despite his friends searching the area, no sign of Jay emerges and he does not return to his accommodation. Local police and mountain rescue teams begin searching and his mother and brother board a flight to Tenerife
• Wednesday 19 June - The Spanish Civil Guard continue the search using drones, dogs and a helicopter. It is briefly moved to the Los Cristianos area in the south of the island due to a potential sighting, but that lead is discounted
• Thursday 20 June - The Civil Guard, mountain rescue, firefighters and volunteers return to scour the national park around the village of Masca
• Saturday 22 June - Jay's mother Debbie Duncan issues a plea for her son to come home
• Sunday 23 June - Small buildings around Masca are searched
• Tuesday 25 June - Specially trained dogs, brought in from mainland Spain, join the search
• Friday 28 June – Police ask for volunteers with specialist mountain experience to join a "massive" search the following day
• Saturday 29 June – A new search covering an area near Masca that has already been explored begins. BBC reporters only see a small number of volunteers at the start point
• Sunday 30 June – The Civil Guard calls off the search but say “the case is still open and there are several lines of investigation”
• Monday 15 July - Spanish police find human remains near where Jay disappeared

More from the Spanish police statement:

"Initial evidence shows he could have suffered an accident/fall in the inaccessible zone where he was found," it says.

"Civil guard agents belonging to the mountain rescue and intervention unit have found this morning the body of a young man in the Masca area, in the municipality of Buenavista del Norte, in Tenerife."

Spanish police have released a statement after discovering a body in Tenerife.

“The Civil Guard mountain rescue and intervention unit has found, after 29 days of non-stop searching, the body of a young man in the Masca area," it says.

"Given the difficulties of the case, the discovery has been possible thanks to the constant and discreet search carried out by the Civil Guard for the last 29 days during which care was taken to ensure curious onlookers did not fill the area.

"All the evidence suggests, with full identification still pending, that this is the young British man who disappeared on 17 June."

Police on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife say human remains have been found in the area near where the British teenager Jay Slater went missing last month.

While there has been no formal confirmation, local police said that evidence strongly suggested the remains were those of the 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.

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