‘Broken bones’: Jay Slater’s cause of death revealed after teen vanished a month ago

Missing tourist Jay Slater’s cause of death has finally been revealed after he vanished a month ago in a case that captivated the world.

Police have revealed details around the cause of British tourist Jay Slater’s death after his body was finally found a month after he vanished on a popular Spanish island.

The missing person’s case had captivated the world, sparking online conspiracy theories and

some amateur sleuths flying to the island in a bid to crack the case themselves.

It has now been revealed the teen suffered “broken bones” following a horror “fall from height,” The Sun reports.

Searchers discovered Jay’s remains on Monday metres from his last known location – four weeks after he disappeared while on holiday with friends in Tenerife, Spain.

A court on the Spanish island today confirmed the body found was the Brit after officials identified the body via fingerprints.

The teenager’s death was caused by “trauma consistent with a fall in a rocky area”, the Canary Islands High Court of Justice said.

A spokesman said: “We have a positive ID … Fingerprinting confirms that the body belongs to Jay Slater and the death was due to multiple traumas compatible with a fall in the mountainous area.”

British tourist Jay Slater went missing a month ago.

The 19-year-old was confirmed dead this week.

A Civil Guard spokeswoman also said Jay’s injuries included several broken bones.

She said: “The body of the man located yesterday has been identified of that as Jay Slater through fingerprint comparison and identification.

“The result of the preliminary autopsy points to the cause of death being a fall or plunge from height due to the broken bones he suffered.”

Jay’s distraught mum Debbie Duncan said confirmation of his death was the “worst news”.

She added: “I just can’t believe this could happen to my beautiful boy.

“Our hearts are broken.”

Spanish police recovered Jay’s body from a steep ravine in Masca after 29 days – understood to be close to where his phone last pinged.

Dramatic footage showed the moment a helicopter crewman was winched into the chasm with his arms aloft in the delicate recovery operation.

Jay was not seen again after leaving an Airbnb on June 17.

Apprentice bricklayer Jay, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancs, vanished in the area on June 17 after leaving an Airbnb he went to with two men.

As he attempted the 11-hour walk back to his own accommodation through the rough and rocky terrain, it is feared he accidentally fell.

Officials say the body recovered was “very deteriorated” and documentation found with it were Jay’s.

It is “exceptionally difficult” to safely navigate down the valley on foot, one local told Sky News.

Another said: “It is sad – the spot where they found him shows he had gone a long way into the ravine.

“It is hard to understand how he got there.”

Charity LBT Global, who are supporting the family, said Jay’s possessions were also found near the body.

His devastated mum Debbie said she wanted to see her beloved son one more time.

Debbie, 55, and dad Warren Slater, 58, jetted to the island and have been battling for answers.

They got the news they were dreading on Monday when Spanish police revealed a body had been located.

A family spokesman told The Sun: “There should be no need for the family to have to perform a formal identification.

“Debbie has said she wants to see him one last time.

“Obviously that’s a personal choice but given he’s been there the best part of a month in those conditions, I’m not sure that’s a memory she will want.”

Arrangements are being made to repatriate the body to the UK where a second post-mortem is likely to be carried out by a Home Office pathologist.

A court in the town of Icod de los Vinos, which covers the area of Masca where the body was found, is in charge of the ongoing investigation.

Jay’s family got the news they were dreading when police confirmed a body had been found.

How Jay Slater vanished

Jay vanished without a trace on June 17 while on holiday with friends Brad Hargreaves and Lucy Law.

He had gone in the early hours with two men to their Airbnb in the north of the Canary Island after leaving a music festival at a nightclub.

Police cancelled the search on June 30 after they launched a final official attempt to find Jay.

Police hunting for Jay were forced to search in secret as amateur sleuths risked disrupting the case.

Cops in Tenerife had so far remained tight-lipped about their investigation – sparking a barrage of online speculation.

Social media was rife with armchair detectives peddling vile conspiracy theories and hounding Jay’s devastated family.

Some amateur sleuths even took it upon themselves to fly to the island in a bid to crack the case themselves.

It fuelled cops to keep their work even more private as they refused to add to the “circus” caused by trolls and wannabe sleuths, police sources say.

The source told The Sun: “For many of the officers in Tenerife, they’d never dealt with a missing persons’ case like this.

“There were so many armchair detectives offering theories, and people arriving on the Island who said they could solve the mystery.

“They had no interest in feeding that.”

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission