Human remains found in search for missing British teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife | BBC News

Spanish police say they have found human remains as part of their search for British teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife.
While there has been no formal confirmation, police say the evidence strongly suggested the remains were those of the 19-year-old.
Jay has not been heard from since going missing on the Spanish island on 17 June.
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[@kieranp4710]

If you really pay attention - she's just said the same thing multiple times with no additional info added after the first ten seconds

[@karlherkess7066]

Sums up all mainstream media. Its sensationalism.

[@manganesegoblin981]

They do that for people who just started listening halfway through

[@haileybennett4006]

No shit? It's a spontaneous breaking news update to inform anyone tuning in. People who whine about "le sensationalist media" are stupid as fuck.

[@karlherkess7066]

@@manganesegoblin981 no they do that to milk stories. If you miss it there's 10 other news channels reportimg the same thing. We have the capability to rewind also.

[@olafhenson3626]

No shirt Sherlock. Its how all breaking news segments work. They give you the headline, give you a brief summary of the news story and then move on until they can give you a full report. Do you think the news reporter is telepathic? Like they're just gonna know all the full details from Spain in an instant?

[@macsmiffy2197]

The Spanish police have issued a statement. The searching continued quietly without the constant presence of media getting in the way.

[@Mary-yb1yh]

Great work from the Spanish police.. Thank you for all of your help Spain. It is much appreciated..

[@Joesviajeros]

​@@Mary-yb1yhno sé a parado de trabajar desde el primer día,pero con cautela y discreción.

[@Razorjaw86]

Me trying to write a 5000 word essay on 1 question:

[@jaker3151]

First that doctor, now this kid. Holiday goers really need to know the area that they are visiting. Especially in climates and terrain that they are not use to.

[@m78991234]

The mumsnet detective divisions really didn’t help, very disappointed in them

[@donatapowell8143]

The racist mumsner division.

[@honestgangster9438]

Sad news R.i.P. condolences and prayers to the family 😢🤲🏽

[@valeriedoyle7818]

Poor kid thoughts and prayers to jays Mum & Dad what a sad ending to a first holiday abroad heartbreaking in every picture I’ve seen of you you had such a big smile R.I.P young man may god bless you 🖤🥲

[@MrHidinho]

Euros, Wimbledon and Slater. What else do you want Spain?

[@Gargamel616]

Disgraceful

[@Ducatijay72]

It’s because of brexit 😢

[@OnefiveATrappo]

😂😂😂

[@Aloh-od3ef]

@@Ducatijay72Spain are doing well in sports because of Brexit 😂😂 That’s one of the most stupid conspiracy theory I have ever read 🤭

[@dionroberts2802]

@@Gargamel616😂😂 snowflakes ❄️

[@markjohnnojohnson5352]

Sky news just confirmed it’s him

[@shamspuri2493]

This news is so heartbreaking. Sincerest condolences to Jay (RIP) Slater’s family. Too young to be gone so soon 😢

[@christinedavies8761]

RIP Jay. My condolences go to his friends and family. Very sad news. :(

[@InvisibleVicky]

Now can everyone concentrate on hundreds of other missing people

[@westynufc90]

Right mam

[@Niggleblade1986]

@@InvisibleVicky bit hard that

[@InvisibleVicky]

@@Niggleblade1986 why?? He’s a machete wielding druggie thug

[@sadiebrown5845]

this is so sad.

[@nala7658]

Sad to hear what the sane population knew all along was going to be the case. My condolences to his family 🙏🏻

[@rocketron9]

Can media attention please turn to Jack O’Sullivan from Bristol,still missing.

[@MsPinkwolf]

It's very sad. But I hate to say it, if he went in the water he might never be found 😢

[@SC-bc6tz]

really sad how little coverage his story is getting, it hasn't even been covered enough locally here, good on you for getting the word out there, sometimes feels like the media only cares about the victim if it makes a good story.

[@mattwinstanley2544]

What about all the other missing people? 78 people on the NCA database last seen in 2024 alone.

[@lordcharfield4529]

@@SC-bc6tzso true!

[@SHINBET666]

@@SC-bc6tzThis was sadly a covert operation. Distraction type of thing . Eerily similar to Dr .Michael Mosley and Nicola Bulley , even Madeline McCann has similarities with Jay Slater * May He Rest In Peace

[@pistolpete5189]

Thoughts and prayers with the family at this time ☹️

[@beautifulspirit2973]

Such sad news. My heart goes out to Jays family after such a long wait. First holiday aboard makes it even more poignant. RIP Jay

[@christinestevenson7034]

R.i.p young man, thoughts with Jay's family at this sad time.

[@dionroberts2802]

😂

[@birgitkudsk1565]

How many times do you have to repeat yourself within few minutes?

[@cammy_cat]

So sorry to his friends and family. So sad 😞

[@MrSenserus]

How long will it be until any of the news outlets are open about the drug links, the watch or the felonious ties Jay had?

[@3masouri]

some news outlets have covered it, most of those videos don’t make it to the KZbin algorithm though. The only videos that do make it to the algorithm are the ones that make Jay look like an innocent angel

[@FigmentHF]

It’s not relevant. It’s trashy online gossip for Reddit forums. It’s also dangerous because average humans have close to zero ability to accurately parse reality.

[@OsirusHandle]

its totally irrelevent. dude wondered off, got lost, died of heatatroke or slipped on a rock.

[@gss6531]

@@FigmentHF Not relevant because he wasn't a drug mule?

[@MsPinkwolf]

Maybe they weren't relevant to him being found. He told a friend he was lost in the forest. I assume if he'd said someone had put him there, or the police didn't have the info about the conversation they might have treated it as a crime. It was a guy taking a short cut who got lost. Anything else is conspiracy theories.

[@user-gi2tz6jh7b]

That's so sad feel so sorry for his parents

[@emmaledger1027]

My thoughts are with you all the family at this terrible time😢

[@virginiaduffy9199]

My prayers 🙏🙏and thoughts are with his family at this .RIP Jay

[@djvoodoo01]

So no confirmation that its him but you put his name in the title, could be anyone

[@kathleenj01]

They say the clothing and items found match Jays.

[@gillianlaing1073]

It's jay,his clothing matches,right area too! RIP

[@FigmentHF]

Yeah, literally anyone. Hundreds of baddies dotted about the sunny holiday island of Tenerife. Do you guys just have an automatic paranoia distrust of everyone ?

[@FigmentHF]

@@Shauna-bj8viwhy is everyone so…. I don’t want to be mean, but stupid really is the only word. How many bodies do they think are there? How do these peoples brains work? 😢

[@gillianlaing1073]

@djvoodoo01 body had jays clothes,& possessions! So it's Jay

[@StoicEconomics]

Why she sounds like a broken record?

[@user-vw5jk8ye7i]

she really cant control that middle finger..

[@jayasmiah6617]

Rip jay my condolences to the family

[@InvisibleVicky]

Yet that Lucy’s fone showed she made the call. Not him

[@user-kq9vv5tj1u]

Don't steal watches abroad.

[@emmaledger1027]

What's that got to do with a sadley a missing young lad have some bloody resect

[@user-kq9vv5tj1u]

@@emmaledger1027 piss off. If he was brown or black you would not give a shit. You idiots go to Spain thinking your all tough and he got shown what it's like to f about abroad and what's sadley???

[@user-kq9vv5tj1u]

@@emmaledger1027 everything you bum! Don't steal!!

[@user-kq9vv5tj1u]

@@emmaledger1027 you aint tough. You think you are you lot but you aint. Alcohol and cocaine cannot save you.

[@emmaledger1027]

Sorry I don't touch drugs I'm a Christian

[@sd560]

RIP Jay 😔😢💔💔💔💔 Thoughts and prayers to the family and friends 🙏

[@melgrant7404]

Reckon the remains were dumped back there after the searches stopped.

[@RJA]

Yep

[@royalwarfare1]

Why because that’s what you want to believe? Bet you’re a flat Earther as well 🤣🤣

[@jamiegpersonal]

Idiot ​@@royalwarfare1

[@macsmiffy2197]

The searches never stopped, the police said that to keep the ghouls away.

[@Wulfyr]

You can't blame people for speculating when it certainly appeared as if he was at least socialising with people who had high level connections with the very lucrative local drug trade. If he did just wander off and was overcome by conditions there was certainly other stuff regarding that aspect of Tenerife bubbling away in the background of the surrounding circumstances.

[@Normajeans1]

Lo siento mucho. Mis condolencias a la familia. Tristes saludos desde Tenerife 😢

[@JonPaulRoberts]

No conspiracy theories people. Don't forget a family has lost a loved one

[@EthanLomas]

[@TheDefJamm]

You mean opinions that everyone is entitled to?

[@MsPinkwolf]

​@@TheDefJammEven if they're wrong?

[@Oxnaforda]

​@@TheDefJamm opinions that are bat shit crazy, should be kept to yourselves.

[@BurnCKC]

@@TheDefJamm opinions? More like the ramblings of the mentally challenged.

[@DC65DC]

Thought they searched that area thoroughly?

[@RJA]

​@@DC65DCor the body got dumped their after the search

[@royalwarfare1]

@@RJAOr, or just maybe they didn’t see him but that’s not as exciting is it

[@namikhadzihasanovic]

@@RJAcome on ffs 🤦‍♂️ just stop it by now

[@paulevans3663]

God sake grow up, you have not the slightest clue about searching vast areas of open terrain. Your comments suggest your the type of person who would struggle to tie thier own shoelaces.

[@hyywe240]

​@@DC65DC such an idiot 😂

[@Frenchblue8]

June 17th, 1978... Was "a long time ago". June 17th of 2024~not so much. My heart is with the family and friends of this lad. As a bereaved mother myself, I know a little of what they are feeling and I'm sending all the comfort I can.

[@sandeeppuri9032]

If you are determined to be adventurous then don’t expect the public state to keep being your safety net . Organize your own safety net pal

[@tobietera]

What!?

[@GazDavies-g7r]

You know he was on drugs yea? Had crappie friends who left him? He didn't just go for a hike stop talking nonsense. Time to educate youngsters about drugs and crappie friends people

[@manosparavida3551]

So you're saying that Spanish police have found human remains in the area where JS went missing?

[@Traceva]

So sad

[@rifatsultana2055]

Very very sad 😢😢

[@joshnicholson2934]

Sorry, i missed that, what did you say?

[@thl205]

Where are all those trolls who were calling this a hoax and sending threats to his family?

[@DjMellowMoods]

You was one of them I’ve seen your comments 🤷🏽‍♂️ you was also trolling you mug

[@thl205]

@@DjMellowMoods what an easily disprovable lie🙄 you know your comments are visible too? you’re the one still posting conspiracy theories about this

[@CelticSaint]

@@thl205 Didn't you sat that Jay was still alive and going to pocket the GFM money. I'm sure it was you.

[@thl205]

@@CelticSaint I think it was you 😮

[@Mo-kv9hg]

Don't take drugs

[@sweetsinfony7898]

My heart goes out to his family. I'm sending my deepest condolences to his family and friends. This is so sad 😢💔

[@JonPaulRoberts]

Really sad 😢

[@samuelgosling2000]

its sad for sure but are we now just ignoring all the drug links and the fact he for some reason was very reluctant to stay in that area after linking up with known drug traffickers

[@realLsf]

So sad. RIP Jay 🙏✝️

[@JJones-zi9vt]

why is she speaking like that?

[@brownmoney27]

The lesson is to not steal things.

[@dianeglanville]

very very sad news if its jay my heart goes out to is poor family such a lovely young man

[@scientist1417]

So human remains.... human remains.... human remains.... human remains...

[@antonietagraham9550]

Kind and respectful thoughts are with the family so sorry for your loss😢😢

[@CARLOSDIAZ.1975]

😮Respect Jay s family so sad

[@Musical_Haru]

Finally, people can shut up about it. Yea, I feel awful for him, but why did this make the news when people go missing all the time?

[@redeyegooner]

RIP. 😓

[@connahj1696]

I’m sorry but does this ring alarm bells??? They found human remains in the area he went missing??? Did this body just show up over night?, did they not check the place he was last? Surely this don’t make sense or am I just loosing it?….

[@notyourordinarygran]

You have seen footage of the terrain, it is incredibly difficult to search in such areas and really easy to miss things.

[@claw333]

Your just thick as shit like the rest of the armchair detectives

[@peterwilson7532]

He went much closer to the sea than realised. Not through that bushy, gravelly landscape so much but it lead into a steep, shadow filled, rocky, high sided canyon, going down a steep slope to an impossible to navigate, beach-less waterfront cliff.

[@juliemerrin8698]

Your not loosing it I keep going over it thinking I've missed something. However with the weather at the moment in Spain I really can't see how it's human remains of the lad in question .He went missing on the 17th June so that's a month or am I still missing something 😢

[@mimid6354]

Shhh they don’t want you to think critically

[@ezioauditore1639]

Bangladesh's internal situation is very agitated. Bangladesh Govt. and Student league with police force have attacked the general students of Bangladesh, who were in the street demanding for the reconstruction of discriminating Quota system in job & every govt. sector of Bangladesh. Bangladeshi Press & Medias are not covering the news. We need the international media focus. Help us. Please give focus on our general students who are being attacked, blooded , bitten . The world should know this. Plase help Bangladesh Genarel students!

[@kiranhabibfamily]

SO SAD

[@Sheikh-99]

#save 🇧🇩

[@SX-sc1dy]

Rip young man 🙏, maybe the tiktok, and youtube conspiracy theorists will shut the F up now

[@spudspuddy]

i doubt it

[@alanholgate3442]

Exactly some Numptys are now saying his body was dumped Ffs RIP JAY ❤

[@dionroberts2802]

😂

[@a.aadkanian3083]

Reast in peace young friend❤

[@nubianqueen4375]

I once went home to Africa and travelled to a holiday resort before coming back to UK 🇬🇧. I was really appalled by what I saw 👀 some white Brits doing. Some were even banned and evicted from their hotel because of some distractions they were causing. Why do some people carry such awful behaviours to other countries?????? All those people doing it I don’t know whether they realise that it’s affecting the reputation of their country and other innocent citizens. It’s really a shame.

[@gemmawilliams4166]

I pray for his family that they find peace. This is very very sad.

[@user-jl4vc7qn9i]

Why didn't the woman he spoke to,tell him not to go that way!!! He would have never made the journey 😢

[@JuLia-kk6lh]

How would you think to leave that house alone without knowledge of the area with just 1% battery?? 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️🤔 I am sure he heard about Mosley on Greek Island.. 😓🤦🏻‍♀️

[@sundaygirl006]

Aw no. 😢

[@leighnisbett9691]

In foreign countries you need to know the area or have a local guide to ensure you get back safely to civilisation and if in an area you don't know wait until there is transportation available to get you safely back to your accommodation .

[@greigsanderson]

12k rolex

[@njfr9389]

it was an AP, not a rolex

[@Paul-g2k]

No this is yong boy who has lost his life the police need to search the villa where jay was

[@angelahatzimihalis7103]

Qassim has his watch...remember they posted a pic of Qassim wearing the watch last week...

[@lucymerkom9571]

Thank God Rest In peace son 🙏🏻💔✝️💔🙏🏻

[@DNOPLAYSGAMES]

They found what where? Didn’t quite catch it

[@ryanmckee3029]

they call off the search, family bring in top search team from Netherlands and BAM Spanish police find remains. Bit dodgy after they said they weren't gonna search anymore.

[@Niggleblade1986]

And already searched there

[@straightreject2947]

​@Niggleblade1986 even more suspicious 🤔

[@sweetsinfony7898]

People like you just can't give it a rest. WTF?

[@royalwarfare1]

Oh here come the conspiracies again 🙄

[@falcosirrus8620]

Only the official search was called off. I have friends working out there and they always maintained that Spanish teams were continuing to search and that was widely known in local media, just not UK media.

[@makahiadanielle8459]

How sad

[@ChannelJtotheD]

🙏

[@gailplatt1]

Garrenteed that 1 percent battery was a iPhone

[@stickyweasel8837]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chelloandra]

There ya go was not a mystery just not easy to find and the moral is ? Don’t walk country side you don’t know

[@UndisturbedMonk]

I wonder what excuse the conspiracy theorists will come up next with?

[@jollygiant]

Please don’t bait the trolls, they’re waiting in their mums basement for messages like this!

[@GazDavies-g7r]

No conspiracy, just say no to drugs and no to crap friends 💯

[@dawnempress5014]

😢😢😢🕊🙏

[@waynewatson9893]

R.i.p

[@AntiWokeBloke]

I thought the winner of the finals got custody of jay slater ?

[@Pertonite1]

Grow up loser

[@donn-nd3bs]

So young sad

[@liamcooke1859]

Kinda odd that just a day ago the family says the euros might help make a breakthrough then just happens to now find a body 🤔

[@tobietera]

It's a coincidence at most but not odd. You can stop playing detective now, it's over. Go and concentrate on your real job.

[@GazDavies-g7r]

​@@tobieterayour life so great while your here like a keyboard warrior 😂 say no to drugs people and get real friends not people who don't care at all

[@JosimUddinSorder]

Please submit a report on the brutal oppression of students in Bangladesh

[@yeaminfahad9216]

This is what's happening in Bangladesh right now! General students protesting against the quota issue are facing brutal attacks. We urge national and international journalists to bring attention to this pressing issue and cover the ongoing situation comprehensively.

[@user-midlander]

Are the media in Bangladeshi covering the Jay Slater case.

[@chloe1766]

@@user-midlander ouch

[@Ashleylobesu_2007]

​​@@user-midlander Lol wasn't the BBC an international media?

[@user-midlander]

@@Ashleylobesu_2007 They can’t cover everything.

[@Ashleylobesu_2007]

@@user-midlander lol udk the current situation

[@sadmanratin6729]

Plz try to focus on Bangladesh we need bbc help. We 96% people want quota reform movement but our rulling party attacked upon civilian and 200 innocent injured. Try to help us. Plz focus

[@Silverdale15]

Drugs are to blame ....😮

[@Aloh-od3ef]

How do know this? Did he do a drug test, before he went missing? Thought not 🤔🤣

[@RichardPhillips1066]

Sad

[@eunicefreeman1892]

RIP Jay so sorry to his family for their loss

[@Tye84xx]

aint no way Jay Slater is comming home before the euros

[@aryanridwan174]

We (Bangladeshi) students are currently peacefully protesting against quota,but Student League an organization of the government ambushed us.Nearly two hundred people were injured and many were killed in the attack. At this time we need you very much because the journalists of our country are on the side of the government.They have no news on this issue.They have not promoting about on this issue.Seeking freedom has now become a crime for us. #Save_Bangladeshi_students #ALjazerra #Bbcnews #CNN #TheWashingtonPost #TheNewYorkTimes #TheGuardian #BBC #AlJazeeraEnglish #TheWallStreetJournal #CNBC #DhruvRathee #UnitedNations #NewYorkTimesOpinion #ABCNews #NewYorkPost #ProjectNightfall #AbhiandNiyu #QuotaReformProtest #বাংলাদেশ_কোটা_আন্দোলন #কোটা_আন্দোলন_২০২৪ #no_more_quotha #protect_students #save_students #bangladesh_quotha_movement #focus_on_bangladesh Ehsan Weylin #ehsanweylin

[@corneliuscornia3189]

I blame EU,they dont let England to be amazing and fantastic

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Poor lad.

[@Kit_Bear]

And this is why I carry a Breitling Emergency and a Casio F20 GPS watch with me if I go away from home. I also carry a small battery bank just in case. I feel sorry for the lad and his family but he should have been a little more cautious and a little more prepared before visiting another country.

[@almozahidjoy9071]

Plz help Bangladesh student 😭😭

[@user-sb8lr4cm9k]

Oh dear…..how sad……never mind

[@dionroberts2802]

😂❤

[@user-midlander]

Disgusting comment.

[@adrianamarchi5313]

So sad rip

[@horizonsunset1344]

Now it’s interesting to see if we find out if he did indeed have a experience watch or anything else with him that he shouldn’t have had, that would maybe explain why he took that dangerous and hard route to possibly escape from someone, Yet if he’s clean then that’s a mystery how he ended up there.

[@Joesviajeros]

😂😂😂😂 puras conspiraciónes de mierda

[@carwyngriffiths]

@@Joesviajerosto be fair from the information that is publicly available. He was in a big hurry to leave the BnB he was staying at, offered to drive him back and even refused and decided to make to trek back to his mates.

[@sandeeppuri9032]

Don’t mean to disrespect anyone but isn’t it time that people stopped going on solo treks that could be dangerous ? They end up in time and cost consuming searches once they are lost and most such searches end tragically ? What a waste of public money and just so that some individuals can get some thrills ?

[@Junglejuice-xm3fy]

Rip Jay and sorry for the family his friends and lucy and the 2 guys who were witch hunted.. and shame on anyone who used his disappearance for views and spreading conspiracy about his friends and even the mainstream media spreading conspiracy aswell shame on you Rip Jay and family and friends sorry for your loss😢

[@namikhadzihasanovic]

Rip young man. Tragic :/

[@StoicEconomics]

Sad that he didn’t watch Bear Grills on discovery channel 🤐

[@CelticSaint]

Bear is a bit of a fake. Ray Mears is the daddy!

[@moonlightbae_]

I’m sure everyone who mocked him, a missing TEEN must feel really bad

[@Ronin-tp4vx]

They were mocking him and calling it Karma because he nearly murdered someone and got an 18 month suspended prison sentence. Tom Hilton who was attacked with a machete had been left with parts of his skull exposed as well as serious wounds to his shoulders and legs, defendants including Jay Slater laughed and joked on social media about the attack.

[@stickyweasel8837]

Not really, no.