Jay Slater missing – latest: Autopsy to take place as police think teenager ‘suffered fall’ in Tenerife

An autopsy of the body thought to be that of Jay Slater is set to take place, with police believing the teenager suffered a fall in Tenerife.

Human remains were found in the search for the British 19-year-old on Monday, nearly a month after he went missing while on holiday on the Spanish island.

A body was found in the area where the apprentice bricklayer had disappeared, the Civil Guard said, as a charity supporting the family confirmed that it was discovered close to the site of his mobile phone’s last location .

DNA tests will be carried out to establish the person’s identity, along with an autopsy, which a police spokesman told Manchester Evening News would “probably” take place on Tuesday morning. The body was found with Mr Slater’s possessions and clothes, charity LBT Global said, with initial police investigations suggesting he “could have suffered an accident fall”.

Mr Slater, from Lancashire, had been at the NRG music festival on 16 June before he travelled to an Airbnb in the village of Masca with two men. He left the following morning and appeared to start an 11-hour walk back to his apartment.

He was last seen by a cafe owner , who said the teenager had asked her about bus times before deciding not to wait two hours for a service. She then saw him leave the village on foot, and his phone was last detected in the Rural de Teno National Park.