The 'totally devastated' mother of Jay Slater has demanded answers tonight after a body was found in the hunt for her missing son.
Jay,19,from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire,vanished on the morning of June 17 on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife,prompting a huge search to try and find him.
Spanish police called off the official search after 13 days,but on Monday announced they had discovered a body close to where his mobile phone is believed to have lost reception 29 days ago,with his 'possessions and clothes' nearby.
Formal identification has not yet taken place,but officers say that 'everything is pointing to it being' the missing teen.
His grief-stricken mother Debbie Duncan,55,has 'lots of questions which she hopes will be answered in the coming days,' a source close to the family said.
'Debbie is completely devastated,' the insider told The Sun,adding that the 'hardest' part for Duncan is that the remains were 'found so close to the original search site'.
It comes as the family's detective has revealed that Ms Duncan and the teen's father Warren Slater were targeted by trolls in a sick hostage video that saw them falsely claim 'We have your son',The Mirror reported.
Mark Williams-Thomas,a former Scotland Yard cop who has been working with Jay's family over the last few weeks,suspects the fraudsters were trying to extort the teen's loved ones for a 'significant sum of money'.
The search for Jay had been carried out 'under a secrecy order from the court'
He had travelled to an Airbnb in Masca after a night out,but the two men said to have rented the property were later ruled 'not relevant' to the case.
LBT Global,which supports the families of British people missing overseas,said: 'LBT Global is saddened to announce that a body found in Tenerife does look to be that of Jay Slater.
'It is understood the body was found close to the site of his mobile phone's last location.
'Although formal identification is yet to be carried out,the body was found with Mr Slater's possessions and clothes.
'A post-mortem examination and forensic enquiries will follow.
'LBT Global are supporting the family at this distressing time and ask for everyone to afford them space and privacy to come to terms with the news.'
Supporters raised more than £54,000 to help fund the hunt for the teenager.
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