Rescue workers searching for missing British teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife have found a body and are trying to identify it, Spanish police have told Sky News.
"Evidence strongly suggests" the remains are those of the 19-year-old, officers added.
The body "does look to be that of Jay Slater" said LBT Global, a British overseas missing persons charity which has been working with the Slater family.
It added in a statement: "It is understood the body was found close to the site of [Jay Slater's] 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 and forensic enquiries will follow."
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Police said in a statement that the Civil Guard's mountain rescue group had located the "lifeless body of a young man in the Masca area after 29 days of constant search".
They added: "Given the complexity of the case, the discovery has been possible thanks to the incessant and discreet search carried out by the Civil Guard during these 29 days."
Parts of the countryside were "preserved" so they were "not filled with curious onlookers".
Officers went on: "All indications indicate that it could be the young British man who has been missing since June 17 - in the absence of full identification.
"The first investigations reveal he could have suffered an accident fall in the inaccessible area where he was found.
"We are awaiting the results of the autopsy."
"Jay's family never gave up hope," said Sky News correspondent Shingi Mararike, who has reported from Tenerife.
He added: "They stayed in Tenerife throughout this month in which the search went on, and they themselves tried to chip in with the search effort.
"I spoke to his dad, Warren, on a number of occasions as he went to the area, as he tried to retrace Jay's steps, and he was devastated. He was extremely upset about what had happened.
"And what we have now is potentially the news that they really didn't want to hear."
Police commentator Graham Wettone said the geography of the area where Jay Slater went missing made the search much harder.
"Clearly the terrain is exceptionally difficult to navigate, but especially to search thoroughly and properly with the resources, the equipment, and tactics they were using," he said.
Mr Slater was last heard from after setting off to walk from a northern area of the island back to his holiday accommodation in the south - a journey of about 11 hours.
He flew out to the Spanish island with friends on 13 June to attend a music festival at Papagayo nightclub in the southern resort of Playa de las Americas three days later.
At 8.30am on 17 June he called his friend Lucy Law, telling her he had missed a bus, his phone battery was on 1%, and he had cut his leg on a cactus.
On Sunday his mother, Debbie Duncan, said the family "cannot put into words" the heartache they have been through.
She said her son was "loved by everyone and has a close bond with his family and many, many friends".
Ms Duncan described her boy as a "loving son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin and friend to so many".
She also said that certain comments online were "very distressing for us all to read".
Ms Duncan added: "We are aware of the awful comments and conspiracy theories that are filling social media.
"These theories are hindering the people trying to help us in their investigations here in Tenerife and are vile to see as a family."
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