Local police said that evidence strongly suggested the remains were those of the teenager.
, local police said on Monday, adding that evidence strongly suggested the remains were those of the teenager.
Slater, 19, went missing on June 17 and his phone was last traced to the Masca ravine in a remote national park on the Canary Islands archipelago.A police spokesperson told Reuters by phone that the body was found on Monday morning by a Civil Guard mountain rescue group. On June 30, Spanish police said they had ended a search for Slater that had involved dozens of officers, rescue workers and volunteers using dogs, drones and a helicopter.
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