Jay Slater inquest opens into death of Brit teen in Tenerife 11 months after four-week disappearance gripped the world

AN inquest into Jay Slater’s death today 11 months after the British teenager vanished in Tenerife has begun today.

The 19-year-old’s body was found in a ravine in the remote Rural de Teno National Park last July after an agonising 29-day search.

Ian Whittaker

Jay Slater, 19, died while on holiday in Tenerife[/caption]

Apprentice bricklayer Jay, who was on holiday with friends, went missing on June 17 last year after leaving an Airbnb apartment in Masca at around 8am.

Jay, of Oswaldtwistle, Lancs, called his pal Lucy at 8.50am saying he had cut his leg, was lost and dehydrated  and had just one per cent battery on his phone.

His mobile last pinged in the mountainous Rural de Teno Park after Jay walked the wrong way from the Airbnb in Masca, 25 miles north from where he was staying in Los Cristianos.