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The family of Jay Slater have left floral tributes close to the scene where he died, along with messages describing him as a 'beautiful boy' and 'forever young'.
Bunches of white chrysanthemums and roses were left beside a large rock on a path overlooking the ravine in Tenerife where the body of the 19-year-old was found on Monday morning.
The memorial, decorated with blue ribbons, also included a teddy bear wearing an England football shirt, a tiny angel with a jewelled crucifix and a red jar with a candle.
A handwritten message from his mother Debbie Turner attached with a blue peg to one of the bouquets said: 'To my beautiful boy. I'm so sorry we never found you. I miss you so much. You will be forever young and forever missed. Love you so much, Mum'.
Another moving message pegged to a post by Jay's father Walter Slater read: 'To my Boy, Love Dad, Always, XXXX'
A handwritten message from Jay's mother Debbie Turner attached with a blue peg to one of the bouquets
A message from Jay's big brother Zack which reads 'Love you little bro' and 'I'll look after Mum and Dad'
Jay Slater, 19, with his mother Debbie Duncan, 55, who spent weeks searching for her son
The tribute was attached above a blue ribbon tied around the post next to a bracelet made from wooden beads, including one with a letter J on it.
A third handwritten message from Jay's brother Zak written in faltering handwriting was attached to a single white rose.
It read: 'Love you little bro. Never in a million years did I think I'd be doing this. I'll look after mum and dad. Hope you're partying up there with granddad. Hope to see you again some day. Rest easy bro, I love you, Zak XX'.
A fourth tribute carried a picture of Jay, with the words 'Rest in Peace, Jay Slater, 19 year old / 19 anos.'
The message, which was illustrated with four blue love hearts and two crosses, added: 'Tenerife will always have you in our hearts! Gone, but never forgotten. Love + prayers to you!'
The spot where the tributes were left is around 100 yards down a path in the Baranco Juan Lopez valley which Jay is believed to have walked down shortly before his death.
It is around a mile from the deep ravine where he is believed to have fallen to his death four-weeks-ago while trying to walk back to his hotel in Los Cristianos after a night out.
The scene overlooking the ruggedly beautiful valley and the ravine in the distance was eerily quiet this morning with the silence only broken by the cries of crows soaring in the sky overhead.
Jay from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire vanished on June 17 following a night out when he attended the final day of the NRG music festival at Papagayo night club in the resort of Playa de las Americas.
Another moving message pegged to a post by Jay's father Walter Slater reads: 'To my Boy, Love Dad, Always, XXXX'
Jay Slater's father Warren Slater and brother Zack Slater turn up at Masca to view and help with the search
The spot where the tributes were left is around 100 yards down a path in the Baranco Juan Lopez valley which Jay is believed to have walked down shortly before his death
He had left his friends and went off with two men who drove him back to their Airbnb accommodation on the outskirts of the village of Masca, around 20 miles away.
While in the car, he sent a Snapchat message to his friends boasting that he had just stolen a £12,000 Rolex watch from a reveller and was going to sell it for £10,000.
He later shared a photo on his Snapchat account, which showed him standing at the doorway of a house shortly after 7am.
Around an hour later he called his friend Lucy Law, telling her that he was 'lost in the mountains with one per cent battery and no water' and had missed a bus back south to his accommodation in Los Cristianos.
He claimed he had set off on foot to try and get back to his hotel, despite it being around 11 hours away.
MailOnline later found a witness who revealed that he had walked north out of the village, instead of taking the winding road south towards Los Cristianos.
Yesterday tearful mourners gathered in Jay's hometown of Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, where they released blue balloons in his memory
A vigil for Jay as tearful friends came together and paid tribute to the teenager
Jay pictured with his mother Debbie Duncan, who stayed in Tenerife to search for her son
Volunteers searching for Jay in the rural regions near Masca at the end of last month
Jay's body was found on Monday after he disappeared last month on June 17
The teenager had gone on holiday to Tenerife with his friends in June
Local residents have speculated that he may have decided that it might have been quicker for him to find the coast and walk back along it, rather than trek along the winding road back through the mountains.
They have claimed that he may have left the road and headed down a track into the Juan Lopez valley after catching a glimpse of the sea in the distance.
But he would have found the path coming to an abrupt end after half a mile, leading to him scrambling down a slope before reaching rocky outcrops at the end of the valley nearest the coastline.
It is believed that he tried to climb up a ridge to carry on trying to reach the sea before stumbling and falling into the ravine.
Search teams took nearly four weeks to find him as the area of the ravine is so inaccessible.
Spanish authorities confirmed yesterday that the body which was recovered was identified as being Jay froom fingerprints.
His possessions were also found alongside his body which ha dinjuries consistent with a fall from a height.
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