Heartbreaking final months of Brit man found dead in Tenerife - including sleeping in Aldi car park

A British pensioner who was beforereportedly sleeping rough.

Gary Ferns, 70, near Playa Las Vistas in Los Cristianos in the southern part of the popular holiday island before he was taken to El Mojón Hospital on the island after becoming unwell, but was discharged the following day.

After being admitted to hospital, Gary was not seen again, prompting a desperate search by his family and friends. When the search for him began, friends explained he had mobility issues due to a broken hip and a previous illness, meaning he relied on a walking frame to move around.

Originally from , he had been living in Tenerife and was well known among regulars at the Noah’s Ark bar in Puerto Colon, in the south of the island.

One Tenerife local claimed to have seen a person resembling Gary’s description sleeping in the car park of an supermarket shortly before he was reported missing.

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Overnight, his sister confirmed a body found in a hospital in the island capital Santa Cruz, understood to be another hospital to the facility Gary was reportedly discharged from shortly before his death, had been confirmed as his.

But the tragedy of Gary's death didn't end there as his heartbroken sister struggled to identify his body due to the fact he had no ID on him and DNA testing had been necessary to make the positive match.

Elaine Schmidt-Ferns said in an emotional post, questioning why the DNA tests had taken so long to come back after a man's body was found in February: “It is with deep sorrow and sadness that I announce the passing of my brother Gary.

“This has been a very bad time for all our family and of course Gary’s dear friends in the UK and Tenerife.

“It has been four months since he went missing and in February I flew to Tenerife and gave a DNA sample for testing as a body had been found, not on the streets as was first thought but in the hospital in Candelaria.

“Unfortunately Gary did not have any ID so that was why he was not located sooner.

“Having said that I gave the DNA on the 10th of February and I had the confirmation only this morning that the DNA was a match.

“We will know in the next few days more as the paperwork will be given to us through our solicitor and we will then know when he died and we will get the death certificate and then know what he died of.

“We were unable to tell anyone before because we just did not know for sure so that’s why there have been no posts recently.”

She ended her post by saying: “R.I.P Bro I will miss you.”

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