US EditionJay Slater's mother breaks down in tears at inquest - as friends fail to appear as witnesses
- Jay Slater, a 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, was discovered deceased on July 15, 2024, in a remote gully located within the Teno region of Tenerife.
- Slater disappeared on June 17 after attending the NRG music festival and attempted to walk from a Masca village Airbnb to friends' flat in Los Cristianos.
- A month-long search followed his disappearance, with his body recovered near where his phone last pinged, and the inquest opened at Preston Coroner's Court on May 21, 2025.
- Dr Richard Shepherd determined that Jay's cause of death was primarily due to serious head trauma believed to have resulted from a significant fall, highlighting the head injury as the key factor in understanding his passing.
- Key witnesses Lucy Law and Brad Hargreaves, who were with Jay before he vanished, have not been located despite police efforts and have denied their identities ahead of the inquest.
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Jay Slater's mother breaks down in tears at inquest - as friends fail to appear as witnesses
A coroner's court hears summonses have been issued for several witnesses who were in contact with the British teenager before he disappeared in Tenerife but a number had failed to respond.
Teenager Jay Slater died from a head injury, inquest hears
The 19-year-old went missing last summer in Tenerife, sparking a huge manhunt. Teenager Jay Slater who disappeared in Tenerife last summer sparking a major manhunt died from a head injury, a coroner’s court heard. Mr Slater, 19, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was holidaying on the Spanish island and had been to the NRG music festival with friends at the Papagayo nightclub in the resort of Playa de las Americas on June 16 last year. It is believ…
Jay Slater's Tenerife pals now 'can't be found' and are 'denying who they are'
Apprentice bricklayer Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was found dead in a ravine on the Spanish island of Tenerife last year with his missing case sparking a huge investigation
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