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Channel 4’s Jay Slater Documentary Reveals Unseen Message, Refocuses Case on Accidental‑Death Ruling

The programme redirects attention from online theories to the coroner’s finding that a fatal fall caused his death.

Overview

  • The Disappearance of Jay Slater airs on Channel 4, presenting previously unseen material including an unsent Snapchat that said, “Listen, I’m not going to make it.”
  • The film underscores the inquest’s conclusion of accidental death with no third‑party involvement after a fall in Tenerife’s Juan Lopez ravine, described as a 20–25 metre drop.
  • It reconstructs Slater’s final hours, from leaving a club with two men for an Airbnb in Masca to setting off on foot around 8am and phoning friends to say he was lost.
  • Reporting notes that murder and watch‑theft theories circulating online are discredited by the evidence presented at the inquest and revisited in the documentary.
  • The documentary highlights leaked toxicology showing traces of MDMA and cocaine before his death, the distress caused to his family, and their push for tougher action on harmful online content.