Overview

• Duncan said trolls accused her and other relatives of involvement in Jay Slater’s death, describing the claims as relentless and still ongoing.
• She told the programme that online speculation confused the family’s efforts to assess leads during the search and said the sustained harassment contributed to her having a breakdown.
• The family is pressing for tougher regulation of misinformation about missing people, with Duncan seeking support from her local MP for a proposed Jay’s Law.
• Channel 4’s The Disappearance of Jay Slater is set to air on Sunday, with its director saying she was shocked by the scale and cruelty of the trolling.
• Authorities have ruled there was no third‑party involvement, concluding Slater died from injuries consistent with a heavy fall in remote terrain near Masca on Tenerife.