Overview

• The inquest remains adjourned as authorities attempt to locate key witnesses who did not receive notification of the hearing.
• Former detective Mark Williams-Thomas says coroner and police scheduled the hearing at the last minute to sidestep media scrutiny and public anger.
• Jay Slater, 19, disappeared in Tenerife on June 17, 2024, after heading to an Airbnb and was found dead in a ravine near Masca on July 15.
• A post-mortem report confirmed that Jay had consumed alcohol and drugs before sustaining a fatal head injury from a fall.
• Jay’s mother, Debbie Slater, has called on anyone with information to come forward to clarify her son’s final hours.