Overview

• Debbie Duncan says detectives informed her and Jay’s father at a Playa de las Americas police station that remains believed to be their son were found above a dry river bed.
• She recalls the parents hugging and crying before Warren Slater said, “At least we’ve found him,” shortly before the discovery was reported widely.
• The family says a previously unsent Snapchat from Jay stating, “Listen, I’m not going to make it,” was delivered months later when his mother accessed the account.
• An inquest at Preston Coroner’s Court has concluded the 19-year-old died from an accidental fall in a Tenerife ravine, causing a fatal skull injury.
• Duncan says the family is speaking out, including in a Channel 4 documentary, to push back on misinformation and the online abuse she says dehumanised her son.