Jay Slater investigator shares new information on death of missing teen
A former detective has shed new information on the disappearance of Jay Slater speaking to the family and key witnesses in the case.
The 19 year old, 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.
He is believed to have gone to the Airbnb apartment in the early hours of the next day, then subsequently vanished and was reported missing on June 18.
His body was found in a steep and inaccessible area by a mountain rescue team from the Spanish Civil Guard near the village of Masca on July 15. Now Mark Williams-Thomas has given his findings on the case.
Mark Williams-Thomas has given fresh information on the Jay Slater investigation in a new podcast.
He covers key witness Ayub Qassim giving a first hand account of Jay's disappearance, talks about the drug culture in the resort where the teenager was staying and reveals what was in first police report about Jay when he went missing.
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