Overview
- Jay Slater disappeared on June 17, 2024 and his body was found on July 15, 2024 after a 29‑day search, with the coroner ruling his death an accidental fall in a Tenerife ravine.
- An inquest found Jay had taken ecstasy and cocaine before he went missing and rejected online claims that he stole a Rolex watch.
- Debbie Duncan keeps her son’s room and belongings and will mark the second anniversary on June 17 with quiet family visits to Tenerife and the cemetery.
- The family say sustained, organised online trolling produced hundreds of millions of related videos, cost Debbie her job and triggered a nervous breakdown, leading them to campaign for 'Jay's Law'.
- Debbie has met Government officials and Ofcom as she seeks faster platform removals of coordinated misinformation and abusive content and a clearer enforcement route under existing law such as the Online Safety Act.