An inquest into the loss of life of Jay Slater has heard that the 2 finest buddies who had been with him earlier than he disappeared ‘can’t be positioned’.
Jay, 19, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, vanished after attending the Spanish island’s NRG music pageant final June.
His stays had been discovered close to the village of Masca 29 days later.
The disappearance captivated thousands and thousands on social media, with TikTok, Fb, Instagram and X flooded with a mixture of conspiracy theories about drug cartels and claims about Jay’s previous.
His finest buddies Lucy Regulation and Brad Hargreaves gave interviews within the early days of the search.
Lucy claimed he referred to as saying he was misplaced, had only one% of battery left and wanted water.
Brad informed reporters Jay had video referred to as him saying he had missed a bus and was embarking on an 11-hour trek dwelling over tough, stony floor.
Initially of the listening to at Preston Coroners’ Courtroom, senior coroner Dr James Adeley stated that each Lucy and Brad might have been key witnesses however have ‘denied who they’re’ and ‘can’t be discovered’.
Dr Adeley, who additionally presided over the inquest of Nicola Bulley, informed the court docket: ‘We will’t discover them.
‘They’ve denied who they’re, and we’ve had police in search of them however we will’t discover them.’
And the 2 males who had been staying at an Airbnb Mr Slater went again to earlier than he disappeared have additionally not been traced.
Jay’s mum Debbie Duncan, who attended the inquest with different family, sobbed as she requested the coroner: ‘How can we ever get any understanding?
‘There’s issues we need to query. We wish these folks to be sat in entrance of us, as a result of our son went on vacation and didn’t come again, so there’s questions we have to ask.’
Dr Adeley agreed to adjourn the listening to at her request for the witnesses to be delivered to court docket to provide proof earlier than the inquest concludes.
An additional listening to date has but to be set.
The inquest heard Jay’s physique was recognized by his ‘palm print’.
Dwelling Workplace pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd stated: ‘There have been in depth adjustments as a result of decomposition.
‘There have been adjustments as a result of time period he was mendacity in a sizzling setting – adjustments I might anticipate to see in that interval of 28 days or thereabouts.’
The pathologist stated Jay suffered a number of accidents however one ‘to the top is by far an important one in understanding why Jay died’.
Explaining that it concerned ‘the appliance of appreciable pressure’, he stated: ‘The sample of accidents is solely in step with a heavy fall from top.’
The top damage ‘would have had an instantaneous and devastating impact’, the professional continued, telling the court docket: ‘The damage is so extreme that I’ve little question in any respect that he would have been rendered instantly unconscious.’
The pathologist has offered a reason for loss of life as head damage. A CT scan confirmed there was ‘a extreme fracture of the top’.
The Spanish authorities additionally concluded that the reason for Jay’s loss of life was a extreme traumatic mind damage, the inquest heard.
Toxicology professional Dr Stephanie Martin informed the listening to there have been difficulties checking for the presence of medicine or alcohol in a physique so severely decomposed.
However she stated evaluation of Jay’s physique confirmed traces of the presence of MDMA and MDA, generally generally known as ecstasy together with cocaine and alcohol.
Dr Martin stated due to the restrictions of the evaluation, she couldn’t say precisely how a lot or how quickly earlier than loss of life the medication had been taken.
Evaluation of samples by the Spanish authorities additionally confirmed the presence of ketamine which was not discovered within the UK samples.
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