Jay Slater's Friends Cannot Be Found, Inquest Told

[naomi24]

Friends and witnesses who were in Tenerife with Jay Slater when he disappeared "could not be located" to take part in his inquest despite months-long police efforts to find them.

Mr Slater, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, went missing in the early hours of 17 June 2024 after attending a music festival in Playa de las Americas on the Spanish island.

The apprentice bricklayer's body was found by Spanish police at the bottom of a ravine in a remote national park on 15 July, an inquest at Preston Coroner's Court heard.

Senior coroner Dr James Adeley said a number of witnesses, including friends who travelled with him, were still being searched for by police.//

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9899rmm3zgo

 

How odd that his friends haven't come forward to offer their help voluntarily.

[davebro3]

The fact that he split from the group he went out with I wonder if there had been some friction? It happens.

[237SJ]

Maybe they no longer have their burner phones.

[bednobs]

I don't understand why the police would be looking for them?

[davebro3]

easier than fighting crime?

[pastafreak]

Bednobs...because they were the last to see him alive?

[davebro3]

I think he was seen at the village he went to after leaving his group?

[naomi24]

Of course the police want to speak to those who were with him on holiday.

[ladybirder]

Bednobs surely when someone goes missing the police would always want to talk to the last known person/persons he/she was with to try and gain info on where they were planning to go and what to do.

[Ellipsis]

> I don't understand why the police would be looking for them?

As per the OP, "to take part in his inquest".

[Ellipsis]

It's all a bit odd ... 

[ynnafymmi]

No wonder his"friends"(cough,cough)cant be contacted,they are probably back in Tenerife dealing their"pharmaceutical"wares.Allegedly.