Final Jay Slater inquest hearing into death of Brit teen in Tenerife begins today after disappearance gripped the world
TWO friends Jay Slater was on holiday with in Tenerife before he vanished "can't be located", an inquest heard today.
The 19-year-old's body was found in a ravine in the remote Rural de Teno National Park last July after an agonising 29-day search.
Apprentice bricklayer Jay flew to the Spanish island last June to attend the NRG music festival in Playa de las Americas with two friends, Lucy Law and Brad Hargreaves.
The teen travelled to an Airbnb apartment in Masca with two men in the early hours of June 17, before leaving at around 8am.
Jay, of Oswaldtwistle, Lancs, decided to attempt the treacherous 25-mile walk back to his apartment in Los Cristianos.
He called his pal Lucy at 8.50am saying he had cut his leg, was lost and dehydrated and had just one per cent battery on his phone.
His mobile last pinged in the mountainous Rural de Teno Park after Jay walked the wrong way from the Airbnb.
Jay's disappearance sparked widespread media interest - as well as a slew of social media conspiracy theories.
His distraught mum Debbie Duncan, dad Warren Slater and brother Zak jetted to Tenerife to join the search as they desperately awaited answers.
After a month-long search, Jay's body was found in a ravine on July 15 last year, near to where his phone last pinged.
A post-mortem examination concluded he died of traumatic head injuries, consistent with a fall from height.
As Jay's body was returned to Lancashire for his funeral, Lancashire's Senior Coroner Dr James Adeley opened an inquest, and the final hearing is taking place today.
The hearing heard how Jay's friends Lucy and Brad, who he was staying in Tenerife with, "can't be located".
Dr Adeley said: "We can't find them.
"They have denied who they are and we have had police looking for them but we can't find them."
Jay's devastated mum Debbie previously opened up to The Sun about how she is tortured by “so many questions” over what happened when he went missing.
She said she “could not get her head around” why Jay got into a car with two older men after the music festival and went to their Airbnb apartment.
Brave Debbie also told how Jay was a "loving and popular" teen who "had the world at his feet".
