Jay Slater‘s mum Debbie Duncan is preparing to revisit the Tenerife mountains as she continues searching for answers about her son’s tragic final hours in Channel 5’s Cause of Death.
The 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer disappeared while on holiday with friends in Tenerife, sparking a huge search operation and intense speculation about what had happened to him.
Debbie and Jay’s family were left facing a barrage of theories, with claims ranging from kidnapping and drug gangs to suggestions that his disappearance had been staged.
Jay Slater’s mum investigates his disappearance in Cause of Death (Credit: Channel 5)
Then, 29 days after Jay vanished, Debbie received the devastating news that his body had been found at the bottom of a ravine.
Now, more than a year after his death, she is revisiting the evidence with a team of experts, including renowned forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd.
Jay Slater case to feature in Cause of Death
The fourth series of Cause of Death begins with a closer look at the circumstances surrounding Jay’s death.
The Channel 5 crime series brings together pathologists and other experts to examine deaths that are unexpected, unexplained or raise difficult questions.
Jay, who was from Blackburn, disappeared on June 17, 2024, after a night out clubbing.
During the early hours, he travelled to an apartment in the mountains with two men he had met earlier that week.
The property was around a 40 minute drive away. Jay’s friends, Brad and Lucy, returned to their accommodation without him.
Jay left the apartment at 4am and discovered that the first bus would not leave for another two hours. He then decided to make the journey on foot.
Later that morning, Lucy reported him missing.
Jay was eventually found 29 days later. He had fallen between 20 and 25 metres, suffering severe skull fractures and brain trauma.
Jay’s uncle will retrace his final trek through the mountains (Credit: Channel 5)
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