Jay Slater: Murdered? The Mysterious Disappearance
I Could Murder A Podcast
ICMAP LTD
4.7 • 700 Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2025
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
In June 2024, 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer Jay Slater vanished while on holiday in Tenerife. After attending a music festival with friends, Jay made his way to a remote village in the mountains.
His last known phone call suggested he was lost, without water, and trying to walk back to his accommodation. He was never seen again.
The case sparked one of the largest missing persons searches the island has ever seen... From rugged terrain and extreme heat to conflicting reports and online speculation, the mystery gripped the UK and beyond.
In this episode, we explore Jay’s final movements, the search efforts that followed, the theories surrounding his disappearance, and why this case continues to capture so much public attention...
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Presented by Tom Norris & Ben Carter
Written by Ben Carter
Produced by Dan J Lambert
Edited by Ben Bonsey
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| 1:00.0 | The 19-year-old from Lancashire went missing after a night out in Tenerife. One friend told the court he didn't seem distressed when he said he was going to stay with two men he'd met. |
| 1:07.0 | It's believed he died just hours later. |
| 1:17.6 | This is the last place that Jay was seen at around 8am on Monday, June the 17th. |
| 1:21.1 | He spoke to a local woman, Aphelia Medina Hernandez. |
| 1:27.4 | She told him that the bus that would take him back towards his accommodation would be due at 10 a.m. |
| 1:29.8 | Instead, he decided to walk. |
| 1:31.2 | It was a journey, |
| 1:33.2 | but if he'd completed it on foot, |
| 1:35.3 | would have taken 11 hours. |
| 1:39.6 | Bradley Gaghan told coroner Dr David James Edley that Jay had been kicked out of a club for drinking too much |
| 1:42.5 | and had taken ecstasy and cocaine |
| 1:45.0 | before he went missing. |
| 1:46.0 | He said Jay told him over Snapchat he was going to stay with the two men they'd met and |
| 1:51.0 | that he didn't seem distressed in his messages. |
| 1:54.0 | His phone revealed his last known location. |
| 1:58.0 | The rural de Teno Park, a mountainous area popular with hikers. |
| 2:02.6 | At 9.04, he's reported missing to the police. |
| 2:08.6 | Another witness, Jay's friend Lucy Law, telling court she had a phone conversation with him where he said he was in the middle of mountains. |
| 2:14.6 | The inquest which has been unable to track down two other key witnesses, continues. |
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