Found Deceased Spain - Jay Slater, 19, missing on holiday in Tenerife, 17 June 2024 #5

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1813976273666056671

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The body of the 19-year-old is expected to be brought back to the UK by early next week, according to a spokesperson. In an emotional scene this week, Jay's relatives laid heartfelt tributes along the dusty path close to the perilous gorge where he was found.

Family tributes to Jay Slater

• Debbie left a tear-jerking message with the flowers: "To my beautiful boy, I am so sorry we never found you. I miss you so much. You will be forever young and forever missed. Mum *advertiser censored*."
• Zak, Jay's elder brother, penned a moving tribute: "Love you little bro, never in a million years did I think I would be saying this."
• "I will look after mum and dad, hope you are partying up there with grandad, hope to see you again some day, rest easy bro I love you Zak."
• Warren, his father, simply wrote: "To my boy, love dad."

Jay Slater's family in agonising wait for final step after body is recovered

Jay Slater's family are awaiting the return of his body to the UK following his tragic death while on holiday in Tenerife, with a number of 'complex issues' currently delaying the process

www.lancs.live

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

I fail to see how littering an area of exceptional national beauty is supposed to be a good thing but that's just me.

Ditto the mountains of cut flowers in plastic wrappers that get piled up at the scene of accidents. Surely there's got to be a nicer way to mark the scene of a fatality and someone's life / passing, generally speaking, than cheap tatt, plastic, littering, and fire hazards?

 

[LarysaRose]

I fail to see how littering an area of exceptional national beauty is supposed to be a good thing but that's just me.

Ditto the mountains of cut flowers in plastic wrappers that get piled up at the scene of accidents. Surely there's got to be a nicer way to mark the scene of a fatality and someone's life / passing, generally speaking, than cheap tatt, plastic, littering, and fire hazards?

I understand what you’re saying but if his family have laid these in memory of Jay, please just let them. If this is part of their grieving process, then that’s for them to do. They’re going through an incredibly hard time and the least of their worries should be about “leaving tatt”. They want to remember their boy.

 

[suzyjackson]

I fail to see how littering an area of exceptional national beauty is supposed to be a good thing but that's just me.

Ditto the mountains of cut flowers in plastic wrappers that get piled up at the scene of accidents. Surely there's got to be a nicer way to mark the scene of a fatality and someone's life / passing, generally speaking, than cheap tatt, plastic, littering, and fire hazards?

Whilst it's not something I'd do I can't bring myself to criticise a family who've been through an horrendous month and are expressing their grief as they know how

But, as you say, that's just me

JMO

 

[Zuleika]

DBM

 

[Sarahlou]

I fail to see how littering an area of exceptional national beauty is supposed to be a good thing but that's just me.

Ditto the mountains of cut flowers in plastic wrappers that get piled up at the scene of accidents. Surely there's got to be a nicer way to mark the scene of a fatality and someone's life / passing, generally speaking, than cheap tatt, plastic, littering, and fire hazards?

Completely agree.
I also hate it when people release balloons. There's ways of remembering someone without ruining the environment and harming animals.

 

[su5ie]

I fail to see how littering an area of exceptional national beauty is supposed to be a good thing but that's just me.

Ditto the mountains of cut flowers in plastic wrappers that get piled up at the scene of accidents. Surely there's got to be a nicer way to mark the scene of a fatality and someone's life / passing, generally speaking, than cheap tatt, plastic, littering, and fire hazards?

In the moments ,days and weeks that follow a death and one where a life is cut so short in such tragedy, the mind is not thinking of being environmentally friendly .we are not present ,our mind is in a dark place ,full of sadness and pain ,we can barely function with day to day tasks a token of compassion is normally afforded to families going through such hard emotional grief by grounds keepers and people who help preserve the land , while I would in normal circumstances abhor littering ,this can be cleaned up discretely later and to describe a grieving families tokens of love to their son as tatt on a public forum is slightly insensitive tbh

 

[Chiatos]

RIP Jay

Location / area where Jay has been found:
28,311673, -16,866717
https://www.bing.com/maps/?cp=28.310993~-16.859379&lvl=15.0&style=h#

Map shows all Jay Slater's last movements before tragic end in remote valley

Map helps trace the last movements of missing Brit Jay Slater, 19, who was sadly found dead earlier this week. His death comes following a massive search operation in Tenerife

www.mirror.co.uk

It's The Mirror, but still, it has a map ....

 

[imstilla.grandma]

good lord, I'm speechless (which doesn't happen often). i understand Jay's repatriation needs to be covered, but my goodness please just have the loving family funeral you can afford. This really doesn't show the family in a good light.

"the sendoff he deserves" I just can't get over. I saw that yesterday and it has stuck with me ever since. I mean I'm sorry about Jay but he's not a hero just because of unfortunate decisions he made along with unintended circumstances leading to his sad demise. RIP Jay

 

[su5ie]

I've mostly refrained from commenting because I don't enjoy the way this has basically become a soap opera for some people but having the mother asking for further funds to give Jay 'the send off he deserves' is an absolute insult to anyone who has lost (or like me, is expecting to lose) their much loved child quietly and without the benfit of headlines and crowdfunding.
Are our beloved children somehow less deserving?

I'm so sorry you have to suffer the pain you are going through with your beloved child ,I personally don't have much regard for costly funerals either so I do agree with you on that level but I feel compassion for anyone that feels the need to do that ,prehaps Debbie and some families feel guilt that some how they let their child down in life and don't want to let them down in death I don't envy anyone having to make these decisions and they as a family have been judged enough in the past few weeks .I think msm should stop reporting it now and allow the family privacy tbh

 

[SirDigbyChickenCaesar]

RIP Jay

Location / area where Jay has been found:
28,311673, -16,866717
https://www.bing.com/maps/?cp=28.310993~-16.859379&lvl=15.0&style=h#

Map shows all Jay Slater's last movements before tragic end in remote valley

Map helps trace the last movements of missing Brit Jay Slater, 19, who was sadly found dead earlier this week. His death comes following a massive search operation in Tenerife

www.mirror.co.uk

It's The Mirror, but still, it has a map ....

He was going the wrong way?

 

[su5ie]

What really saddens me about this case is of course Jay's untimely death but a number of other things both jay and ayub have had their private lives past and present exposed in msm for clicks , stuff that should have remained private especially regarding ayub I for one was guilty of massive speculation regarding ayub's involvement conclusions based on msm articles this should not have happened ,secondly the judgement and absolute vitriol aimed at Jay's family ,A phrase that is often used in my country is' don't judge until you have walked a day in the other person's shoes " hopefully I will never have to even try them on

 

[thinker47]

He was going the wrong way?

He certainly wasn't heading down any supposed directional route to Los Cristianos but it's been mooted that he could see the sea and was headed down to the closest beach, in the hope that he could follow the coast round to LC. He was actually on 'a' correct route to that beach, directionally - a very small, secluded beach which wouldn't have helped him much anyway - but certainly 'the wrong way' from the safety point of view.

 

[suzyjackson]

He was going the wrong way?

We don't know where he thought he was going so I don't think anyone will ever know for sure, sadly it wasn't a safe route to anywhere

 

[thinker47]

DBM duplicated

 

[thinker47]

I agree, it's a democracy and people are not being forced to donate.

As DD has said "We would like to thank LBT Global for their support during this impossible time." so I would hope that, them being a charity, some of the money might go back to them?

What is the GoFundMe money being used for after Jay Slater’s body was found?

Jay Slater’s mother Debbie wants to give her boy the ‘send-off he deserves’ in heartbreaking update

www.independent.co.uk

I totally agree. As far as honouring one's child goes, if, heaven forbid, I were ever to lose one of my beloved adult children, I can only think (and perhaps things change when it happens but I can't see it) that *I* would want to be the one doing the honouring. I know I would want to provide the opportunity for their friends to do likewise but privately, with no brouhaha and if it sent me into debt, well so be it. And if I couldn't afford to go into debt, my children and their friends would understand. That's honour. The idea of someone else paying for my child's funeral just isn't palatable to me. And asking for money on a public site... to me, there's no honour there. I could never see that money as having been given to *me*. I see it as having been given for a cause - and that cause has been and is being, in the repatriation, fulfilled. The rest belongs to similar causes, to ease others' suffering. But I suppose, each to their own.

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1813639236869935342

"The 'deathtrap' ravine​

which Jay Slater​

clambered over before meeting his tragic demise."​

The ravine which Jay Slater clambered over before meeting his demise

The rugged and treacherous ravine which Jay Slater clambered over before he plunged to his death has been revealed for the first time in this drone video.

www.dailymail.co.uk

"Three key developments since body of missing teen found in Tenerife."

Three key developments since body of missing teen Jay Slater found in Tenerife

Three key developments have been noted since Jay Slater's body was found at a ravine in Tenerife - the search team scoured the area for four weeks before the tragic discovery

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[dulcinea]

I am devastated for Jay's family, in particular his mother. I can't fathom what she is going through. I suspect she will crash hard when the funeral is over and she's had time to process what all has happened. When it hits her that Jay is gone, I think she will struggle tremendously.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

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