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Jay Slater’s heartbroken mum says ‘I just screamed’ after Tenerife police told family they had found teen’s body
By Katie Davis,
7 hours ago
JAY Slater’s mum recalled how she “just screamed” when police in Tenerife told her a body had been found.
Debbie Duncan got a call from cops on the island on the morning of July 15, asking her, Jay’s dad Warren and brother Zak to go to the station.
Debbie Duncan said she ‘screamed’ when police said they had found a body Louis Wood Jay with his mum Debbie Facebook The moment a helicopter crewman was winched into the ravine with his arms aloft in the delicate recovery operation Solarpix Debbie linked arms with son Zak – Jay’s older brother – at his funeral Zenpix
Debbie, 56, said: “We were all sat in a little room and I just screamed.
“I don’t really remember what they were saying.
“I wanted to see him but it wasn’t possible.
“I was just in a state. They hadn’t formally identified him, then.
“They just said human remains, and we believe it could be Jay.
“They said they had his bag, his trainers, his shorts, T-shirt.
“I had to see them to be 100 per cent sure it was him – because I couldn’t process it and was in denial.
“He had been taken to the mortuary up at Santa Cruz.”
Debbie told how she, Zak and Warren made the sombre journey an hour’s drive away to the mortuary.
But they were heartbreakingly urged not to see Jay’s body, which was tragically found in a ravine in north west Tenerife .
Debbie said: “We went there and we just got taken into a room and it was just a casket.
“Just a casket with a single rose. And the rose was on top, what they had put there.
“And I just broke down again and screamed and cried.”
Devastated Debbie wept as she sat alongside older son Zak, 24, for her first interview since Jay’s body and possessions were found in a ravine in the Rural de Teno National Park on July 15.
The grim discovery brought to an end an agonising 29-day search which drew worldwide attention and thrust Debbie into a storm that has seen her relentlessly trolled by sick ghouls.
We were all sat in a little room and I just screamed. I don’t really remember what they were saying. I wanted to see him but it wasn’t possible
Debbie Duncan
Jay – who went on holiday with pals Lucy Mae Law and Bradley Hargreaves – went missing on Monday, June 17 after leaving the Airbnb apartment around 8am.
Apprentice bricklayer Jay, of Oswaldtwistle, Lancs called Lucy, 18, at 8.50 am saying he had cut his leg, was lost and dehydrated – and had just 1% battery on his phone.
His mobile last pinged in the Rural de Teno Park – after Jay walked the wrong way from the Airbnb in Masca, 25 miles north of his apartment in Los Cristianos.
After his disappearance, the suffering of Jay’s family was made worse by sick ghouls who have peddled vicious claims on social media.
In her first interview since Jay’s death, Debbie told The Sun…
But Debbie told The Sun: “He would never have been involved in anything like that.
“He had only been in Tenerife three days – and was at a festival with friends which had wristbands, security and an itinerary.
“I’ve no idea where these drug stories have come from and the stuff about him stealing a watch is nonsense.”
Debbie tends to Jay’s grave with son Zak, 24, by her side Louis Wood Jay’s mum Debbie bravely opened up about her ordeal Louis Wood Search and rescue workers near the village of Masca on June 21 PA They scoured the rocky terrain for any sign of Jay PA Debbie left an emotional tribute to Jay in the area he vanished Ian Whitaker The Sun
Debbie slammed trolls who have been hounding her family and spreading nasty comments and baseless claims on platforms such as TikTok and Facebook.
She added: “The people saying stuff about him didn’t know Jay and they don’t know us.
“He hasn’t been here to defend himself against all these horrible stories that were going on around the world about him.”
Critics of Jay and his family have recirculated online stories about Jay’s involvement in an assault on a 17-year-old in 2021.
Victim Tom Hilton was left with a head wound after he was attacked by a group of youngsters with weapons, including a golf club and axe in Rishton, Lancs .
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