1 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,999 On 17th June 2024, 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,559 19-year-old Jay Slater disappeared 3 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,679 in the mountains on the Spanish island of Tenerife. 4 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,319 Authorities have been searching for Jay here in Tenerife 5 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,119 for 12 days now. 6 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:26,279 HELICOPTER WHIRRING 7 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,839 After a 29-day search, 8 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,080 Jay was discovered dead at the bottom of a ravine. 9 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:39,040 13 months later, an inquest into his death was held in Preston. 10 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:45,239 Jay Dean Slater died on 17th June 2024, 11 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,399 in the Juan Lopez ravine. 12 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,439 Whilst attempting to descend the ravine, 13 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,239 he fell approximately 20-25 metres, 14 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,520 resulting in skull fractures and brain trauma. 15 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,719 The conclusion at Jay's inquest 16 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,680 was a tragic accident. 17 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,359 We know that he's had a fall from height. 18 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,639 But I still have questions that I want answering. 19 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,760 So we're gonna go back and look again. 20 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,199 Jay's mum, Debbie, still doesn't know what happened 21 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,039 in her son's final hours, or why he made the choices he made. 22 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:23,479 Hello. Come in. 23 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:27,199 Now, in her search for answers, she's returning to Tenerife 24 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,799 with pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd. 25 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,599 When I was first asked to perform Jay's postmortem, 26 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,279 my job is to understand what caused his death. 27 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,039 But I've got no idea why he made the decisions he made. 28 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:44,319 Together, they're recreating Jay's last walk. 29 00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:47,999 We're gonna do the walk, time the walk, look at the terrain. 30 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,199 Careful on this, cos this'll be really slippy. 31 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:51,360 Ow! 32 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,719 Look at the possible route he did actually take. 33 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,999 With no water and no sleep, 34 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,159 what effect did the searing Tenerife heat have on his body? 35 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,759 Was it because of his lack of sleep, because of his dehydration? 36 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,160 Possibly because of the residual effects of drugs? 37 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,159 What were you thinking, Jay? 38 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,440 Why did you not just turn back? 39 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,479 I want to help this family find the answers 40 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:24,240 to the questions they still have about Jay's untimely death. 41 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,120 This is Jay's room. 42 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,760 Jay was just full of life. 43 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,959 'He just had a loveable character, 44 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,799 'and always smiling and laughing and...' 45 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:00,800 Oh! 46 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:03,959 '..just full of energy.' 47 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:05,119 Hello, Jay. 48 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:06,879 Are you taking a picture? All right? 49 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,159 'Loved his football.' 50 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:09,639 Run to the flag! 51 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:12,280 'I think he kicked a ball before he could actually walk.' 52 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:18,200 The club that he used to play for, they donated this. 53 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,879 This were Jay's hat. 54 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,519 He had this with him in... 55 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:25,959 in Tenerife. 56 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:30,600 It's just a reminder of what a happy, dancy lad he was, you know. 57 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:37,240 Just full-on, from opening his eyes to closing them at night. 58 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:50,159 19-year-old Jay was working as an apprentice bricklayer near Blackburn 59 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,439 when he booked a holiday to a music festival in Tenerife 60 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,959 with close friends Brad and Lucy. 61 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,639 Oh, he were well excited, kept looking at the itinerary 62 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,159 and, you know, which deejays were on 63 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,879 on different days. 64 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,720 Yeah, he were buzzing about it. 65 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,719 In the early hours of 17th June, 66 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:13,679 after a night out on the Veronicas Strip, 67 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:18,320 his friends Brad and Lucy returned to their apartments without him. 68 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:21,799 Keen to carry on partying, 69 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:26,840 Jay left Los Cristianos with two men he'd met earlier that week. 70 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,399 The men's apartment was in Masca, 71 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,520 a 40-minute drive up into the mountains. 72 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,479 That's in his Snapchat story, you know, 73 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,440 panning this mountain view. 74 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,160 And I thought, "Flipping heck, where the heck are you?" 75 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:51,119 Shortly before 8am, Jay left the men's accommodation 76 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:56,719 to return to his apartment in Los Cristianos, 38km away. 77 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,079 Facing a two-hour wait for a bus, 78 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,920 he makes the decision to set off on foot. 79 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,079 A few hours later, Debbie receives a call from Lucy. 80 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,760 And she just said, "Jay's not come back." 81 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,880 And then it just all spiralled then. 82 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,479 A massive combined rescue effort 83 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,879 will be escalating from tomorrow. 84 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,439 Jay's disappearance sparked a major search 85 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,279 and international headlines. 86 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:29,559 There is still no sign of the 19-year-old. 87 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,639 And the internet filled the silence 88 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:36,159 with conspiracy theories, accusations and lies. 89 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,200 All of it, really, is making the search operation more difficult. 90 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,719 29 days after Jay disappeared, 91 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,559 Debbie received the news she'd been fearing. 92 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,279 Police hunting for British teenager Jay Slater, 93 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:56,240 who went missing in Tenerife, have found human remains. 94 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,200 He is discovered dead at the bottom of a ravine. 95 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:10,240 The police said, "Human remains had been found that morning. 96 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,120 "And we believe that it could be Jay." 97 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,399 Well, I'm just on my knees, just screaming, and... 98 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,520 I said, "I want to see him." 99 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,000 And they just said, "You can't." 100 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,559 Just the worst day... ever. 101 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,400 The worst day imaginable. 102 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:38,559 Two years on, 103 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,039 Debbie still doesn't know why Jay fell to his death. 104 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,679 She can be certain he started walking the main road from Masca, 105 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:50,159 before turning off and finding a route through rough terrain. 106 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:55,159 But what happened to him after that, and what led up to his fatal fall? 107 00:06:55,160 --> 00:07:00,679 We don't know which path he took, which direction. 108 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:02,560 Why didn't he turn back? 109 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,599 The only way to answer them questions 110 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,160 is to be back there in that terrain. 111 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,199 It's been almost a year since an inquest concluded 112 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,359 that Debbie's son, Jay, died from a head injury 113 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,880 after falling down a ravine on the Spanish island of Tenerife. 114 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,040 Feels like a lifetime ago, really. 115 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,519 Just got to keep going. There's no choice, really. 116 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:47,359 You've just got to... get up and get through each day. 117 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:51,319 But Debbie still has questions about his extensive injuries 118 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,080 and the circumstances that led to his fall. 119 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,319 One person who can provide some answers 120 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,719 is pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd 121 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:07,880 who carried out Jay's postmortem when he was returned to the UK. 122 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,439 Before Debbie travels back to Tenerife, 123 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,279 she's meeting Dr Shepherd 124 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,999 to get a clearer understanding of what he discovered. 125 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,399 At the end of the day, he's my boy, 126 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,159 and, yeah, I'd like to just sit down with Dr Shepherd 127 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,720 and just go through a few things. 128 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,079 I've done over 20,000 examinations, 129 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,959 and meeting the relatives is always useful. 130 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:35,519 But to have the opportunity to spend so much time with a relative 131 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,960 is really quite unique, in my experience. 132 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:45,039 Dr Shepherd was actually the last person to see Jay 133 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,079 before we... we laid him to rest. 134 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,759 So that feels a bit strange, in one way. 135 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,759 But comforting in one way, 136 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,599 that he can explain everything to me. 137 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,079 A lot of people don't get this opportunity 138 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,119 to actually speak to the pathologist 139 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,320 who's carried out their loved one's postmortem. 140 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:07,639 It's gonna be upsetting, 141 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:09,960 but it's just something I need to do. 142 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:15,600 KNOCK AT DOOR 143 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:18,399 Hello. You good? 144 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,920 Come in. Straight down the hall. Thank you. 145 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:25,800 Put that there. 146 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,839 There we are, Debbie. One cup of coffee. 147 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:31,320 Perfect, thank you. 148 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,039 Anywhere we go today, if you want to stop... 149 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:38,479 Yeah, thank you. ...we just stop. 150 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,439 Thank you, yeah. Yeah. OK? No problem. 151 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,519 So, shall we start looking at the CT? 152 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:44,439 Yeah, if you just... And we can go from there. 153 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:45,479 Yeah. 154 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:50,359 So, what we've got is a video of the skull. Yeah. 155 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,239 So, when we look at this, we can see 156 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,959 there is a very severe fracture here, 157 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:01,239 and a severe fracture on the other side. Yeah. 158 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,039 These fractures are so severe 159 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,679 that you can say with certainty 160 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:13,959 that that is immediate unconsciousness, that blow. 161 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,439 So no more... no more pain. Yeah. 162 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,079 No more sensation. 163 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,239 Are you OK? Yeah, I'm all right, yeah. 164 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:21,999 OK. 165 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,119 What we're looking at now is the slicing through... 166 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,119 Right. ...the body. 167 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,639 And this is where the pelvis is fractured, too. Right. 168 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,319 And that's important 169 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,240 because it sort of fits with this pattern. 170 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,999 A big bump on the left-hand side. On that side. Yeah. 171 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,759 So, you know, we're not talking about bump, bump, bump. Yeah. 172 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,959 We're talking, maybe, about a single big bump. Massive impact. 173 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,479 That's consistent with a fall from a height. 174 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,199 I understand it a lot better now, yeah. 175 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:54,760 Yes, well, that's good. 176 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,319 'The images are disturbing.' 177 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,559 And I really don't want 178 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:07,039 to make Debbie's experience and memories worse 179 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:11,039 by showing her the images of Jay's body. 180 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:15,679 Tell me, did you actually manage to see Jay at any time, 181 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:17,399 in Spain or back in the UK? Erm... 182 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,119 SIGHS 183 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:24,319 I did think about it, and thought, "I don't think I can, 184 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,959 "because he's been there for all that time." 185 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:32,319 But then, when we had to go back to Tenerife 186 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,759 to get some paperwork from the courts, 187 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,639 when we collected his phone, 188 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,999 to my horror, 189 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,440 there was images of Jay. Jay. 190 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,159 So, completely unexpected and graphic? Yeah. 191 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,319 I thought my heart were gonna stop, but, yeah, it were awful. Yeah. 192 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,919 You know, when people say... 193 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,679 yet another, you know, conspiracy scene, 194 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:59,200 "How did you know it were Jay?" Well, it was Jay. 195 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:03,680 My beautiful boy. I know. 196 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:09,360 Oh, thank you. 197 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:14,999 Make-up. 198 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,839 It's my experience, in medicine in many different forms, 199 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,080 that the reality can be very, very hard. 200 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,079 The degree of fracture in the skull is so severe, 201 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,239 there's no doubt he would have been instantly unconscious, 202 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:32,000 and I think it's quite likely that he was instantly dead, too. 203 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,359 Thank you so much. Oh, not at all, not at all. 204 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:39,360 Thank you. 205 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,360 'After speaking to Dr Shepherd... 206 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:48,480 '..I'm clear with the way that Jay actually died.' 207 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,359 I think now, it's the next thing, 208 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,680 is, like... like, why? 209 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:01,159 Debbie knows Jay left the Masca apartment around 8am, 210 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:05,199 she knows he made a final call to his friend Lucy at 8:50am. 211 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,800 But she doesn't know what happened to her son after that. 212 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:14,879 Jay's bag and phone were found close to where his body was discovered. 213 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,599 Once the Spanish investigation was complete, 214 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,679 the phone was returned to Debbie. 215 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:22,519 It's strange, really. 216 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:27,599 Even after two years, people still try his phone. 217 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,359 But I don't look for that reason. 218 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:33,400 I'm looking because, you know, there's a lot of memories on there. 219 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,559 That's the one that he's took at work. 220 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:39,520 Dusty old job. Filthy. CHUCKLES 221 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,119 He'd been doing it for almost three years, 222 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,439 his bricklaying apprenticeship. 223 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,960 I were really proud of him, and he was proud of his self. 224 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:54,439 When we got his phone back, it were just, like, 225 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,519 just seeing it for yourself, it's here in black and white. 226 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:58,879 CLUB MUSIC PLAYS 227 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,039 There's videos on there from, 228 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,999 you know, the festival on the Friday night. 229 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,120 On the Saturday, the pool party. 230 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:14,519 Contained within Jay's phone is a digital log of his final morning - 231 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:18,119 the texts, the calls, how long each one lasted, 232 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,799 a record of the battery going down, 233 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,479 and one key piece of information. 234 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:28,319 At 8:13, Jay shared his location. 235 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:32,879 At 8:13, we have a WhatsApp location share. 236 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:37,399 That contains GPS coordinates that put Jay very clearly 237 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,399 on the road at this point here. 238 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:41,799 From studying Jay's phone records, 239 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:45,039 digital forensic scientist Dr Angus Marshall 240 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,679 can pinpoint Jay's last known location 241 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,319 and build a timeline of communication 242 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,639 up until the point his phone died. 243 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,279 We can be pretty certain, 244 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:56,999 probably beyond reasonable doubt, 245 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,799 that he was there at 8:13 in the morning. 246 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,279 Between about 8:20 and 8:30, 247 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,959 he's in contact with Brad and Brandon 248 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,359 and he's laughing and joking with them. 249 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:12,119 At 8:32, Jay receives a call from his friend Lucy. 250 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,039 When we get to the call from Lucy, 251 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,719 he says he's thirsty, his mouth is dry, he needs a drink. 252 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,040 And Lucy reported that he said he was frightened. 253 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,639 Jay's last call to Lucy was at 8:50. 254 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:31,759 The battery was on its way to zero capacity. 255 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:36,519 And at 8:52, it switched itself off because there was no power left. 256 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:37,839 The problem then is, 257 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,079 although we know where he was at 8:13 in the morning, 258 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,079 we have nothing else that tells us about location or movements - 259 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:47,039 apart from what his friends recall him saying - 260 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,319 until Jay is found, 29 days later, 261 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:55,120 about 1.7km away from his last definitely known fixed point. 262 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,839 We don't know how he got there. 263 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,159 There is nothing in the digital trace 264 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,639 that tells us about that. 265 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,479 So, although it's a 1.7km straight line, 266 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:07,559 he could have walked some considerable distance 267 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,479 more than that, because of the terrain. 268 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,639 Debbie is desperate to know how Jay managed to walk more than a mile 269 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:18,799 from his last known location to the place where he was found dead, 270 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:20,919 what route he took and why. 271 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:25,639 What happened to her son between his phone dying and his fatal fall? 272 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:29,359 He obviously spoke to the people he was out there on holiday with, 273 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,959 and at that point, he didn't know that he weren't gonna... 274 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:37,279 You know, he didn't know what were gonna come of it. 275 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,599 I think, "Why did you not ring me?" 276 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:40,839 But then I also think, 277 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:44,439 "Why did I not ring him when I saw his Snapchat that morning?" 278 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,799 But, pfft, you know, hindsight's a wonderful thing, 279 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,599 and nobody know what were... 280 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,399 you know, what were gonna happen, did they? 281 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:56,479 So... I need to stop feeling guilty about that, really, 282 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,559 "Why?" You know, "Why did you not just ring him?" 283 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,320 And it's really hard, that. 284 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,639 Debbie's returning to Tenerife with her brother, Glen, 285 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:26,280 who will attempt to retrace Jay's final steps. 286 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,119 Everyone's different when it comes to things like grief. 287 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:34,759 And I just... I feel drawn to Tenerife now. 288 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:36,879 That's where he was having the time of his life 289 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:38,880 until it went tragically wrong. 290 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:43,399 I'm not gonna do the walk. 291 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,239 It would just traumatise me, I think. 292 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,600 But Glen's, like, really determined to do it. 293 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,999 Just try and piece together his last movements. 294 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:57,879 I want a better understanding of the way he went, 295 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,559 you know, what he could see, how far he got. 296 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:04,439 So, he's obviously started to climb out, 297 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:08,400 and then, ultimately, fell around this area. 298 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,039 Can you get the coordinates up on your phone? 299 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:13,920 I've got them here. 300 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:18,439 That's where he were found. Yeah. Don't even... 301 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,599 Well, I don't even know how he got that far. 302 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,959 I suppose when you look from the top of the path, you can see the sea. 303 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:24,999 Yeah. And it's like... 304 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:26,719 He's got more than halfway, hasn't he? 305 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:28,479 He's got about halfway, yeah. 306 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:30,839 So, I think the plan would be... 307 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,759 Cos it's gonna be early, isn't it? Like, parking up. 308 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:36,559 And it's about timing from there 309 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:42,239 to his phone going, and the last conversations he had. 310 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:46,919 It's, like, putting yourself in his shoes, isn't it, for that? 311 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,320 Mm. You know, however long before he... 312 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:53,440 ...before he fell. 313 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,199 Pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd 314 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:00,719 will also be joining Debbie and Glen in Tenerife. 315 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,319 For me to go and see the place, 316 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,119 the terrain around where Jay was found, 317 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:09,639 is really important, cos up till now, 318 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,719 I've only seen a lot of photographs and verbal descriptions. 319 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,279 To see the local environment, 320 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,799 the slope, the steepness of the slope, 321 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,319 feel, perhaps, the heat, 322 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,879 is going to be very, very important to me 323 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,479 to more fully understand what happened to Jay. 324 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,759 And I hope this will be useful information 325 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,559 I can share with Debbie 326 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:36,839 to help her understand the questions she has about Jay's final hours 327 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:42,279 and the physical toll the heat and dehydration would have had 328 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:43,840 on his body. 329 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,279 Debbie's back in Los Cristianos, 330 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,600 the resort Jay holidayed in two years ago. 331 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,600 I think I'll always be drawn to Tenerife now. 332 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:16,759 It's like a magnet, you want to come back 333 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,119 because you know that it's the last place 334 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:20,920 that he was just having so much fun. 335 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:27,799 We're gonna, hopefully, retrace Jay's steps up at Masca. 336 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:32,639 We know he was on the road at 8:13. 337 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,840 We know he'd had little sleep, he'd had alcohol. 338 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:39,279 Could it have been the dehydration? 339 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,159 We don't know which point he actually fell, 340 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,359 but if we do retrace his steps, 341 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:48,279 we'll have more understanding to piece to together 342 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,360 and find out where it went wrong. 343 00:20:55,600 --> 00:21:00,039 Pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd has also arrived on the island 344 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,359 and he's meeting Debbie to discuss the findings 345 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:07,159 of the Spanish postmortem report, which he's only recently received. 346 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:10,639 Can it reveal anything his own postmortem on Jay, 347 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,599 performed several weeks later, was unable to find? 348 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,679 I have to say at the start that the Spanish authorities, 349 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:19,319 they may be slow, 350 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,680 but they are actually very good and thorough in what they do. 351 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,319 I mean, this report's really useful for me. 352 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,039 Some things, when I examined Jay, 353 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:36,639 I wasn't able to see because of the changes of decomposition... 354 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,719 Yeah. ...that had gone on. 355 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:43,279 It fills in some of the gaps that I had, 356 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,559 and makes me feel more confident in my own report. Yeah. 357 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:48,759 It just says the thoracic organs 358 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,679 were in an advanced state of decomposition, 359 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,799 so the chest organs were all severely decomposed. Yeah. 360 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,120 As, I'm afraid, you would expect after that length of time. Yeah. 361 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:04,359 So, what was the gap between him disappearing and being found? 362 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:06,839 So, it was 29 days. It's a long time. 363 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:11,599 A long, long time, especially in the heat in the Canary Islands. 364 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,799 We knew that they kept some samples of Jay. Yeah. 365 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,839 We wasn't sure what they were and why. Yeah. 366 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:25,799 One of the things they kept was Jay's voice box, his larynx. 367 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,759 So, when someone is apparently on their own and disappear, 368 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,519 and then is found, one of the things we always worry about 369 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,479 is they might have been attacked by someone else. Yeah, yeah. 370 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,119 They might have been strangled. 371 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:39,839 His larynx was examined very, very carefully 372 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,119 and in a lot of detail. 373 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:46,400 There were no marks, no bruising, no fractures, no injuries. 374 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,639 And the crucial thing there 375 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,719 is that it showed that Jay had not been strangled. Yeah. 376 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,079 So, hard though it is, 377 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:57,439 it's a very important step to have taken. 378 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:58,959 Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is. 379 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:05,720 In the inquest, it just confirms that there was drugs in his system. 380 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:10,279 Probably taken in the hours before, you know, his death. Yeah. 381 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,839 It is something we always do in these circumstances. Yeah. 382 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,479 And if the question was, "Were there some drugs there?" 383 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:17,839 Yes, there were. Yeah. 384 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,839 If the question is, "What effect were they having?" 385 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:22,959 We say, "We don't know." You don't know, no. 386 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:27,399 It doesn't say how those things were affecting Jay at the time, 387 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:32,119 and I worry more about dehydration and heat... Yeah. 388 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:35,839 ...perhaps, than the drugs that were present. Yeah. 389 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,119 That did go through my mind. 390 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:41,079 You know, I think, well, he could have passed out... Yeah. 391 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,959 ...when he were in, like, a really dangerous position. Yes. 392 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:49,399 And that's when he started to slip and slide and tumble down. 393 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,639 But obviously, you can't really rule that out, can you? No. 394 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,320 Because... Yeah. No, no, you can't. 395 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,879 The Spanish pathologists and the Spanish courts, 396 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,839 everyone who's looked at this, 397 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,479 all of the authorities are saying 398 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,879 this was a tragic accident and nothing more. 399 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,119 Yeah. 400 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:12,319 But pathology can't tell all the story, 401 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,559 and, you know, we're doing the reconstruction 402 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,399 of Jay's walk tomorrow. 403 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,399 Yeah. How do you feel about that? 404 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:24,359 Oh, well, obviously, returning to Masca is emotional anyway. 405 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:27,919 I mean, it's very important, forensically. 406 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,079 You know, we always like to see the scene. 407 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,119 Yeah. And understand what happened. 408 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:35,999 So, for me, it's very, very important. 409 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,519 For you, I hope it's important and really not too traumatic. 410 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:40,520 Yeah, thank you. 411 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,359 Tomorrow, with Dr Shepherd's help, 412 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:47,399 Debbie's determined to finally find the answers 413 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,599 to the questions she still has about her son. 414 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,799 What happened to Jay after he left the main road? 415 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,400 And what happened after his phone died? 416 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,239 38km north-west of Los Cristianos, 417 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:11,999 in the Teno Rural Park, sits the mountain village of Masca, 418 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,960 where Jay shared his final Snapchat story. 419 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:24,159 Debbie's returning to the place where her son was last seen alive 420 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:28,560 to see if the mountains can tell her what the inquest could not. 421 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,519 Her brother Glen will retrace 422 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,119 the steps he believes Jay may have taken 423 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:39,119 towards the coast, and the ravine where he was eventually found. 424 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:41,359 Joining him are a local walking guide 425 00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:44,799 and Tenerife resident, Chris Pennington. 426 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:45,839 When Jay was missing, 427 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,439 I was following the case like many other people. 428 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,719 It had really gripped the attention of everyone, 429 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,799 not just in Tenerife, but internationally. 430 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,959 So I actually came to volunteer with the official search. 431 00:25:57,960 --> 00:25:59,879 What we'd like to ascertain today 432 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:03,359 is what led Jay to take the risk that he did, 433 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:04,799 the potential routes that he did, 434 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,319 why he may have made certain decisions. 435 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,039 So, really, just answer them questions 436 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,319 and try and understand why he was trying to achieve. 437 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:12,679 First, the path is... 438 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,159 'This is a very complicated area to hike.' 439 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:20,319 And there are some areas where there is not a path at all, 440 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,679 so you can get lost very easily. 441 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,679 And suddenly, you find a cliff, 442 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,239 you find a place with no way out, you know? 443 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,559 It's very easy that this happens. 444 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:34,119 They will start walking from Jay's last confirmed location 445 00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:35,559 on the road out of Masca, 446 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:41,039 setting off at the same time he did, 8:13am. 447 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:46,160 He was discovered 29 days later, 1.71 kilometres away. 448 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:51,479 Jay, when he was up here, was not prepared, not hydrated, 449 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:52,719 didn't have the equipment, 450 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,039 and it was his first time in a strange place. 451 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:57,959 So, you know, he was completely unprepared. 452 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,479 Whereas, you know, we've got a good head-start, 453 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,159 and we are... Yeah. 454 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:03,320 Just stay safe. 455 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:10,439 Pathologically, I know the medical reason for Jay's death. 456 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,719 Hopefully, it'll fill in those areas 457 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,719 to explain how he came to be in that place, 458 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:21,199 how he came to be in a situation where he fell and injured himself. 459 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,959 At 8:24, 11 minutes after sharing his location on WhatsApp, 460 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,079 Jay videocalls his friend, Brad, 461 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:32,999 who sees Jay walking along a road lined with white blocks. 462 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,799 Brad tells Jay it's 14 hours on foot 463 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,639 to Los Cristianos. 464 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:41,599 To travel from here to the point where Jay was finally found 465 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,919 suggests he may have been heading towards the sea. 466 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:46,679 You can see the coast clearly. 467 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:51,839 Doesn't look as far as walking the windy roads through the mountain. 468 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,759 And you can see this sort of stony path here. 469 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,600 Shall we come off here, yeah? Yeah. 470 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,959 You can see the path winding down. 471 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,479 So, obviously, he's seen the sea and thought, 472 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,120 "Oh, well, I can just get down there." 473 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:17,959 On the videocall, Brad sees Jay leave the road and head down. 474 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:22,279 He hears Jay slipping on stones, and they're both laughing. 475 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,119 Glen and Chris follow a route they believe Jay could have taken 476 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:27,000 towards the sea. 477 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:31,960 Careful of your step there, mate. 478 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:34,760 Overgrowth is pretty incredible, eh? 479 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,799 They soon pick up an established hiking path. 480 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,279 There's a path goes now, it sorts of bends round, doesn't it, 481 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:42,999 to your right? Yeah. 482 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,959 I mean, you don't have to walk far. 483 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,119 If you come down the path, you can see right down. 484 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,239 That's what's leading him on, because when you get to that point, 485 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,039 like, all that cloud will have cleared. Yeah. 486 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,800 And you can see the sea, and it just looks so close. Yeah. 487 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:04,760 At around 8:30, Jay videocalls another friend, Brandon. 488 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:07,919 Laughing and joking with him, 489 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,720 Jay tells Brandon he's in the middle of nowhere. 490 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,879 However, just two minutes later, 491 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:19,279 Jay's friend Lucy calls him from her apartment. 492 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,039 She recalls him saying he was lost and frightened, 493 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,120 and all he can see is mountains. 494 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,559 He's looking for a way back to his mates, 495 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,879 so he sets off down a perfectly walkable track. 496 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,159 But he's becoming dehydrated, 497 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,439 as though he's in a slightly confused, tired state. 498 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,600 The hiking path soon comes to an end. 499 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,680 Right, this path just brings you to a dead end. 500 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:51,999 Without even realising it, we've missed the connecting turn 501 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,399 for the hiker path, which is... 502 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,399 somewhere by the big bush there. 503 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,559 It's an assumption that, possibly, Jay had done the same. 504 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:04,199 It's the only, like, official, let's say, path possible. 505 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,519 The one that takes you over that side. 506 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,359 Down to the ravine. 507 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,479 Right now, the only thing that looks like a walkable path 508 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,519 is the bit in front there, yeah? 509 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,560 It's just the easiest way down, isn't it? 510 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,119 PHONE BEEPS 511 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:22,679 Three minutes after she spoke to him on the phone, Lucy texts Jay, 512 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,640 robustly telling him to turn around. 513 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,559 I mean, would you contemplate walking back, 514 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,079 when that's the way you've just come from 515 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,880 and, you know, you're alone up in the mountains. 516 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,119 The jeopardy is, once you come off path, 517 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,919 is to turn around and go back up is always, 518 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,399 by a multiple of times, much more difficult. 519 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:47,880 Yeah, we'll head down. 520 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,399 The sun just coming over the mountains there. 521 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,400 You can feel the difference in the temperature, the heat already. 522 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,639 RINGING TONE 523 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,399 Hi, Chris. What's it like out there? 524 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:05,879 'It's kind of a heat trap. 525 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,319 'We were at 30 degrees about half an hour ago.' 526 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:09,359 Yeah. Wow. 527 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:10,799 As best as you can, 528 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,799 you wanna try and put yourself in the position of Jay. 529 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,039 And if you're heading for the coast, 530 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,959 to make a decision to turn around and go back up... 531 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,719 Is a huge decision to make, isn't it? 532 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,359 It is a huge decision, and I just think 533 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,639 that's possibly one of the reasons why, you know, 534 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,199 he's continued on the path that he did. 535 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:32,639 'Yeah, I'm gonna crack on, guys.' 536 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,080 Yeah, be careful. Cheers. 537 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,640 So, it's at this point we start to hit the cactus areas. 538 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,279 Oh, man, got cactus in my mouth. 539 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:49,800 SPITS 540 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,480 At 8:44 was the call with Lucy. 541 00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:00,039 "Dry mouth, need a drink." Call cuts off. 542 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,439 He said on the phone his mouth is dry. 543 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,359 That's a real marker. 544 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,359 Dehydration, your brain is beginning to shrink, 545 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,920 decision-making is harder, confusion is setting in. 546 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,239 On one of his last calls to Lucy, 547 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,079 Jay asks if cacti are poisonous. 548 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,079 She tells him to get back to the road, 549 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:20,560 that she'll come and get him. 550 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,719 Jay tries her twice more. 551 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,479 Both calls last seconds. 552 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:29,279 A third connects. 553 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:33,239 Jay tells Lucy his phone is on 1%. PHONE BEEPS 554 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:37,559 Then, 39 minutes after sharing his location, 555 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,920 Jay's phone dies, and he's suddenly alone. 556 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:48,559 Glen and Chris have reached a point 557 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,559 near to where they believe this happened, 558 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:54,160 and are only 800 metres from where Jay was found. 559 00:32:55,680 --> 00:33:00,199 This is when Jay's phone would have died. Yes. 560 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,159 So, it does look like they've got quite far. 561 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:04,999 You can see... Well, I mean, obviously, 562 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,919 Jay would have carry on walking... Yeah. 563 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,519 ...without any contact with anybody. 564 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,039 But you can see how far he got. 565 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:13,359 I can see why he says, 566 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,200 "I can't see anything but mountains." 567 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,719 Just making bad, bad decisions. 568 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,639 But obviously, he didn't realise 569 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:23,999 they were bad decisions at the time, did he? 570 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,199 And, in a sense, there's no reason they should have been, 571 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,119 but, I mean, it's just... I know, yeah. 572 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:35,359 It's a young man... with the confidence of a young man. 573 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,120 Well, yeah. You know, "I can do this." 574 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:43,520 The invincibility of a 19-year-old. Yeah. 575 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:08,239 As Glen and Chris press deeper into the ravine, 576 00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:11,639 towards a V-shaped notch that leads to the sea, 577 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:15,360 the heat and terrain slows them to a tenth of the pace. 578 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,479 Does that look like a way through there, 579 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,919 against the side of the rock and the vegetation? 580 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,600 I think a bit further down from where you are, yeah. 581 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,719 The ground is becoming steeper and rockier. 582 00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:37,120 Careful on this, cos this will be really slippy. 583 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:40,999 Argh! 584 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,079 You all right, Chris? Argh! That one hurt. 585 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:45,719 It's now three hours 586 00:34:45,720 --> 00:34:50,319 since Glen and Chris left Jay's last fully known location, 587 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,480 back on the road from Masca. 588 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,759 And we left at what, 8:13? 589 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,040 So three hours solid we've been... 590 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,159 What should have been a quick hike down to a beach 591 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:11,959 to find someone to help him 592 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:16,639 turns into a three or four-hour struggle 593 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,999 on paths with obstacles and difficulties. 594 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,679 But the only other possibility is to turn back 595 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,359 and walk for another three hours back up the track. 596 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:28,560 That's an impossibility. 597 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,279 After more than three hours, 598 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,039 the heat and terrain are making it almost impossible 599 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,119 to continue retracing Jay's steps. 600 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:39,599 Too dangerous. Too dangerous. 601 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:43,999 A young lad didn't know where he was going. 602 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:50,839 Just the sheer determination, tenacity to come through this. 603 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:54,199 Presumably, just wanting to head to the coast 604 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,840 to get back to his friends. 605 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:03,319 Glen and Chris are now just 500 metres from where Jay was found. 606 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:08,479 But despite the difficulties, Jay's Uncle Glen makes a decision. 607 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:12,040 He's going to head deeper into the ravine alone. 608 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,639 We need to be careful - the path can be lost 609 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,399 at the entrance to there, OK? Yeah. 610 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:20,679 Can I stay here? Yeah. 611 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:21,800 Yes? You keep, guys. 612 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:34,279 Jay Slater was 19 when he went missing in Tenerife. 613 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:39,079 29 days later, he was found dead at the bottom of a ravine. 614 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,959 His Uncle Glen is walking the last route Jay may have taken 615 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,279 on the morning he died. 616 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:49,800 I've got to a point now where it's which way we think Jay went. 617 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:55,719 I think he would have been lower to get further, if you will. 618 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:58,680 Sort of lower down, to get around. 619 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,959 We've only walked for what, a few minutes, 620 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,239 and my mouth is dry already, and I'm carrying water with me. 621 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:08,599 But Jay didn't have any water with him, did he? No, exactly. 622 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:13,599 The thing about losing water here is that you're sweating all the time, 623 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,519 although you don't know it, because it's evaporating immediately. 624 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,039 Yeah. But you're also breathing. 625 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:19,959 So it's not just that you're a bit dry, 626 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:23,959 it's that you're drying out really quite fast. Yeah. 627 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,559 And when it gets to that critical point, 628 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,239 making decisions becomes harder. 629 00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:32,159 Yeah. They become confused. 630 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,919 And it's, you know, the whole thing is sort of moving the wrong way. 631 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:37,999 Running down... Yeah, exactly. 632 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,199 ...there is that sort of line, 633 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,559 looks as though it's going to take you through that gap. 634 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,479 Yeah. And the sea is there now. 635 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:48,079 Yeah, and obviously, he's not realised, 636 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,720 as he was going down, the sun was coming over. Yes. 637 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,079 That's not gonna help. 638 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:57,519 But you can understand why the decision was made. Yeah. 639 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,439 This is something utterly crucial, 640 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,479 when you're in this sort of environment, 641 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,399 that Jay didn't have, you know. 642 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:08,239 Yeah, he may have taken substances, but the dehydration, I think, 643 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:11,599 is the really dangerous thing at this point. 644 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,279 BREATHING HEAVILY 645 00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:16,359 This is the point where he's losing water fast. 646 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:20,839 And it's the water that I think is the crucial key to understanding 647 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:24,319 his changing ability to make decisions, 648 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,320 and the decisions that he did take. 649 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,480 That's where we've come from. 650 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:42,920 He ended up off where the sort of steps are. 651 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:51,000 Glen is now just 420 metres from the point where Jay was discovered. 652 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,720 This is the point of no return now. 653 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,080 I am not going any further than this. 654 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,879 We're not sure which way Jay would have gone. 655 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,480 This is the V-notch, if you will. 656 00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:10,639 He's obviously come down into this 657 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:14,199 and then whether he's come up this side 658 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:18,160 or whether he's attempted to go up that side... 659 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:20,839 ...we don't know. 660 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:25,520 But he's obviously gone through where I'm pointing, to the left. 661 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,999 And, yeah, it's getting to a point now 662 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,039 where it's, without any proper equipment, 663 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,039 a bit too... a bit too dangerous. 664 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,960 So... I'm gonna head back. 665 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:44,639 To reach here, Glen had water, equipment and a guide. 666 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,239 Jay had none of these, 667 00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:49,959 yet somehow managed to go 420 metres further 668 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:53,039 through increasingly challenging terrain. 669 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,040 He made it almost halfway to the coast. 670 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:02,760 SHE SIGHS 671 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:12,919 Well done. 672 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:16,319 We didn't get near to where he were found, 673 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,359 but we got as far as we could 674 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:20,279 without sort of putting ourselves in danger. 675 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:24,199 But I just think, like, that's a bit of closure for me now. 676 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:27,119 I just don't think there's any way of actually knowing 677 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:29,000 exactly which way he went. 678 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:33,519 And there's only one person who'll know, and that's Jay. 679 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,759 But it were just that possibility, weren't it? Yeah. 680 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:38,639 And just trying to do it within that timeline. Yeah. 681 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:41,319 Because we thought, how was it possible 682 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,599 to get to a place where he said to Lucy, 683 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:47,359 "I can't see anything, I can't go back, I'm lost, 684 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:49,079 "I can just see mountains"? 685 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:54,799 It's just so easy to see now how he got into trouble so quick. 686 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,479 Yeah, without any experience, without the right gear on 687 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,560 you're in trouble, yeah. 688 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:02,759 You just never think in a million years 689 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,959 that you come away on holiday 690 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,239 and have the best time, and then just... 691 00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:10,520 And then this. ...such tragedy. 692 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:21,439 Debbie and Glen are making the final part of their journey, 693 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:22,599 along the coast, 694 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:26,479 to Jay's likely destination, had he survived. 695 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,999 First time that I've been at sea level 696 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,680 and seen it up from this angle. 697 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:37,519 Obviously, what he would have been aiming for, 698 00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:39,599 what he could see right up there, was the sea. 699 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:42,520 And he's obviously tried to come down this way. 700 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:45,959 Yeah. 701 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,359 He got halfway. 702 00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:49,840 He got halfway, yeah. 703 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:56,399 Just crazy. 704 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,799 I mean, even just to get down to this, 705 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:00,759 the little bit of a beach, 706 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:05,440 I mean, look how steep it is from sort of every direction you can see. 707 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:10,319 Oh, I think he'd have just been stranded there, wouldn't he? 708 00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:11,800 He'd have... Yeah. 709 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:32,760 If he just knew he were heading to this, the sea, and... 710 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:36,840 He didn't know what he had in front of him, did he? 711 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,480 Just makes me sad. 712 00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:52,999 'Each of these cases is just like a jigsaw puzzle.' 713 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:56,440 Little bits of separate information, but they do fit together. 714 00:42:58,040 --> 00:42:59,759 Coming up from the village, 715 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:02,159 there's this apparent escape route 716 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,719 down the valley to the sea. 717 00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:08,919 And then following it down and seeing how it peters out, 718 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:10,999 and actually, isn't an escape route, 719 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,359 it's a dead end and a trap. 720 00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:15,999 And then the final fall, 721 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:19,479 maybe just a trip put him off balance. 722 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:24,399 But in his dehydrated, slightly confused, tired state, 723 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,519 almost impossible to recover. 724 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:30,559 And once he's gone, that, I'm afraid, is the end. 725 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:32,439 That's where the head injury happens, 726 00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:35,720 that's when Jay dies. 727 00:43:44,240 --> 00:43:47,799 He must have been so scared, thinking, "Cor, what have I done? 728 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:49,359 "I can't turn back." 729 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,439 But then, obviously, when you look at it, 730 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:53,040 you just know why. 731 00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:59,759 I think the closure I've got is the walk. 732 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,919 Knowing, like, where he set off from, 733 00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:06,120 where he's seen the ocean and gone down. 734 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:10,759 And where he got to before his phone actually died. 735 00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:13,079 That were important to me. 736 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,159 And seeing all that now, 737 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:17,840 I understand it better. 738 00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:22,880 That's what closure it's given me. 739 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,319 And I know that he'd be so sorry, 740 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:28,800 the mistakes he made. 741 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,360 He'd be saying, "I'm so sorry, Mum".