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'Retracing Jay's steps has given more closure'
Debbie Duncan says retracing her son Jay Slater''s footsteps has given her "more closure"
The mother of Jay Slater, who died after he went missing in Tenerife, has said retracing his footsteps was "very tough and emotional" but had given her "more closure".
Jay, 19, and from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, went missing on 17 June 2024 after attending a music festival in Playa de las Americas on the Spanish island, and was found dead after a 29-day search.
His mother, Debbie Duncan, told BBC Radio Lancashire she hoped after watching a forthcoming documentary on the case, people "may well believe the facts".
The first episode of the Channel Five series "Cause of Death", which will explore the manhunt and huge social media interest around the case, will air at 21:00 BST on Wednesday.
An inquest into Jay's death ruled it was a "tragic accident," and entirely without third party influence.
He had fallen in a "particularly dangerous area", and suffered skull fractures and brain trauma that killed him instantly.
Debbie said retracing her son's steps helped her, because "we could look at the terrain in more detail".
"It was the timeline for me, from his location... to him saying 'I don't know where I am, I am lost'. So that was important to me, to time it."
The episode retraces his steps alongside forensic pathologist Richard Shepherd, who carried out Jay's postmortem when his body was returned to the UK.