Alone and in the middle of nowhere, British teenager Jay Slater met his tragic end. After losing contact with his friend while in the mountainous landscape of Masca, on the morning of June 17, he disappeared without a trace. It had followed a night of fun, laughs and partying with his friends in the south of Tenerife.
The evening was spent dancing at the Papagayo Beach Club in Playa de las Americas, at the huge closing party for the NRG music festival. Just hours later, the 19-year-old from Lancashire found himself stranded, lost and alone more than 30km away, in the Rural de Teno Park. Surrounded by towering ravines and rocky cliffs, Jay then decided to attempt the 11-hour walk back to his hotel.
But he never made it. READ MORE "Please let us know you're safe": Mum makes direct appeal to son, 26, after 'out of character' disappearance in Majorca Today (July 17), away from the main road leading further north from the village of Masca, tributes had been left by Jay's family. They were a stone's throw from the remote remote ravine where rescue workers were forced to hack away at undergrowth with machetes to reach their beloved son.
Flowers and messages were left by Jay's family (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster) Bouquets of blue and white flowers bore touching messages from the apprentice bricklayer's mum Debbie Duncan, dad Warren Slater and older brother Zak. They had been placed on the dirt track 22 miles from the town Jay had been trying to reach. Jay's disappearance sparked weeks.