Jay Slater case heading for 'unhappy ending' with 'gloomy' update issued

A former detective has issued a "gloomy" warning over the Jay Slater case - saying it is likely heading towards an "unhappy ending". Former Scotland Yard Detective Peter Bleksley spoke out to GB News as the hunt for missing Jay reaches its eighth day.

Bleksley told hosts Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster: "I think the signs are really quite gloomy. If we look at what we've known for almost a week now, his phone ran out of battery and he had no fluids with him.

"He was in unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way a considerable distance back to where he'd been staying. With no update beyond those of any significance, I fear that this is probably a story that will not have a happy ending."

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Bleksley explained: "It's quite clear to me that the Guardia Civil, who are carrying out this search for Jay, have a particular kind of theory that they're sticking to, and they're following that insomuch as that they're looking in the rural areas, the rugged outcrops, buildings and the suchlike.

"What they do not want is to surrender any control of this search for Jay to any other body, which inherently they would do." He told GB News: "Undoubtedly, I think all the signs are gloomy." He went on: "The public interest in this case has been vast.

"The Facebook page apparently has had over half a million followers to it, and if you in any way, shape or form put Jay's name into the internet, there is reams and reams and reams of a lot of which is, quite frankly, nonsense, and some of which is heartfelt and contributed by well wishes.

"This is so often the problem when a case takes on an identity all of its own, when it grips the public's interest. Because in the 21st century, you can go online, spout whatever nonsense you want to, and some people will think you're an authority."