Jay Slater's dad issues crucial update on riddle two months after body found
Jay Slater’s dad has issued an update on a riddle after the late claim teen travelled to an Airbnb because he had nowhere to stay on the night he died. Slater was found in mid-July, having vanished four weeks previously while on holiday in Tenerife with pals.
His dad Warren, 58, has set up a new TikTok account where he answered questions surrounding his son's disappearance and urged conspiracy theorists to "allow Jay to rest in peace." Jay's dad and brother Zak travelled to Spain to join the search.
Jay's body was found on July 15, nearly a month after he went missing Warren today revealed that a pair of keys he found, thought to be Jay's "lost apartment key," actually belonged to TikTok sleuth Down the Rapids, who had also joined the search.
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He said: "Just to show a video to confirm that this is my account. The keys that I found do belong to Down the Rapids guy. I found them at the end of the path. I haven't been back to Tenerife ever since I came back from looking for my son.
"The videos that I've been posting are just documentation of what I was up to, where I was searching, things I was looking at while I while I was out there and that's it." His original post reads: "It has warmed our hearts as a family to know how many people cared about Jay and how many people will now join us in remembering our son.
"We will never forget the kindness and love shown by family, friends and strangers. It's made this devastating time more bareable." He continued urging people to "stop talking about Jay online" and "adding to the conspiracy theories surrounding his death."
He added: "...to us, he is our son, our baby and we are asking for respect and time to grieve without having to see all this online. Please respect our wishes and allow Jay to rest in peace."