Debbie Duncan, the heartbroken mother of Lancashire teenager Jay Slater who was tragically found dead in Tenerife last month, has confessed that she is grappling with his loss as she “can’t get her head around” his final movements before his death.

The 19 year old bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle vanished on 17 June 2024, after attempting a ten-hour walk back to his accommodation after leaving an Island party with two individuals he had just met.

During the trek back, it’s believed that Jay may have miscalculated the distance he needed to cover, and tragically fell to his death. A subsequent post-mortem examination concluded Slater died of traumatic head injuries, consistent with a fall from height.

Despite the findings, Debbie maintains that some details leading up to Jay’s death don’t add up, leaving her struggling to comprehend some of her son’s choices.

Speaking to The Sun, Debbie admitted that she couldn’t fathom why Jay had entered a car with two older men after attending a music festival and travelled to their secluded Airbnb flat.

She also questioned why he had left the flat the following morning without charging his phone, and even suggested that he may have felt unsafe when he made his exit, reports the Mirror.

Holding back tears, she told the publication: “I don’t know what he thought he was doing by going with these two guys. I really don’t know.”

“I can’t get my head round why he just didn’t go back to his own friends, and went with them. In our minds, we think he’s not realised where he was going. And it was dark. I just think he’s not even thought about or knew which direction he was going.”

Reflecting on the possibility that Jay may have been unsettled when he hurried out of the flat, Debbie remarked: “That thought crossed my mind. Jay would not let his phone run down. If he had access to a phone charger, that would be the first thing that he would do.”

“So why did he not want to be there? Why did he not want to hang about to charge his phone? One of these guys had said that he’d given him a charger, but why did he not charge his phone? “.

Ayub Quassim, one of the individuals Jay was last seen with, had reserved the Airbnb using a pseudonym, yet he told journalists: “Jay came to the house alive and he left the house alive.”

Spanish investigators have quizzed both men regarding Jay’s disappearance, and assessed that neither were “relevant” to the ongoing enquiries.

Nonetheless, Debbie is eager to confront them to piece together her son’s last hours with the hope of achieving some understanding and perhaps even closure surrounding the distressing mystery of her dear son’s fate.

Whilst she recognises that it might not alter the past, she remains driven to pursue explanations for the unresolved issues that haunt this harrowing case.

“I can’t change anything and there are so many ifs and buts and I can just drive myself insane thinking about everything,” she expressed sorrowfully.