Jay Slater investigator slams 'people with own theories who ignore the evidence'

Investigator Mark Williams-Thomas had vowed to get the family answers at the time of Jay Slater's disappearance, and has again spoken out about the case after releasing a social media video

Jay Slater's former investigator has slammed online misinformation after he posted a social media video relating to the investigation of the teen's death.

Apprentice bricklayer Jay was on holiday for a music festival in Tenerife when he vanished on June 17. The remains of the 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire , were finally discovered almost a month later on July 15 near the village of Masca, a few metres from his last known location.

Investigator Mark Williams-Thomas had vowed to get the family answers at the time of his disappearance, and has again spoken out after releasing a social media video relating to his involvement in the case. In the video posted to Twitter/X on Monday, Mr Williams-Thomas said he had an update on his involvement with the case after taking a break from social media.

He said: “I worked very closely with the family and as a result of that, got a lot of information, but also a lot of information from potential witnesses, people involved, people who knew Jay and also the authorities in a roundabout way.

"One of the things that's very clear is there is a huge amount of misinformation. I've been back and looked through some of the videos I took when I went out there, in relation to my investigation and thought processes whilst the investigation was going on.”

However, after posting the video, the investigator hit back at a social media user who shared their own theory on Jay's death. Mr Williams-Thomas wrote: "Really !! this is sadly what Jay’s family have to put up with - people who have their own theories who ignore what the evidence says."

The video comes after Jay's heartbroken mum, Debbie Duncan, says she wishes he would now “stay out of it”. She told MailOnline: “I'm still in bits here, I'm having counselling, and it doesn't get any easier, I couldn't sleep at all last night because after he posted what he did it on his social media just kicked off all the trolls again.

"What he said has knocked me back a million steps, I just wish he would say what he knows or just stay out of it. We last spoke a few weeks ago briefly because I wanted to clear some things up.

“There was nothing really new, I just wanted to go over some things and he said if I remembered anything to give me a call and that was it. I thought for a second he might have something but now I'm thinking it might just be a PR stunt as all it's done is that it's got all the bloody Tick Tockers back and they have never really stopped which is even sadder.”