The film is made with the co-operation of his family and is a moving testament to the dead teen’s memory. But it is also a plea from his loved ones for the amateur sleuths and TikTokkers who have made their loss so much more painful to please leave them alone.
Ten years ago, the Slater case might have been a minor news item. But in this era of true crime podcasts and insatiable online sleuths, it sparked a feeding frenzy. According to them, Slater had stolen a Rolex from the wrong person and suffered the consequence. He was killed by drug dealers. Or by people close to him. Or he wasn’t dead at all, and the whole thing was a hoax.
Jay Slater’s mother Debbie Duncan (Photo: Jo Ritchie/Channel 4)
The theories grew crazier and crazier. ITV journalist Ben Chapman recalls returning home from covering the case and being collared by other parents at the school gates. “The number of people coming up and wanting to talk to me – as if I was part of the conspiracy,” he says. “Online sleuths had lost sight of the fact that this was somebody’s son that had disappeared.”
The film-makers are given access to the post-mortem carried out on the repatriated body as part of the investigation into his death by UK authorities. Coroner James Adeley says that holding an inquiry into Slater’s death has been made more difficult because of the online interest. Witnesses are reluctant to come forward because they fear they will draw the attention of the TikTok hordes. “Social media has made obtaining evidence more difficult,” he says.
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The film ends on a heartbreaking note with homemade footage of a baby Slater singing karaoke with his mum. She sways him side to side, and he giggles. This is how his family would like to remember him.
‘The Disappearance of Jay Slater’ is streaming on Channel 4
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