Missing lad in Tenerife

[dave123456]

CorradoTDI said:

redback911 said:

Well, the plot thickens.

Allegedly....

"Police are understood to be speaking to witnesses about an alleged Rolex theft at a beach club hours before the teenager’s disappearance."

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/scared-jay-slater-fled-...

According to friends of Mr Slater, he had stolen the £12k watch and was attempting to sell it.

I suppose he may have a met a highly motivated victim, or potential buyer, and discussions ended badly.

The Rolex theft was mentioned right from the start but seems odd that it's now only getting reported in the mainstream media.

Maybe there is a lot going on in the background but the whole investigation seems to be a complete shambles with various suspects / persons of interest allowed to fly back to the UK

Very naive to think a stolen watch has any immediate value on such a small island.

[KAgantua]

What a scumbag

[ChocolateFrog]

Really need the body to wash up for some closure.

[ChocolateFrog]

Castrol for a knave said:

eldar said:

Alickadoo said:

Was it Mallory and Irvine that got lost and came out of the bottom of a glacier about 80 years later, or something similar?

Edit

Not all right, but not all wrong, either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_British_Mount_E...

Edited by Alickadoo on Monday 1st July 15:12

Cessna and bodies appear out of a swiss glacier acouple of years ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/09/swit...

Not that uncommon. I found some bits on a trip to the Chilean Andes, up about 20,000 feet we found bleached clothing and bits of metal.

Mallory and Irvine are still on the NE Ridge, though there has been some talk that Irvine's body had been removed, but by whom??

https://www.coldalongtime.com/pages/the-coverup

This one's a good one. The theory being that he was killed by a piste basher and they rolled him into a crevasse only for him to appear at the bottom years later.

That particular glacier will probably be gone in the next decade or 2 so it'll be interesting to see if anything else appears.

Edited by ChocolateFrog on Wednesday 3rd July 13:58

[okgo]

KAgantua said:

What a scumbag

Wonder how many XL bully’s his family own

[ChocolateFrog]

Mr Miata said:

As for Jay Slater walking home… don’t underestimate how stupid young lads can be after a few pints. I’m sure young lads don’t consider geography or climate after several pints.

When I was a young, stupid and tight-fisted Yorkshire lad. I often thought I would rather walk home after a few beers rather than pay for a taxi and save myself a few quid. It only took 15 minutes in the car, how bad could it be?….

…. 1 or 2 hours later I’d still be walking back and sobering up to maybe that few £ would have been worth it.

Edited by Mr Miata on Tuesday 2nd July 22:01

I walked from my accommodation in Mendoza to the airport in 2017 with all my backpacking gear. Circa 30 degrees and 3 hours or so.

Annoyingly when I got there you couldn't actually walk in so I had to get a taxi anyway.

[57Ford]

Even if that’s true about him pinching a watch, I’ve never heard of any eastern-europeans being particularly nasty, violent and aggressive in any way so I couldn’t imagine any form of severe retribution would have been dished out.
Are there any pig farms in the area?

[mick987]

A violent little thug robs the wrong person and learns a life lesson, I am sure someone will miss him but not many will.

[PRO5T]

Yeah, the Rolex thing has been on TikTok for over a week. Interesting all his mates say he would not lie about stealing it and he himself posted on social media he'd stolen it.

FWIW, having lived over there for a number of years when I was young-if you're involved in some shady st, you go to the mountains to hide or make something disappear.

[okgo]

I increasingly wonder why anyone cares about this kid?

[Red9zero]

okgo said:

I increasingly wonder why anyone cares about this kid?

It does make you wonder why the "promising young footballer" types get all the press, whereas others barely make the locals.

[Richard-390a0]

Oh dear, what a shame, never mind. At least the family & friends got a free holiday off of the idiots who donated to the gofundme.

[PurpleTurtle]

Anyone thinking that Jay might have gone on an involuntary one-way scuba diving trip?

[ozzuk]

PurpleTurtle said:

Anyone thinking that Jay might have gone on an involuntary one-way scuba diving trip?

Not sure why they would kit him out in that...easier ways.

[PRO5T]

I feel a bit dirty speculating but it sounds more like he thought he was going to get done in for robbing someones watch so tried to do a runner (from the airbnb where he was staying) and took the "scenic" route to stay off the main road as the person he took the watch off was coming to get it back.

He could have wandered miles from where his last phone location was and has probably succumbed in the wilderness.

[peterperkins]

I wonder if he will eventually be found wearing said watch on his skeletonic wrist?

[The Gauge]

Are those who donated to this cause also the same fools who donated to the Sir Tom collection?

[ApOrbital]

peterperkins said:

I wonder if he will eventually be found wearing said watch on his skeletonic wrist?

Only time will tell.

[g4ry13]

ChocolateFrog said:

Really need the body to wash up for some closure.

Fed to the pigs.

I don't think a body will be found.

[DSLiverpool]

ApOrbital said:

peterperkins said:

I wonder if he will eventually be found wearing said watch on his skeletonic wrist?

Only time will tell.

The go fund me is now a raffle for a Rolex I believe.