Jay Slater’s mum reveals how £72,000 was spent as she thanks person who ‘looked after’ fund

Jay Slater disappeared successful Tenerife successful June sparking a monolithic hunt for the 19-year-old, portion a GoFundMe leafage was acceptable up for his household - his assemblage was yet recovered the pursuing month

Jay Slater’s mum has “thanked” a enigma idiosyncratic who looked aft her son’s GoFundMe leafage and provided “support and advice".

The family of the teenager person turned disconnected donations for the fundraising leafage acceptable up aft his disappearance successful Tenerife, saying “our travel of trauma and grief volition proceed forever”.

Jay died aft sustaining aggregate injuries accordant with a autumn successful a rocky area. His remains were recovered adjacent the colony of Masca successful July aft helium went missing pursuing the Spanish island’s NRG euphony festival the erstwhile month.

The Spanish Civil Guard said Mr Slater, 19, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, could person fallen successful the steep and inaccessible country wherever helium was found. A GoFundMe leafage titled Get Jay Slater Home received £72,821 earlier it was closed connected November 21.

The last connection posted connected the leafage by his mum Debbie Duncan explained however the donations were spent. They included a hunt squad from the Dutch non-profit organisation Signi Zoekhonden and his family’s enactment successful Tenerife portion efforts to find Mr Slater continued.

Ms Duncan besides said successful the station that they were capable to springiness him a “truly deserved… send-off” astatine his ceremonial successful August. And she made a peculiar convey you to the unnamed idiosyncratic she said had looked aft Jay's fundraiser and had been successful changeless interaction providing support.

The connection read: “With your enactment we were capable to enactment successful Tenerife until we got our beauteous lad backmost to the UK. We were capable to money the Signi hunt squad from the Netherlands who supported america passim the days erstwhile Jay was found. Jay genuinely deserved the send-off we were capable to springiness him and we convey you each for that.

"We person been overwhelmed with messages of enactment from each implicit the globe and volition beryllium eternally grateful to each of you. Our travel of trauma and grief volition proceed everlastingly and we volition ne'er recover.” The connection continued: “We mislaid our beauteous lad successful highly tragic circumstances whilst the world watched. We bash not and volition ne'er recognize however Jay’s communicative reached each country of the globe.

“Our travel is acold from implicit but the burdens eased with your support. We would besides similar to convey the idiosyncratic who looked aft Jay’s fundraiser leafage whom we person been successful changeless interaction with, particularly whilst successful Tenerife – the enactment and proposal you gave volition not beryllium forgotten.

“Donations volition beryllium turned disconnected with this last message. Jay’s household and friends are trying to travel to presumption and process this tragic nonaccomplishment and convey you from the bottommost of our hearts.”