The investigation into the death of Jay Slater was left facing awkward questions after it was claimed a key witness who police could not find is actually on holiday in Tenerife and is unaware they even want to speak to her.
Lucy Law, 20, was one of the last people to see Jay alive when he disappeared after a night out on the Spanish island last summer before being found dead a month later.
But at the opening of an inquest into Jay's death the coroner told the court - including Jay's distraught parents and other family members - that police had been unable to find Ms Law and other potentially important witnesses.
Dr James Adeley told the hearing: 'We can't find them, they have stopped responding to phone calls.'
Among those he said police had tried and failed to find was Ms Law.
