Series on son’s island death poignant after ‘no answers’, says mother
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A mother whose son went missing on a British island has said a new documentary looking into his death feels “poignant” after nearly a decade of searching for answers about what happened to him. The body of bar manager Josh Clayton was found on rocks near Tresco, Isles of Scilly days after he went missing following a party in September 2015.
An inquest jury returned a conclusion of accidental death, but his mother, Tracey Clayton, and brother, Ashley Cox, have always questioned what happened that night. Speaking about the timing of the documentary, Mr Cox, 42, told the PA news agency: “I think this 10-year anniversary was probably a more interesting point for the media in the sense that it had been 10 years with no answers.”.
“It’s poignant, isn’t it?” said Ms Clayton. Mr Cox added: “It’s poignant that we haven’t had anything in 10 years, and we’re still the same as where we were a year into it, really.”. In the documentary The Last Party: Death On Tresco, Mr Cox goes back to the island to track his brother’s last moments, visiting spots including The Shed, a staff party venue where Josh was spotted before he went missing.
He said: “Going back to the island is something I said I would do. It’s something I said I would like to do anyway, I think before they (production crew) mentioned about doing it.”. He added: “If you can imagine someone you love passing away in a certain place, then you would inevitably have some sort of pilgrimage, some sort of thing there to go there to remember them by.
