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Three sisters who drowned in the sea in Brighton collectively decided to end their own lives, a coroner has ruled.

The bodies of Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, all from London, were recovered from the sea off Brighton in the early hours of 13 May.

An inquest into their deaths heard on Thursday that in the days before they died, the three women made a trip together to Birmingham to visit the former home of their mother, who died by drowning in 2010.

The inquest at Woodvale coroner’s court in Brighton heard that the sisters travelled by taxi to Birmingham on 11 May and were dropped off at 11.36pm at Linton Walk. The address is close to Brookvale Park Lake, where their mother, Janice Adetoro, died. They were picked up to return to the flat they lived in together in Greenford, west London, at 1.28am on 12 May.

DCI Mark Cullimore, of Sussex police, told the hearing there was no CCTV to show what the women did in the time they were in Birmingham.

On the evening of 12 May, they took a pre-booked taxi to Brighton and arrived near the seafront at 10.21pm. They are thought to have last been seen alive on CCTV from the beach at 2.42am on 13 May.

The bodies of Jane Adetoro and Christina Walters were located by a RNLI lifeboat crew; Rebecca Walters’ body was recovered from the shoreline on Brighton beach.

The senior coroner Penelope Schofield told the court on Thursday: “In hours of darkness, they entered the sea at Brighton, they could not swim and sea conditions were adverse.”

A postmortem found all three women had drowned. There was no evidence of any drugs or alcohol in their bodies and no evidence to suggest they had been subjected to violence.

The coroner concluded that the medical cause of death for all three women was drowning and that they had died by suicide.

Schofield told the court: “These three sisters lived very secluded lives, they were incredibly private. We don’t know why they took this course of action or indeed why they chose to do it in Brighton. It is not for the court to speculate and sadly these reasons may never be known.”

The inquest heard that Christina Walters had suffered from anxiety and depression since her mother’s death, but no such issues were recorded for her sister Rebecca. Adetoro was not registered with a doctor.

The women’s father, Joseph Jacobson, who attended the hearing by video link, said in a written statement: “There are no words that can adequately express the pain of losing a child. To lose all three of my precious daughters, Jane, Christina and Rebecca, is a heartbreak beyond anything I could ever have imagined.”

He said he could not understand why their lives had ended so suddenly, adding: “You were my daughters, you will always be my daughters and I will love you for the rest of my life. May your beautiful souls rest in perfect peace.”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/08/three-sisters-drowned-sea-brighton-inquest


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May God rest their soul, and grant them the peace they couldn't find in being among the living 🙏🏾

Maybe it's me coping, but the West seems to breed a lot of not very strong-willed young people - maybe it's the suffering that hardens us here in Nigeria?

But it takes a lot for three related people to agree on suicide and go through with it... Phew

May their souls rest in peace, God be with their grieving father this hard time.


No matter the storm, never give up on yourself, dreams and God.

There's is always a beautiful light at the end of the tunnel after the storms of life.

There's is no dignity and solution in suicide no matter the mental disorders, pains and fear.

Who trek today fit buy AMG 350 63 tomorrow, day break every where clear just keep grinding legitimately.

Life is sweet and beautiful with hope and faith in God.

I don't think their father was present in their lives because if he was there, they would have not carried out that sucide

When a father is close to his daughters, they will always open up because they look to him as someone they can share their pains with, in return, he will comfort them and guide them through the hard times

Chai. Suicide and soul are a bad mix. God have mercy.

The eldest sister failed them, she probably came up with the idea.

Emotions took over their sense of reasoning.

Pain knows no bounds

Patterns hunted them....smh

See what Tinubu did in the lives of these girls. It will never be well with Tinubu supporters and Tinubu himself and family

There mother died by drowning, the 3 daughters she left behind too died by drowning ..

They are under a heavy curse

Something fishy happened

Cock and bull stories. Government should investigate further the cause of their drowning.

No, this does not sit well with me. I feel this isn't ordinary, na. Something fishy.

When raising a child... Discipline and building mental fortitude matters a lot.

Yes we complain a lot. But I saw a video recently where it was said

Globally, over 43 million are in total darkness (blind), over 300 million homeless & over 2 billion don't have clean water.

Yes we all have sorrow but shouldn't take what we have for granted. JIGSAW

No matter how bad your situation, there are probably 3 billion people better than you and 3 billion people worse than you.

I don't believe this was suicide, Africans don't roll like that!

Let me tell you the truth. In this life, just be very good and well behaved. Don't do bad things because others do it and see nothing wrong.

You see this thing that happened is not ordinary. They're paying the price for something someone did prolly long time ago.

A lot of people do bad and go away with it but their kids and later generations will pay dearly.

Mother - drown
Children - drown

Kalashnikov49:
See what Tinubu dude in the lives of these girls. It will never be well with Tinubu supporters and Tinubu himself and family

Are you sure you are Ok upstairs?

This is really painful

So sad

SamuraiXXX:
I don't believe this was suicide, Africans don't roll like that!

They really aren't Africans

Their own better. At least, they kpaid in oyinbo land

The matrix has something to do with this, people of the underworld

Oh! Ohhhh!!!! OMG What is this!!!!!!

I smell foul play. 3 not 1. What may have happened?

Na wa o. What do we call this now?

Kalashnikov49:
See what Tinubu dude in the lives of these girls. It will never be well with Tinubu supporters and Tinubu himself and family

When you constantly wish evil upon people that mean no harm to you, you may be allowing bitterness to control you. You can disagree with someone or dislike their personality without wishing them harm.

Peace

motymop:
I don't think their father was present in their lives because if he was there, they would have not carried out that sucide

When a father is close to his daughters, they will always open because they look to him as someone they can share their pains with, in return, he will comfort them and guide them through the hard times

Exactly my suspicion. The last two lines of his deposition sounds like a person who is trying hard to relate with them, to own them after the fact.

Clearly a delaminated family and who knows the reasons why and how the mother drowned. Could have been suicide as well.

I won't even try speculating homicide because once again his statement contained no references to his late wife.

This is very strange and unlike Nigerians

I just hope it is not diabolical because how can three sisters drown at the same time just like their mother....

lai lai. something fishy is going on

Na waoooo...

Crazy mysteries in this life.

Well, life continues regardless.

Next!

ManknowThyself:
May their souls rest in peace, God be with their grieving father this hard time.


No matter the storm, never give up on yourself, dreams and God.

There's is always a beautiful light at the end of the tunnel after the storms of life.

There's is no dignity and solution in suicide no matter the mental disorders, pains and fear.

Who trek today fit buy AMG 350 63 tomorrow, day break every where clear just keep grinding legitimately.

Life is sweet and beautiful with hope and faith in God.

You sarted you comment well one would think but ended it poorly,

Everything in life is not about material things. Those maybe are your own definition of what could depress someone but clearly these girls didn't commit suicide because they felt they will never be able to buy AMG 350 63 tomorrow because they Re trekking today no but they lost a mother tragically and there's no having another mother like her ever since and unfortunately felt dieing same way their mother died can give them closure or reunite them with her.

I usually do not have any rip to wish anyone who dies by suicide. No matter the issue,suicide is not an option ever.....you just die for nothing if you kill yourself.