THREE UK SISTERS WHO DROWNED IN BRIGHTON TOOK THEIR OWN LIVES, INQUEST FINDS
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An inquest has ruled that three sisters whose bodies were recovered from the sea in Brighton, England, died by suicide, according to Sky News.
Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, all from London, were found dead in the sea off Brighton in the early hours of May 13.
The inquest at Woodvale Coroner’s Court heard that the sisters travelled together to Birmingham in the days before their deaths to visit the former home of their mother, Janice Adetoro, who died by drowning in 2010.
The women travelled by taxi to Birmingham on May 11, arriving at Linton Walk at 11.36pm. The address is close to Brookvale Park Lake, where their mother died. They were picked up at 1.28am on May 12 to return to their shared flat in Greenford, west London.
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cullimore of Sussex Police told the hearing that there was no CCTV footage showing what the sisters did while in Birmingham.
On the evening of May 12, the women took a pre-booked taxi to Brighton, arriving near the seafront at 10.21pm. They were believed to have last been seen alive on beach CCTV at 2.42am on May 13.
A Royal National Lifeboat Institution crew recovered the bodies of Jane Adetoro and Christina Walters, while Rebecca Walters’ body was found along the shoreline at Brighton Beach.
Senior Coroner Penelope Schofield told the court, “In hours of darkness, they entered the sea at Brighton; they could not swim, and sea conditions were adverse.”
Postmortem examinations found that all three women had drowned. There was no evidence of drugs or alcohol in their bodies, nor any indication that they had been subjected to violence.
The coroner concluded that drowning was the medical cause of death for all three sisters and ruled 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 experienced anxiety and depression since their mother’s death. However, no similar issues were recorded for Rebecca, while Jane Adetoro was not registered with a doctor.
Their father, Joseph Jacobson, attended the hearing via video link and expressed his grief 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 added that he could not understand why their lives had ended so suddenly, saying, “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.”
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