Three Sisters Who Drowned Off Brighton Took Their Own Lives, Coroner Rules
The coroner said the women intended to end their lives after entering rough sea conditions and could not swim, with toxicology tests negative.
- On Thursday, Senior Coroner Penelope Schofield concluded that sisters Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, died by suicide in Brighton on May 13, ruling they had the "intention to end their lives."
- Before their deaths, the sisters visited Brookvale Park Lake in Birmingham on May 11, where their mother Janice Adetoro took her own life 16 years earlier, a loss relatives said they never overcame.
- Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cullimore told the inquest the sea was "particularly rough" when the sisters entered the water at Brighton Beach, where emergency services recovered their bodies on May 13.
- Father Joseph Jacobson described his daughters as the "beautiful light that filled our family," saying he could not understand why their lives ended so suddenly and that grief feels "unbearable."
- If you are experiencing feelings of distress, the Samaritans provide confidential support on 116 123 in the UK, while the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline offers assistance to those in the USA 24 hours a day.
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Three sisters who drowned off Brighton took their own lives, coroner rules
Three sisters whose bodies were recovered from the sea off Brighton took their own lives, a coroner has ruled. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 5.45am on May 13, before the bodies of Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, from west London, were pulled from the water. An […]
Brighton Beach: Three sisters who drowned off Brighton Beach died in suicide pact after visiting lake where their mum took her own life 16 years priors
Three sisters who drowned off Brighton Beach died in a suicide pact after visiting a lake where their mother took her own life in 2010.The bodies of Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32 and Rebecca Walters, 31, were recovered from the sea after a major search and rescue operation took place on the tourist hotspot.Now an inquest into their deaths have shown that the trio travelled from London to Birmingham the day before they died.There, two d…
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The Independent (US)Three sisters who drowned off Brighton beach took their own lives, coroner rules
The bodies of three sisters were recovered from the sea in Brighton in May
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