Three Sisters Who Drowned Off Brighton Took Their Own Lives, Coroner Rules
The coroner said the sisters entered the sea intending to die after post-mortems found drowning and no drugs or alcohol.
- On Thursday, Senior Coroner Penelope Schofield concluded that Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, died by suicide on May 13 after entering the sea at Brighton with the "intention to end their lives."
- Two days before the tragedy, the sisters traveled to Birmingham to visit the lake where their mother, Janice Adetoro, drowned 16 years ago, a journey relatives believe held a "deeper meaning."
- Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cullimore told the inquest that sea conditions were "particularly rough" when the women entered the water; they could not swim and post-mortem toxicology results were negative for drugs or alcohol.
- In a written statement, father Joseph Jacobson paid tribute to his daughters, describing the loss as a "heartbreak beyond anything I could ever have imagined" while hoping they were reunited with their mother "in God's eternal care."
- Free, confidential support is available 24 hours a day through the Samaritans on 116 123 in the UK or the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in the USA for those experiencing distress.
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?A joint suicide case?. That was the verdict of the Brighton & Hove Coroner's Court's judicial inquiry that Jane Adetoro,...
Three sisters, aged 36, 32 and 31, committed suicide together by jumping into the sea in Brighton, southern England. Two days earlier, they had visited the lake in Birmingham, northwest of London, where their mother took her own life in 2010.
A heartbreaking family tragedy, and in some unexplained verses, probably the result of the re-emergence more than 15 years after an untenable pain for the loss of the mother. (ANSA)
Three sisters pulled from sea in beach tragedy 'took their own lives'
An inquest has concluded that Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, from west London, took their own lives after their bodies were recovered from the sea off Brighton in May
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