THREE SISTERS DROWNED OFF BRIGHTON BEACH AFTER VISITING THE PLACE WHERE THEIR MOTHER DIED 16 YEARS EARLIER

The deaths of three sisters whose bodies were found in the sea off Brighton have taken a deeply tragic turn after their family revealed they had visited the place where their mother drowned 16 years earlier — just days before the sisters themselves were found in the water.

Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, from Uxbridge, west London, were found in the sea near Brighton on May 13, 2026.

A police investigation has now concluded that there was no evidence of criminality or third-party involvement in their deaths.

THE THREE SISTERS WERE FOUND IN THE SEA

Emergency services were called to the area near Black Rock car park at around 5:45 a.m. on May 13 after concerns were raised about a person in the water.

Specialist lifeboat crews recovered the bodies of Jane and Christina from the sea, while Rebecca’s body was later found on the shoreline.

Post-mortem examinations carried out in May confirmed that all three women died by drowning.

At the time, detectives launched a detailed investigation into the sisters’ final movements, reviewing hundreds of hours of CCTV footage and speaking to witnesses in an effort to establish how they came to be in the water.

The women had been dropped off by taxi at Madeira Drive at approximately 10:20 p.m. on May 12.

They were wearing ordinary clothes and, according to police, investigators found no evidence that they had visited nightclubs or other local businesses that night.

A TRAGIC CONNECTION TO THEIR MOTHER

The latest revelations have added another painful layer to the story.

According to the sisters’ cousin Natalie Walters-Daniel, Jane, Christina and Rebecca had travelled to Birmingham shortly before their deaths and visited Brookvale Park lake, where their mother, Janice Adetoro, drowned in 2010.

They also visited their mother’s grave.

Natalie told The Times that the sisters had never fully recovered from their mother’s death and described the visit as having a “deeper meaning.”

Their mother died after disappearing from the family home in Birmingham in January 2010. Her body was found in Brookvale Park lake several weeks later.

The sisters were still young at the time.

After their mother’s death, they moved to live with their father in Uxbridge.

Family members have previously spoken about how deeply the loss affected them.

THEIR FINAL JOURNEY TO BRIGHTON

The sisters later travelled to Brighton, where their final known movements remain the subject of questions that will now be considered by the coroner.

Police said their investigation found that all three entered the water near the location where their bodies were subsequently discovered.

However, investigators have not established publicly why they went into the sea.

Sussex Police said questions about the sisters’ specific movements and their possible reasons for entering the water will form part of the forthcoming inquest.

Chief Superintendent Adam Hays acknowledged the intense public interest surrounding the case and said detectives were aware of speculation about what had happened.

He also recognised concerns raised by Black communities about deaths involving Black people in or near bodies of water.

Police said the family should now be given privacy as they continue to grieve.

A FATHER’S HEARTBREAKING TRIBUTE

Following the sisters’ identification in May, their father, Joseph, released an emotional tribute.

He described Jane, Christina and Rebecca as his “joy” and “strength” and said losing all three daughters had left an emptiness that words could not heal.

He remembered each woman individually and said their memories, laughter and love would remain with the family forever.

The family had already endured the devastating loss of their mother years earlier.

Now, 16 years later, they have faced another unimaginable tragedy involving all three daughters.

POLICE INVESTIGATION NOW CONCLUDED

Sussex Police confirmed on September 20 that its investigation had found no evidence of a crime or third-party involvement.

The force said officers had conducted extensive inquiries to establish the sisters’ final movements and understand how they came to be in the water.

The criminal investigation has now ended and the case has passed to the coroner.

The upcoming inquest will examine the circumstances surrounding the deaths and establish the facts of where, when and how the three women died.

For the family, however, many questions remain.

Why did the sisters travel to Brighton that night?

Why did all three end up in the sea?

And how did the trauma of losing their mother 16 years earlier intersect with the final journey of Jane, Christina and Rebecca?

Those questions will now be considered through the coronial process.

What is already clear is the extraordinary scale of the family’s loss: a mother who drowned in 2010, followed 16 years later by the deaths of all three of her daughters in the sea off Brighton.

Their father now faces the devastating reality of having lost four members of his family in two separate tragedies separated by more than a decade.