Three sisters found dead in the sea off Brighton died by suicide, a coroner has concluded.
Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, were recovered from the water on 13 May 2026. The sisters were from west London.
Senior coroner Penelope Schofield recorded the conclusions at Woodvale Coroner’s Court in Brighton on Thursday 8 October. Post-mortem examinations found all three had drowned, according to PA’s report of the hearing.
Birmingham visit before journey to Brighton
ITV News Meridian reported that the sisters took a taxi to Birmingham on 11 May, arriving in the street where their mother, who died in 2010, had lived.
They returned to their shared Greenford flat before travelling to Brighton on the evening of 12 May. Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cullimore said there was no CCTV showing what they had done in Birmingham.
Ms Schofield said the reasons for their deaths, and their choice of Brighton, remained unknown.
She said: “It is not for the court to speculate and sadly these reasons may never be known.”
Police found no evidence of criminal involvement
The hearing followed a police investigation which found no evidence of a crime or involvement by another person in the sisters’ deaths.
In an update published on 20 September, Sussex Police said detectives had reviewed hundreds of hours of CCTV and taken statements from witnesses across the country.
Officers from other forces helped with enquiries to establish the women’s movements before their deaths. Police said the sisters’ relatives had been supported by officers throughout the investigation.
Chief Superintendent Adam Hays thanked those who had provided information and asked that the family continue to be given privacy as they came to terms with their loss.
Remembering Jane, Christina and Rebecca
The sisters were born in Luton and had each built their own career. Jane worked as a senior accountant, Christina as a junior accountant and Rebecca as a human resources administrator, according to BBC reporting of their funeral, republished by AOL.
At the service in north-west London in June, their cousin Natalie Walters-Daniel remembered their achievements in education and work, and the family values they carried into their lives.
Their father, Joseph Jacobson, attended the inquest by video link. In a written statement, he described his grief and said he would love his daughters for the rest of his life, Sky News reported.
In an earlier tribute, he said: “No words can truly describe the pain of losing three daughters in the prime of their lives.”
The family also thanked friends, churches, local communities and people they had never met for their kindness and support following the deaths.
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