UNITED KINGDOM: Three Nigerian Sisters Found Dead Off Brighton Beach Took Their Own Lives – Inquest Rules
Three sisters of Nigerian descent whose bodies were recovered from the sea off Brighton, UK, died by sui cide, a coroner has ruled.
Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, had been living “very secluded lives” following the death of their mother, who drowned in 2010, Senior Coroner Penelope Schofield said.
The court heard that on May 11, the sisters who lived together in Greenford, London, visited an area of Birmingham close to where their mother died before travelling the next day to Brighton beach, where they were found in the early hours of May 13.
Their father, Joseph Jacobson, who attended the inquest via videolink, paid an emotional tribute to his daughters in a written statement:
“To lose all three of my precious daughters, Jane, Christina and Rebecca, is a heartbreak beyond anything I could ever have imagined. May your beautiful souls rest in perfect peace.”
He said he could not understand why their lives ended so suddenly and hoped they were reunited with their mother “in God’s eternal care.”
The coroner said the sisters were incredibly private and it remains unclear why they chose to take that course of action in Brighton.