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On May 13, 2026, the bodies of three London sisters—Jane Adetoro (36), Christina Walters (32), and Rebecca Walters (31)—were recovered from the sea off Brighton beach. An inquest at Woodvale coroner’s court ruled that they had collectively decided to end their lives by drowning. The sisters visited their mother's grave in Birmingham on May 11, where she died by drowning at Brookvale Lake in 2010. They returned to London the next day and traveled to Brighton on May 12 via a pre-booked taxi, arriving near the seafront around 10:21pm. Emergency services received calls about bodies seen in the water early on May 13; one body was already washed up on shore due to rough sea conditions. The sisters were last seen alive at 2:42am, and their remains were pulled from the water by emergency services shortly after 5:45am.
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Their mother, Janice Adetoro, took her own life at Brookvale Lake in Birmingham back in 2010.
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mother → take → 2010
The women took an Uber to the city visited their mother’s grave on May 11, 2026.
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women → take → May
They were driven back to London the next day after being picked up close to the lake.
asserted
They → drive → lake
The inquest heard on Thursday that the sisters travelled to Brighton that evening, arriving near the seafront at 10.21pm.
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sisters → hear → 10.21pm
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cullimore told the inquest “the sea was particularly rough” that day.
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sea → tell → inquest
He said: “On Wednesday, May 13, two calls were received reporting bodies could be seen in the sea in Brighton.
uncertain
bodies → say → Brighton
“One body appeared lifeless and had been washed up on the shore.
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body → appear → shore
Senior Coroner Penelope Schofield told Brighton Coroner’s Court: “I will record in respect for each of them that on May they entered the sea at West Beach, Brighton to end their lives.
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they → tell → lives
“They could not swim and the conditions were adverse.”
uncertain
conditions → swim → ?
The sisters are thought to have last been seen alive on CCTV from the beach at 2.42am on May 13.
uncertain
sisters → think → May
Emergency services were called to the scene at around 5.45am on May 13, before their bodies were pulled from the water.
Ms Adetoro was brought to shore by an RNLI crew and declared dead at the scene on the morning of May 13, the inquest heard.
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inquest → call → May
Christina Walters was recovered from the sea by an RNLI lifeboat, and Rebecca Walters was washed on to the shore of Brighton beach.
asserted
Walters → recover → beach
They were also pronounced dead that morning by paramedics.
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They → pronounce → paramedics
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Natalie Walters-Daniel, 33, said: “To lose their mum at the ages that they were, it was the crucial stages of growing up and becoming young women.
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it → read → ages
“The years where a mother’s presence and guidance and reassurance and love should be, they didn’t receive that.
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they → receive → that
“And for them to come to Birmingham, to take that moment that they did within the lake and also to see their mother, I think that there is definitely a connection there.”
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I → come → mother
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