Debts paid off, bank accounts closed, then a poignant visit to the lake where their mother drowned: Inside the final 48 hours of three suicide-pact sisters who quietly settled their affairs and walked into the sea to die
Three sisters, Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, deliberately entered the sea at Brighton on 13 May, an inquest found. The deaths followed years of shared grief after their mother drowned in 2010, and the coroner’s findings established that the sisters had planned to take their own lives.
They left their west London home on 11 May and travelled about 115 miles to the Birmingham lake where their mother had died, before going on to Brighton. Before leaving, they had paid their debts, closed their bank accounts and cleared their flat. Police found no evidence of criminality or third-party involvement; the sisters were described at the inquest as private, secluded and professionally successful.
- An inquest found three sisters deliberately entered the sea at Brighton.
- They had planned the journey and settled their affairs beforehand.
- Their mother had drowned 16 years earlier.
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Three sisters, Jane, Christina and Rebecca, died together in the sea at Brighton in May. Their deaths followed years of grief after their mother drowned in a lake in 2010, a loss that had deeply affected all three women throughout their lives.
In their final preparations, the sisters paid off their debts, closed their bank accounts and cleared their west London flat. On 11 May they travelled to the lake where their mother had died before continuing on to Brighton, a journey of around 115 miles. The sisters were described as professionally successful and private individuals who kept largely to themselves.
An inquest has confirmed that the sisters had planned to take their own lives together. Police found no evidence of criminality or any involvement by a third party in their deaths.