Overview
- Emergency crews recovered the bodies of Jane Veronica Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, from the sea near Black Rock on 13 May after a large 999 response.
- A brief inquest opening at Woodvale Coroner’s Court on 29 May formally recorded the deaths, identified the women and adjourned full hearings to 8 October to await further forensic and medical findings.
- Sussex Police, running Operation Ledmore, say they have reviewed hundreds of hours of CCTV, conducted door-to-door enquiries and found no evidence of third‑party involvement as their investigation continues.
- Investigators are appealing for anyone who saw the sisters in the Madeira Drive area between 10pm on 12 May and 5.30am on 13 May to come forward, and the family have held vigils and raised nearly £44,000 for funeral costs.
- A separate man’s body was found on Rottingdean beach on 29 May and is under police inquiry, and authorities have urged the public to avoid speculation while medical examinations proceed; the sisters’ mother’s 2010 drowning has been cited in reporting but has not been linked to the current probe.