Overview
- The bodies of Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, were recovered from the sea near Madeira Drive on 13 May after emergency services were called following concerns for a person in the water.
- Police have reviewed hundreds of hours of CCTV and made local enquiries while appealing for anyone who saw the women between 10pm on 12 May and 5.30am on 13 May to contact them.
- Family members say the sisters had never recovered from their mother Janice Adetoro’s drowning in 2010 and have rejected online conspiracy theories about the recent deaths.
- A public vigil is planned for Black Rock on 24 May and a GoFundMe organised by the family has raised tens of thousands of pounds to help with funeral costs while specialist officers support next of kin.
- An inquest will open at Brighton coroner’s court on 29 May and police say enquiries will continue as they seek to establish how the women came to be in the water, noting local tidal hazards as part of the investigation.