Sisters Who Drowned in Brighton Visited Lake Where Mother Died Days Before Tragedy
The three sisters found dead in Brighton visited the lake where their mother drowned 16 years prior, just 48 hours before their own deaths, according to a cousin.
Three sisters who drowned in the sea at Brighton Beach had visited the lake where their mother died just two days before the tragedy.
Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, were found dead in the early hours of May 13. Their mother, Janice Adetoro, drowned in a Birmingham lake in 2010, 16 years prior to her daughters' deaths.
Their cousin, Natalie Walters-Daniel, 33, believes the sisters' visit to the lake where their mother died carried a "deeper meaning." She told The Sunday Times that the sisters, who were aged 20, 16, and 15 when their mother died, had never recovered from the loss.
"To lose their mum at the ages that they were, it was the crucial stages of growing up and becoming young women," Walters-Daniel said. "The years where a mother's presence and guidance and reassurance and love should be, they didn't 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."
Janice Adetoro, who had split from her husband and suffered from stress-related mental health issues, was last seen by one of her daughters before she disappeared in January 2010. Her body was discovered in early February of that year. An inquest heard that earlier in 2010, she had turned up at a police station with "paranoid delusions."
The sisters later moved back to London. Neighbors described them as intensely private and unsociable, with their food shopping delivered once a week. Jane worked as a senior accountant, Christina as a junior accountant, and Rebecca as an HR administrator.
Sussex Police have concluded their investigation into the sisters' deaths, stating there was no evidence of crime or third-party involvement. "We are not going to get the full answers to this," Walters-Daniel said, adding that an inquest scheduled for next month could shed more light on the tragedy.
Their father, Joseph, has expressed his devastation. In a tribute reported by the BBC, he described the loss as indescribable, stating, "You were more than my daughters: you were my joy, my strength and the beautiful light that filled my life with love."
His wife, Genevieve Barnaby, described the sisters as "the most beautiful girls [who] didn't give us no trouble." She added, "Our hearts are broken. The pain is indescribable."
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> </head> <body> <div> <p>IMAGE1: In 2010, their mother Janice Adetoro, who had split from their father and had mental health issues, walked into a park lake</p> </div> <div> <p>IMAGE2: Flowers and messages left at the scene in Brighton</p> </div> <div> <p>IMAGE3: The sisters with their father, Joseph. He has been 'catatonic' since hearing what happened to his daughters</p> </div> </body> </html>A GoFundMe page launched by their uncle to cover funeral costs has raised over £45,000. The page states, "No parent should ever have to bury their child, let alone all three."