Police end inquiry into deaths of three Greenford sisters off Brighton

Sussex Police have ended their investigation into the deaths of three sisters from Greenford whose bodies were found in the sea off Brighton in May. Officers said they found no evidence of criminality and nothing to suggest anyone else was involved.

Jane Adetoro was 36. Her sisters Christina Walters and Rebecca Walters were 32 and 31. The three shared a home in Greenford. Their bodies were recovered from the water near Black Rock on 13 May, and post-mortem examinations found that each of them had drowned, the force said.

What the police investigation established

Officers pieced together the sisters’ last known movements. A taxi set them down in Madeira Drive at about 10.20pm on 12 May. Nothing was found to show they went into a nightclub or any other business nearby that night, police said. Up to the point their bodies were found, there was no evidence that the women had been harmed by anyone.

Ch Supt Adam Hays said officers had been aware from the start of the speculation around the case and of the answers the family and the public were waiting for. He called it a complex and challenging investigation with a grieving family at its centre. “Our inquiries have now concluded, pending any new information coming to light,” he said.

Inquest into the deaths continues in October

An inquest opened at Brighton and Hove Coroner’s Court in May and is due to continue in early October. It will set out to establish where and when the sisters died, and how, the force said.

Their father formally identified the bodies. In an earlier tribute he said “no words can truly describe the pain of losing three daughters in the prime of their lives”, and called them the light of the family.