The three sisters who drowned while swimming off the coast of Brighton were identified by their devastated father, an inquest has heard.
Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, died earlier this month after getting into trouble in the water.
The sisters lived in Uxbridge, west London, and had been visiting the resort in East Sussex.
Today an inquest was opened into the tragic deaths of the three sisters – however it was revealed that the cause of death is still unknown.
A 15-minute the hearing at Woodvale Crematorium, Brighton, heard the three women were found on May 13 in the sea at Black Rock on Brighton beach.
They were pulled from the water by crew from the RNLI lifeboat and later pronounced dead by a paramedic.
Post mortems have been carried out by Dr Olaf Biedryzycki but have yet to establish how they died with the cause of death for all three women being labelled ‘yet to be ascertained.’
In respect of each of the women, Victoria Foreman, coroner’s officer, said: ‘Medical examinations are ongoing to finalise the cause of death, but at this stage police are satisfied that there was no third party involvement.’
Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, died earlier this month after getting into trouble in the water
Coroner, Penelope Schofield, said she hoped information provided at the inquest opening would bring an end to social media speculation over the cause of the deaths.
Speaking to the victims’ father, Joseph Jacobson, who attended the hearing by a remote link, she said understood the hearing was a very emotional and difficult time for him and his family.
She said. ‘Police have indicated they are not looking any third party. I hope that by providing this information it will stop the social media speculation surrounding the circumstances of their death.’
Hundreds of people have taken to social media to express their personal theories over how the sisters died.
Some have falsely claimed they were small boat migrants thrown to their deaths by people traffickers with others suggesting the deaths may have been the result of a suicide pact.
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