Three women's bodies found in the sea at Brighton

[BlackTogetherAgain]

This is absolutely heartbreaking.

Why didn't anyone report three women were missing?

If it's a Channel crossing, from what I understand, it's rare that women go on the boats from France, and when they do they are pushed to the back / bottom, where the risk of being crushed is high.

If it's not a crossing, what on earth has happened?

Words can't express how evil this is.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwyg508gg28t

Of course, but I think you'd be trying to contact him if the news was full of some terrible tragedy affecting students in Newcastle?

I think lots of people are blissfully unaware of how big Brighton is!

But noone has said its affecting students - they've said these women were between 20-30 years old.

We actually dont know anything about their identity so far. All the Brighton press are saying is three women have been found dead and their identities have not been identified. Its not all over the news that students have died

I hope everyone who used this to push their racist narrative is ashamed of themselves. What an awful tragedy for these three young women and their families

Do you think the news in Shanghai, or Mexico City, or Seoul will be full of the news that 3 people drowned on a beach in England? They may well be international students.

Do you think the news in Shanghai, or Mexico City, or Seoul will be full of the news that 3 people drowned on a beach in England? They may well be international students.

To be fair, the information has been weirdly conflicting.

women aged 20-30
Students at a nightclub (then not at a nightclub apparently)
Left their belongings on the beach (but then surely their ID would be in there?)
They havent identified them
Dressed for a night out

It's unreasonable, in such unusual circumstances, to have tutors check in with all their tutees? Or to ask students to check in, so you can narrow the list to those who haven't. That doesn't seem too onerous a task to me. I'd have thought an all hands on deck apprpoch would be taken at times like this.

I think people need to watch Night Coppers. it really shows how people act on a night out in Brighton.

Yes. It would be literally impossible. Especially at this time of year when some people will be leaving campus.

Exactly that. It was originally thought they were at the student night and therefore students, but I have a feeling they're not.

I went to Sussex uni- there is no way they could do this. The campus is so vast and if some have gone home and finished for summer (which many will have) what then? what if some dont answer their phone? - do you you assume anyone who doesnt answer their phone must be missing?

I think part of the issue - and it may be a factor here especially given the length of time it's taking to officially identify the women - is the very high proportion of foreign students that are in Brighton. We are all assuming the women were Brits but it's quite possible they were European or South East Asian in which case any warnings may have been lost on them .

Surely in all these cases it's a process of elimination. Once you know those who are safe, you've narrowed the list, and being off campus doesn't mean uncontactable.

Gosh what an absolute tragedy.

My Dd went to Sussex uni and they often went to the beach/Brighton nightclubs. She would never have thought to go into the sea though. Living rurally with lots of water ways, she was taught some were safe for swimming, some not.

I do think this should be taught in schools. Children should all be made aware of danger of high tides, riptides, water temperature, winds etc.

Thats about 40,000 students to check on - even if you did do this, it would take weeks and weeks

People have graduated. Some might have more than one tutor. Some might be PHD students and not have one. They could be students who aren’t actually studying at Brighton. It’s really not that simple. All it will do is produce more confusion with massive lists of people who haven’t been contactable, or who slip through the cracks.

Yes, they could have been foreign students, then it would probably take more time

Yes exactly- it could be someone who is a student elsewhere whose home town is Brighton - in that case they'd never ever find them if they relied solely on the universities in the area.

Yes but each tutor has what 20/30(?) students. I work in a secondary school and I know with absolute certainty that if such a situation was potentially affecting our students, tutors wouldn't need to be asked to check on all their pupils, they just would. Then, if there were some they couldn't contact they'd let the head or police know.

A lot of younger people go out with just a phone and nothing else so there is often nothing to ID people with. Contrary to popular belief, police have no way of getting into a locked phone.

If someone is dead they can

Exactly! And that’s not even taking into account that Brighton is popular as a night out with students at other nearby unis - the Surrey ones, Chichester, some of the Kent ones etc…..

Yes, if it was the only evidence in identifying a body, it would be done in less than 24 hours.

Probably the real answer is that they do know, or suspect, but haven't been able to confirm all three formally yet.

But that could take a long time if they had to go up against Apple.