The three sisters who drowned in Brighton took their own lives...

[Ninetwenty]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c689zxd8w87lo

I followed this story because it was so tragic, but wasn't expecting that 😪

Do you mean Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi?

That’s unbelievably sad 😔

drowning looks like a horrendous death to me.

It's what I thought when I read about their mother dying by drowning. How awful for the dad.

If you missed “Police searched Christina's laptop and found 227 references to water and 179 references to suicide” you didn’t read it, you skimmed it.

Well what else are you thinking?

I thought tragic accident. A family not used to being at the seaside getting into trouble on the steeply shelving beach. Maybe one trying to help the others.

Eta, I don't dispute the verdict, I just wasn't expecting it. I can see a family being devastated by their mother's death, but it's shocking (to me) that all three would see suicide as the answer.

Let’s hope all the people who think they know better give the police their evidence….

CCTV picked up that just 48 hours before drowning, they had visited their mum's former home, they also then visited their mum's grave.
They then made the trip to Brighton, CCTV showed that despite none of them being able to swim they entered the water fully clothed.
So terribly sad.....

The poor women and people who knew and loved them.

[Whitney Spears? Sorry, I know this is a really sad case, but that did make me smile.]

Ok you are right @Blimms. Happy now?
Hope the rest of your day is better.

No, it's a verdict after a coroner's inquest.

You cannot say it's odd, or something doesn't "sit right" unless you sat through the inquest and heard all the evidence. Had there been doubt, the coroner would have delivered an open verdict.

Good god. How tragic. Untreated PTSD from their mum's death.

Fair enough. It is very sad.

What a tragedy. Their poor dad.

It's tragic and horrendously sad but this is exactly what I thought had happened.

The circumstances were too strange for it to be anything else.

They had been googling suicide/water hundreds of times prior to coming to Brighton and had apparently put their affairs in order.

They must have been so lost and felt so hopeless 😭

I can see a family being devastated by their mother's death, but it's shocking (to me) that all three would see suicide as the answer.

Sadly, you are more likely to take your own life if members of your family have done so, it actually increases your risk of doing it yourself, not lessens it.

Did you actually read the full article?

I had a feeling this would be the finding after hearing more about their mothers death and their lives. Plus the idea of an accident was too weird considering it was a cold day and they were all found fully clothed in the sea.

It's really sad.

Yes, I understand that, but I would think it's unusal for the three together to reach pact on it. Isn't it more usual for people who don't have support?

Just realised am on 2 threads about tragic events now.
I am not normally a grief vulture. Just so much rage, sadness and loneliness in the world right now.

They visited the site where their mum drowned 16 years ago, then walked into sea in adverse conditions. None of them could swim. It seems fairly obvious. God bless them and their family.

No, I’m not happy, because three young women ended their own lives. The fact that you are suggesting that my response is because I’m having a bad day demonstrates that you still don’t get it.

Oh my goodness this is incredibly tragic. What must they all have been going through to have collectively decided upon this.

Well of course it’s unusual - hence the degree of press coverage. But it’s not unbelievable I suppose if they were very close. Sounds like they led quite a sheltered life.

That's so sad for them and her family left behind.