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The three sisters who died in the sea in Brighton

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VeganSteakAndFries · 27/05/2026 21:04

This is sooo dodgy. There’s no recent photos of them, no one knows why they were there.
They were fully clothed. Handbags on the beach.
Their mum was found dead in a lake 16 yrs ago in Birmingham.
Police have reviewed 100’s of hours og cctv footage and nothing.
What the actual fuck?!

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GetAbsOrDieTrying · 28/05/2026 07:23

VeganSteakAndFries · 27/05/2026 23:11

To help who out? The poor girls are dead.

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Funerals cost money, unfortunately they are all sisters so it would be on the parents to pay for it. My understanding is the Go fund me was for that.

XelaM · 28/05/2026 07:25

2026baby · 28/05/2026 07:23

The family have come out and said they used AI to generate this from a childhood photo as they had no recent photos of them

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That's quite odd 🫤 why would they use AI to generate an image of them?

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 28/05/2026 07:26

XelaM · 28/05/2026 07:25

That's quite odd 🫤 why would they use AI to generate an image of them?

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If you need one, and don’t have one… you just would.

2026baby · 28/05/2026 07:29

TenTenTenAgain · 28/05/2026 04:47

@CypressGrove Yes , it was confirmed by a family member in a news article. Lily or Lillian , younger than the 3 women that died. This younger sister lives in America. I also found an article about her going missing when she was 13 years old and another stating that she started a change . org petition when she was 12 to encourage the authorities to release their mother from a detention facility because she was unwell.

Can you link?

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 28/05/2026 07:29

I’m really surprised there’s this much speculation and anger, given what’s been said by the family.

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VeganSteakAndFries · 28/05/2026 07:32

Choux · 28/05/2026 06:44

According to this article “Janice, who had split with their father and suffered with mental health issues, walked into a park lake close to her home at the time in the West Midlands.”

So the mother’s death may well have been suicide. The article quotes an aunt and also the girls’ stepmother saying “Genevieve told the paper the family has been retraumatised by abusive comments left by conspiracy theorists drawing their own conclusions on social media
She said: ‘People are heartless. Some are saying, “We MUST know. We must have answers”. Hold on a minute. We are their family, and we don’t have answers.’
Holding back tears, Ajike added: ‘Don’t think we aren’t asking the questions ourselves. “Girls, why were you in Brighton? Did you just decide to go?”
‘I’ve gone over and over it.’
She said the girls ‘loved David Attenborough and could have decided to ‘go for a paddle’ after attending an event in Brighton for the natural historian’s 100th birthday the night before.
‘Did one fall in and the others go to help? Because they would have done – where one of them went, you always found the other two,’ she said.”

So the family do not understand the events and no one here is going to solve it with even less facts than the family have.

https://metro.co.uk/2026/05/23/family-sisters-drowned-brighton-dont-answers-28490933/

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Ah so we do know why they were there.
It does seem likely that one of them could have fallen in and the others tried to save her.
So so tragic. Their poor family.

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fundamentallyauthentic · 28/05/2026 07:35

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 28/05/2026 07:29

I’m really surprised there’s this much speculation and anger, given what’s been said by the family.

I’m surprised you’re surprised. The family have said the sisters didn’t drink and also said the sister’s never recovered from the death of their mother. Also that was unlike them to take off like this (and on a Tuesday?). The family have also said the sisters weren’t dressed in going out clothes.

XelaM · 28/05/2026 07:37

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 28/05/2026 07:26

If you need one, and don’t have one… you just would.

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Actually I wouldn't but why would there be no recent pictures of either of them at all? That seems quite unusual

Freysimo · 28/05/2026 07:38

CoffeeCantata · 28/05/2026 06:39

Isn't the most simple explanation likely to be true?

They had a tragic family history and were possibly not the happiest of women, they got drunk and did an ill-advised thing. And as pps say, the sea at Brighton can be treacherous.

Surely that's the most likely, if perhaps not the most exciting, explanation????

Is there any evidence they were drunk?

bluelightsky · 28/05/2026 07:38

XelaM · 28/05/2026 07:37

Actually I wouldn't but why would there be no recent pictures of either of them at all? That seems quite unusual

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I thought that too- they were so close and did everything together but there is not one single photo of them together?

Their families dont have any photos of them on their social media either

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 28/05/2026 07:43

XelaM · 28/05/2026 07:37

Actually I wouldn't but why would there be no recent pictures of either of them at all? That seems quite unusual

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It’s unusual, but there are lots of possible explanations- There are few nice photos of me because the rest of my family don’t do selfie type ‘here we are’ pictures, so I’m the one that takes the group ones. My autistic DS doesn’t smile or pose for photos. You have to be lucky to grab one of him at exactly the right moment, really hard in a group. It sounds as though they lived a very quiet life.

I don’t have a photo of just my sons together, I don’t think. I don’t have a photo with my siblings. Just big group ones.

SummerMadnessBegins · 28/05/2026 07:45

MyJustCat · 27/05/2026 23:08

Why on earth would three non-drinking / partying women in their 30's decide to walk into the sea before 6am and not be picked up on CCTV, whatever the answer i hope the coroner can find it - if it was MH issues then maybe that could have been prevented.

Teetotallers often make the most of sunrise and quiet time when drinkers are stumbling into bed. The beach would be beautiful at 5am. The water would be very cold but you'd probably think it's ok for a splash, but then you trip and the land is unstable and the waves keep knocking you back. If your sisters are trying to help then you can't just save yourself, you then have to try to save them too. They could be good swimming pool swimmers but being from Uxbridge (no river or lakes as far as I know) may not have been taught the dangers of open water.
It's so incredibly sad.

Flamingosareflummoxed · 28/05/2026 07:45

I’m not speculating, but most African women I know would rather do anything but get their hair wet. Depends on how they wore it, but I highly contest the ‘spontaneously going in the water’ story. I also think it’s plausible they didn’t drink. You have to put the whole thing in the context of someone’s culture and interests. If there was MH involved, the family would not disclose that to the press, if they even knew.

Waitingfordoggo · 28/05/2026 07:45

whitefluffydog · 27/05/2026 21:54

this is the stupidest theory I have ever heard

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Why is it stupid? It is really not unusual for more than one person to drown together because one has got into difficulty and others have tried to help and themselves been overcome.

As others have said, it isn’t unusual for people to be on the beach at Brighton at any time of night. And yes, there is an incredibly steep shelf there; and a strong drag. I can see how it’s possible one or more were paddling and got dragged in.

ElectoralControversy · 28/05/2026 07:48

If there was noone else in the sea at that time, they wouldn't have been able to spot that this water is ankle deep, but the people just a few metres out are up to their shoulders. Very easy to get caught out.

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 28/05/2026 07:50

so it wasn’t the family that did the AI image but the police. I guess the felt the old one wouldn’t help people remember having seen them.

The step mum says they wouldn’t have hurt themselves all this time later. They do sound as though they were a bit stuck, though.

bluelightsky · 28/05/2026 07:51

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 28/05/2026 07:50

so it wasn’t the family that did the AI image but the police. I guess the felt the old one wouldn’t help people remember having seen them.

The step mum says they wouldn’t have hurt themselves all this time later. They do sound as though they were a bit stuck, though.

No, the family created the AI image because they said they didnt have one of them together. Then people were asking why the photo looked odd and fake and thats when the police removed it because they didnt want people focusing on conspiracy theories about AI.

Thats when the police released the other photo of them young with their dad

AmusedLilacBalonz · 28/05/2026 07:53

meltingmoaner · 27/05/2026 21:34

But I feel often people prefer option 3, no idea why. The sensationalism? It was the same with Nicola Bully.

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I think because of it was an accident then it can happen to anyone. Murder is far more rare. People want to create psychological distance between themselves and what’s happened. It’s beyond awful, whatever the truth is.

Awfulinlaws · 28/05/2026 07:55

Puppylucky · 28/05/2026 06:55

I don't think it's the victims that need answers -it happened to them! It's everyone else who feels they have a right to know.

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Obviously there needs to be justice if there was a crime. Or lessons learnt if it was an accident.

SummerMadnessBegins · 28/05/2026 07:58

NameChangeMay2026 · 27/05/2026 23:31

You should be careful. The RNLI says you shouldn't swim without a wetsuit in water 15C or under, as that's when you get cold water shock. I don't believe you swim in only a costume in water that's 10C and down to 1.4.

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Clearly you've never been to Cape Town.

eggman007 · 28/05/2026 08:05

If they never got over the death of their mum, it’s tragically plausible to me that they chose to die in the same way so they could finally be close to her 😢.

If they all lived together with no partners or children, I imagine they will have had a big influence on each other.

if they are non drinkers then it makes the timing of heading into the sea very strange, especially if it wasn’t even warm.

I feel quite devastated thinking about it and, whatever happened, wish the poor family strength, love and healing.

FatterthanBarbie · 28/05/2026 08:06

BridgetJonesV2 · 27/05/2026 22:19

The Go Fund Me has been set up by the Uncle (I think) and is for funeral expenses. They're nearly at the target of £45k.

I find anyone who sets one of these up so suddenly after an awful tragedy very suspicious. You've had the worst news imaginable yet are able to get straight online and set one of these up...

I wouldn't be able to afford 3 funerals. I'd be buggered if my boiler went.

Missenger · 28/05/2026 08:13

ktopfwcv · 28/05/2026 03:13

🤔

You don't have to be black to be able to deduce that this is a stupid generalisation.

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Sorry but do you know what you’re talking about yourself? It is a generalisation but it’s also not untrue. The last thing you want to is get it wet especially with sea water, with natural hair or if it’s done (braids, lace front etc.).

The black woman PP saw obviously doesn’t know the circumstances here. But it is the case for a lot of black women. My black DD went to the beach this week and luckily she kept hers dry.

Also, some parts of Africa have superstitions about water and you don’t see people laying up on the beach or entering the sea. Given their mums death as well - you’d think they’d want nothing to do with it.

LeftieRightsHoarder · 28/05/2026 08:15

It is appallingly easy to drown in the sea by accident, especially if you don’t know the beach or the tides well. You can take a few steps into a calm-looking sea, just meaning to paddle, then the ground suddenly drops away and you’re out of your depth in unexpectedly cold water with your waterlogged clothes dragging you down.

It happens to sober and sensible people. Early morning is a lovely time to stroll on the beach. Any loving sister would rush in to try to rescue her sibling. Let’s not speculate about this heartbreaking tragedy.