The three sisters who died in the sea in Brighton

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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?!

A relative said that the sisters had never got over their mother's death. So it's possible that they took their own lives. Probably misadventure though, to do with that steep slope and not being able to get out of the water between the shelf and the backwash of the waves.

what do you think happened then? Come on I'm sure we're all dying to here what well evidenced, logical alternative you've come up with....

Even if you disagree with what to me seems like the most obvious theory, you just make yourself sound like a complete overexaggerating muppet saying something fairly logical is stupider than the 'royal family are aliens, moon landings are fake and pedophiles used to order victim from a furniture catalogue' theories out there.

Well yes. That's what happens. Often one falls and the others go in to try to help them. Would-be rescuers drown much more often than not. Cold water shock makes you unable to move your limbs. The sea would have been cold enough for shock if they couldn't get out in a timely manner. Which they likely couldn't, knowing that shelf and how hard it is to get out when there are waves.

Don't be ridiculous. All they meant is they were unlikely to have gotten drunk and fallen in or gone swimming in the middle of the night.

But why? It's not a scam - the police have their three bodies!

The money is for 3x funerals and also to help make their lives easier in the face of overwhelming grief. Therapy, time off work etc. Their father must be desperate.

I feel very sad for their family, especially as their mum drowned.

But I don’t be there is anything suspicious here.

I think one went for a paddle, went too deep and got into trouble and the other 2 rushed into help her.

There is a lot of speculation and people saying how black women keep drowning like it’s some conspiracy but I really don’t think it is.

9 people drowned this weekend alone.
Water can be deadly.

Well, no and yes. There is nof a big drop, just a moderate one in places (I know Brighton extremely well). Rip currents are also unknown on that stretch of coast as far as I am aware. But yes, the sea, and open water generally, is more dangerous than many, many people realise.

I think that news (on TV and now social media) moves so fast that people expect to be fed information and updates. With something like this tragic situation the investigation obviously takes time, and there is no need to release updates just to satisfy the public’s curiosity (or a fairer interpretation is people just feeling invested as it’s so sad).

Some people then take this lack of information as evidence that there’s something we’re not being told, something sinister, some conspiracy or third party involvement.

The simplest explanation is usually the right one.

They were first spotted at 5.45, so probably went into the sea in daylight. Might well have come out of a club at 4, as that's when they close, sat on the beach and watched the sky get light, then decided on a paddle. 🙈

I said this from day one….
police said they weren’t looking it as suspicious, but then urged people to come forward with cctv etc….

Not a big drop???

Where Gareth Jones went in, it was 6m.

Why would that not be a possibility?

The water was probably below freezing and there is a big drop.

When there are strong waves they can quickly drag you down and your body can go into shock within seconds.

How do you think?

do you...not know what an inquest is?

If you are the first respondent called to that sort of scene, for example, you would absolutely expect a) for there to be an inquest and b) that you would likely be called as a witness for it. Same with the pathologist doing the post mortem and police officers (or at least the OIC) dealing with the investigation, and lots of the other 'types' of witnesses the pp mentioned - they might not have received an official request yet but they deal with enough deaths to know exactly what will be investigated and which won't!

I agree. No foul play. And yes, the number of drownings in the last few days is just awful. Trouble is, most British people don't often swim in natural water, so when the heat comes and they rush to sea, river, or lake, they can come unstuck. It happens every year and seems frustratingly inevitable.

Wow I never knew their mother drowned and their cousin went missing. 😱

And this is the stupidest comment I have ever heard.

That PPs theory is entire plausible and is probably exactly it very similar to what actually happened.

I’m not sure why you think it’s stupid when things like this happen all of the time.

I agree. It's not their dad who set it up, it's their uncle, which could mean an uncle by marriage. Also best to set it up while it's still forefront of the news.

🤦🏻‍♀️

Do you.. not know that point was about the person who allegedly had access to the beach cctv to review for / with the police? The PP alleged they would not be allowed to talk about it until after the being discharged by the inquest.

The weather was cold that day wasn't it?

I expect we may never know. I don't think its uncommon for the police to wtthhold sensitive information for the sake of the families left behind.

We are familiar with it with celebs when 'they drowned in the bath' or 'heart attack' typically means they have taken something but the police must surely do the same thing with ordinary people too.

well they aren't going to get cold water shock without getting in the water, are they? Not to mention the poster you originally replied to didn't say they "all" fell in, they said one might have and the others then got into trouble trying to help her.

Which is very plausible - the exact same thing happened in January, it was all over the news - teenage girl was on steps by the sea and was washed into it by a rogue wave, her mum jumped in after her and an older man also went in to try and help them - all three drowned.

Even in the scorching heat the last few days, the sea has taken my breath away when I've shuffled in. It's still incredibly cold.

If one of the women slipped on pebbles, was drunk or it was dark then I can easily see how it ended tragedy if the other two tried to help.

Back in my lifesaving days, it was made clear that you should never endanger yourself to rescue another, because one death is better than 2. "The best lifeguard is a dry lifeguard." Prevention is better than cure. Assess the situation, check for danger...

But most people will not have done lifesaving training, and when it's a family member, you might be torn about running off (on steep pebbles) to get a lifebelt or help rather than just going in to help them.

I've only been to Brighton a couple of times, and I remember being quite surprised at how quickly and deeply it shelved. Not an issue on a calm day at the height of summer when it's quite warm, and I'm an experienced swimmer, planning to go in, in a cossie. At night, possibly after drink, cold, waves, shelving ground, wet flapping heavy clothes, panicky weak/non-swimmers... I can easily see how it happens. These last few days have unfortunately shown how people can misjudge the damgers of water.

Below freezing? It would have been about 12 degrees.

People dip in the sea in the middle of winter when it's a lot colder than that.

But, yes, they could panic and go under.

It's really sad.