Reclusive life of tragic sisters who died off Brighton beach as neighbours reveal germ phobia & haunting last sighting

UNITED by tragedy, sisters Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, lived a reclusive life in West London, barely leaving their flat, surviving on weekly food deliveries and fearful of germs if they ventured outside. But in May, this year, the tragic trio took a two-hour taxi trip to Brighton where, hours later, their bodies were recovered from the freezing waters of the English Channel. Now shocked neighbours have revealed details of their isolated life with one telling The Sun that she saw them together for the first time the night before they died. Jane Adetoro, left, and Christina and Rebecca Walters, right, pictured with dad Joseph Credit: PA The sisters’ family were left blindsided by the tragic deaths off the coast of Brighton With police now saying there is ‘no criminality or third party involvement’ surrounding their deaths, family have revealed a secret heartbreaking visit that could hold the key to the drownings. Just two days before that fateful night in Brighton, the shy trio visited their late mother’s grave and the lake near their childhood home where she also tragically drowned. They kept the visit secret from the rest of their family who say they failed to visit relatives still in the area. The sisters grew up in Birmingham and were aged 20, 16, and 15 when their mum Janice Adetoro drowned in Brookvale lake in Edrington in 2010, after vanishing from the nearby family home. Their cousin Natalie Walters-Daniel said: “Their mother’s death was a hard thing to carry and bear. They held a certain level of their feelings to themselves. It can be very hard to do that. I believed it was their own coping mechanism.” Natalie told The Times how the sisters’ lives “massively changed” following their mum’s death. A year before her drowning, Janice, 43, complained to police of people trying to harm her and her children. She feared that someone was pumping gas into her house, putting oil on her bed linen, interfering with her stove and central heating and planting devices in her house, according to the inquest report. Natalie said: “Their lives massively changed and they’ve had to carry on with a level of grief and pain that no one could ever change for them. “To lose their mum at the ages that they were, it was the crucial stages of growing up and becoming young women. The years where a mother’s presence and guidance and reassurance and love should be, they didn’t receive that. “And for them to come to Birmingham, to take that moment that they did within the lake and also to see their mother, I think there is definitely a connection there.” Natalie believes the girls were still struggling with Janice’s death and should have had counselling when they were young. The girls’ mother Janice Adetoro tragically drowned years earlier and they visited the place where she died two days before going into the sea Credit: BPM Sussex Police recently concluded its investigation and found no evidence of crime or third party involvement Credit: Getty Images She said: “I don’t believe that they ever did get over that, personally. It was three young girls that, if they got the level of care they needed, they would have been here today possibly.” Natalie believes Janice, who she described as a “vibrant” well dressed woman, suffered from obsessive compulsive behaviour. Her inquest heard how the family home smelled strongly of bleach and Janice was spotted wearing marigolds outside the house. In July The Sun told how at least one of the sisters also appeared to have also had OCD. Neighbours described Jane and Christina, both accountants, and Rebecca, an HR administrator, as being inseparable but very reclusive, barely leaving the house and having supermarket deliveries to their flat. Residents told how they saw Rebecca using tissues to press elevator buttons and exit the block. She was also regularly seen applying hand sanitiser. One neighbour last night told The Sun she didn’t even realise there were three sisters until she spotted them walking towards a local bus stop hours before they died. She said: “From what I saw, Rebecca was definitely a germaphobe. I hadn’t seen her for a really long time until that night. “I recognised her initially when the three of them walked past me and my husband because I saw her get her hand sanitiser out. “They were together and looked normal, and happy. “That was the first time I had seen all three sisters. They had Sainsbury or Tesco deliveries to their flat every Friday but it was only ever one bag, so I wondered if all three actually lived there.” Trolls came up with unfounded claims after the family generated this AI image of the sisters together, but there was an innocent motive behind the picture Credit: Enterprise Emergency services scrambled to the beach near Brighton Marina in the early hours of 13 May Credit: Brighton Pictures The neighbour said she told police about seeing the sisters hours before they died, adding: “It was such a strange feeling when we realised who had died. It all just felt suspicious. “Why would a germaphobe go into the sea? Was she trying to help one of her sisters? “Why would all three do that, unless they had made a pact? “Maybe they had been upset about their mum. “It’s just sad and we were incredibly shocked when we realised, when pictures of the sisters were released, that we might have been some of the last people to see them alive.” The family were left blindsided by the deaths of the sisters. Their aunt Ajike Adetoro, of Failsworth, Manchester, said the family were “not speculating” about what happened, but added: “The girls were totally happy in the weeks and months before it happened and it was totally unexpected.” The women’s deaths sparked a slew of online conspiracy theories and “armchair detectives” only speculated further when it emerged the family had released an AI image of the girls together. Online theories included claims they were asylum seekers who had tumbled off a boat, had fallen victim to a racist attack or were murdered. It later emerged that relatives had used artificial intelligence to create the image of the girls with their dad because they couldn’t find a picture of them all together at the time. Sussex Police have since concluded their investigation and say they found no evidence of crime or third party involvement. The force said there was “no evidence the women came to harm by any individuals”, the force added. Ch Supt Adam Hays said: “From the outset of this complex and challenging investigation, we have been acutely aware of the speculation surrounding this incident, the public’s unanswered questions and their desire for answers. “Our priority throughout has been uncovering the truth for the loved ones of Jane, Rebecca and Christina, because at this incident’s core there has always been a grieving family coming to terms with an unthinkable tragedy and loss. “However, our inquiries have now concluded, pending any new information coming to light.”