Fourth body found in Brighton in two weeks after deaths of three sisters

Police say they have not yet formally identified the man

A man has been found dead on a beach in Brighton, as the city continues to grapple with the recent loss of three sisters whose bodies were recovered from the sea just over two weeks ago.

Sussex Police said the man’s body was discovered on Rottingdean beach on Friday morning (May 29). Officers remain at the scene and a cordon has been put in place while enquiries continue, according to the Mirror.

“Police were called to the beach at Rottingdean on Friday morning, May 29, after a report of a body of a man found on the beach.,” a spokesperson for the force confirmed, adding, “He has not yet been formally identified and enquiries are being made to establish the full circumstances.”

The incident follows the recovery of three bodies near Madeira Drive on May 13. The women were later named as Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, all from the Uxbridge area of London.

An inquest into the deaths of the three sisters opened in Brighton on Friday, where it was heard that post‑mortem examinations had so far returned a provisional cause of death as “yet to be ascertained”.

Senior coroner Penelope Schofield told the women’s father, Joseph Jacobson, who attended the hearing remotely, that the loss of his daughters must be “unbearable”, offering him her condolences. Statements read to the court confirmed that Ms Adetoro was brought ashore by an RNLI crew and pronounced dead by a paramedic at the scene.

Christina Walters was recovered from the water by an RNLI lifeboat, while Rebecca Walters was washed on to Brighton beach – both were also declared deceased by paramedics.

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The inquest was told that medical investigations remain ongoing to determine the cause of death for all three women, though police currently believe there was no third‑party involvement. The court also heard that the sisters lived at the same address in Greenford, west London, and that their occupations were not known.

The coroner said she hoped the information disclosed in court would help “stop social media speculation” surrounding the circumstances of their deaths. The inquest was adjourned until October 8.

Following their deaths, Mr Jacobson said there were days when the grief felt “unbearable”, but that he continued to hold on to their memories and “the bond that death can never take away”.