Blessing Olusegun: The Black Woman Found Dead On A Beach Had Drowned, Police Say

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Last September, Blessing Olusegun was a 21-year-old woman, who was found dead on a beach in Sussex after going for a walk. The autopsy report came back and revealed she had drowned, according to Sussex Live.

Olusegun was at Bexhill-on-Sea working on placement work as a Live-in caregiver for the elderly who suffer from dementia and other mental and physical health issues for a week. 

The last conversation she had was around 12:30am, she sent text messages with her boyfriend and her close family friend. “Asking to stay on the phone to her as she goes for a walk” Which did not occur. As she sent a text saying “nevermind” Her last message to her family friend was at about 01:25 am on the 18th September.

The same morning, her close family and friends were alerted that she had gone had gone missing (NOK) meaning she didn’t get back to the patients home. The family was informed by the police officer at Sussex police station that they found Blessing iPhone, slippers a couple meters away from her body.  Her death was reported to her mother at her house at about 2:30pm on the same date.

The family claimed they were informed by the coroner stating that “Blessing autopsy results came out as Inconclusive, according to the Go Fund Me page. The coroner was unable to determine the precise cause of death and that the burial for Blessing Ayomide Adetutu Olusegun should take place immediately”

Sussex Police launched an investigation into her death. It has been confirmed her death is unexplainable but there was no evidence of violence or of internal or external injury.

The police will keep investigating Blessing death and have asked anyone with any information about her death to come forward.

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