The siblings who were found dead at the foot of Dover cliffs on New Year’s Day were twins, police have said.
The pair, who have not been formally identified, were aged 59 and from the Elton area of Cheshire.
Police said the brother and sister had been in London on 22 December before travelling to Dover on Boxing Day. Their bodies were found at the bottom of Langdon Cliffs on Sunday 1 January.
DS Stuart Ward said: “We know they were in London on 22 December and we can place them in Dover on Boxing Day, but we are keen to establish if they were staying locally.
“We have already contacted local hotels but are now asking owners of guesthouses, bed and breakfasts and pubs to contact us if they had a man and woman in their late 50s from Cheshire staying over the Christmas and new year period.”
Officers appealed for information from anyone who saw the pair, who were wearing dark wet weather clothing, at the top of the cliffs between Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
Their bodies were spotted by rescue teams as they searched for another man after police were alerted to concern for his welfare on the afternoon of New Year’s Day.
The missing man was later discovered dead. The 45-year-old man from Greater Manchester has now been formally identified and his next of kin have been informed, but his name has not been released. A report is being compiled for the coroner.
None of the three deaths are being treated as suspicious. The deaths of the brother and sister are not being linked to the death of the first man.
The first man’s body was winched by rescue helicopter. The bodies of the man and woman were found later, between half a mile to a mile from his body, said Dover RNLI.
A Dover RNLI spokesman said the conditions were quite rough and described the discovery of three bodies so soon into the new year as tragic.
The operation involved teams from the Langdon Battery and Deal coastguard stations, Dover RNLI and the Lydd-based UK search-and-rescue helicopter.
Anyone who may have spotted the people at the cliffs between Boxing Day and New Year’s Day is asked to call Kent police on 101.
