Scottish Police keep 'open mind' in search for sisters

Hungarian pair last seen on River Dee bridge in Aberdeen

- BRYONY GOOCH, TARA COBHAM

Police continue to search for sisters Henrietta and Eliza Huszti more than a week after they went missing from their home in Aberdeen. The siblings, both 32 and part of a set of triplets, were reported missing by their landlady after telling her they planned to end their tenancy.

The pair – who are originally from Hungary – are described as white women of slim build with long brown hair and were last seen on a bridge over the River Dee on 7 January.

Fresh CCTV footage has now emerged showing the sisters visited the same bridge hours before the final sighting of them. Police Scotland said they are keeping an open mind, although officers are considering one theory that the siblings somehow entered the water there. A police helicopter, dog branch and marine unit are among the specialist resources involved in search efforts focusing on the river and its surrounding area.

Meanwhile, Eliza and Henrietta’s family have continued to issue desperate appeals.

Their brother Joszef Huszti told the BBC their relatives do not understand their disappearance, adding that their mother had a phone call with them just days beforehand when everything appeared normal.

Eliza and Henrietta were last spotted on CCTV in Market Street at Victoria Bridge at around 2.12am on Tuesday 7 January. They were then seen crossing the bridge and turning right onto a footpath next to the River Dee, heading in the direction of the Aberdeen Boat Club.