Eliza and Henrietta Huszti went missing in Aberdeen, Scotland, three weeks ago. Despite extensive police searches, the 32-year-old twin sisters have not been found
Police have issued a heartbreaking update on the search for two sisters who have been missing for three weeks.
Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, 32, vanished in Aberdeen in the early hours of January 7 and have not been seen since. Police Scotland launched a major operation following the pair’s disappearance, but so far no sign of them has been found.
In an update shared on Monday, the police force said that “extensive and detailed searches” of the river and harbour had concluded, but added that wider inquiries to find the sisters continue. Here is everything we know about the case so far.
Day before disappearance
The day before disappearing, Eliza and Henrietta were seen on Victoria Bridge at about 2.50pm on January 6. CCTV shows the sisters spent about five minutes at the footpath and on the bridge, but did not speak or engage with anyone while there.
They were then seen heading toward the city centre, passing via the Union Square shopping centre before they headed back to their flat in the Charlotte Street area of Aberdeen. “There is nothing to indicate that Eliza or Henrietta left their flat again until shortly before they were last seen at the River Dee in the early hours,” police said.
Last sighting
In the early hours of January 7, the pair left their flat in the Charlotte Street area in central Aberdeen. They walked toward Market Street and then towards Victoria Bridge – a similar path to the one they had walked the day before. Their personal belongings were later found at their flat.
The last time the sisters were seen was at 2.12am on January 7, as they walked on the bridge. Grainy CCTV footage showed the pair headed through the city. Superintendent David Howieson said their movements on the morning were “very out of character.” They were last seen turning right onto a footpath next to the river and heading toward Aberdeen Boat Club.
Message to landlady
A text message was sent from Henrietta’s mobile phone to the sisters’ landlady at about 2.12am on January 7. The message said they would not be returning to the flat.
The phone was then disconnected from the network. Their landlady found the sisters’ personal belongings at the flat and she then reported her concerns to police.
Search of river ends
After 20 days of searches, Police Scotland said on Monday that searches of the river and harbour had concluded, but wider inquiries to find the sisters continue, including in coastal areas in the north and south of Aberdeen. Supt Howieson said any further information received by police will be “acted upon” as he added: “Our thoughts are very much with their family at what is a very difficult time.”
Family ‘really worried’
In a statement released through Police Scotland on January 13, their family said their disappearance has been “a very worrying and upsetting time” for them. Their statement read: “This has been a very worrying and upsetting time for our family.
“We are really worried about Eliza and Henrietta and all we want is for them to be found. If you think you might have any information which could help the police with finding Eliza and Henrietta then please pass this on as quickly as you can. We appreciate all the support our family has been given over the past few days and we would like our privacy to be respected at this time.”
Special bond
The women, originally from Hungary, arrived in the UK six years ago and have been working in Aberdeen since then. The family say Henrietta worked in a branch of Costa in the city.
Their brother Jozsef Huszti told BBC News that their mother spoke to her daughters in a 40-minute conversation four days earlier, during which nothing seemed out of the ordinary. The third triplet, Edit, spoke to them on a video call on New Year’s Eve, saying they appeared happy and cheerful.
Eliza and Henrietta are said to have been very close, doing most things together and saving up to buy their own home. Being out on the streets in the early hours of the morning was unusual behaviour for them, their family believe.
How to help
Anyone with any information regarding the sisters’ disappearance is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 0735 of Tuesday January 7.
