Twin sisters who vanished over a week ago hadn’t told loved ones of plans to “immediately” move out of their rented flat.
The revelation about Eliza and Henrietta Huszti comes as police in Aberdeen ramp up the search along the River Dee near where they were last seen. The sisters, both 32, was last seen at 2.12am on Tuesday, January 7, as they walked through Aberdeen city centre.
Both were seen on CCTV walking along the city’s Market Street at Victoria Bridge before turning onto a footpath along the river, heading towards Aberdeen Boat Club. Police Scotland detectives have since sent out marine units and dog search teams to find the pair.
The force says it is working to the theory that both somehow entered the water, with sadly no evidence as of yet that they left the area. Now Eliza and Henrietta’s family has come out saying they were not made aware of the revelation they were planning on immediately vacating the flat they shared.
Missing twins: Police issue huge update in mystery of sisters who vanished in Aberdeen
Eliza and Henrietta Huszti haven’t been seen in over a week
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During the investigation, officers have learned the sisters, who are originally from Hungary and part of a set of triplets, had been planning to move out the flat they rented in the city. Police Superintendent David Howieson said on Tuesday: “There was an indication from the person from whom they rent a flat who had concerns that they left the flat and indicated they intended to move.”
Their brother Jozsef however said the family had not been made aware of this decision, with the sisters having spoken to their mother only on the Saturday with nothing of concern arising from the conversation.
He said: “They wrote a message to their landlady that they wanted to immediately end their tenancy agreement. We didn’t have any information about that. So that’s the strange thing, that the girls didn’t tell us anything about that. They never mentioned any such plan.”
Police search the River Dee in Aberdeen for the missing sisters
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He told the broadcaster the women had no financial difficulties and were saving up to buy their own property. Police are keeping an open mind about what happened to the sisters, but have said they have not found anything to suggest a third party was involved.
Mr Howieson said: “We’re trying to remain open minded in terms of what the wider circumstances may have been. What we know is that the behaviour of the sisters in the morning on which they disappeared is very out of character.
“We don’t really understand why they seem to have left their home address and walked to this area in a fairly direct line before the CCTV footage of them is exhausted. One of our theories has to be that they’ve entered the water for reasons unknown, and that’s why so much of our search activity is focused on the river, the river bank, and the harbour itself, but we’re not ruling out the fact that they may have left this area by means that we haven’t identified yet.”
The Huszti sisters with brother Jozsef.
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He added that during their investigation, police have not found anything that pointed towards “criminality or suspicious circumstances”. The women are both described as white and of slim build with long, brown hair.
Police Scotland said they have the support of police in their home country, who are liaising with the wider family. Mr Howieson said police remain “extremely concerned” about the sisters and urged anyone with information about their whereabouts to contact police.
The sisters’ family released a statement on Monday also appealing to anyone with any information to come forward. “This has been a very worrying and upsetting time for our family,” the statement read. “We are really worried about Eliza and Henrietta and all we want is for them to be found.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 0735 of January 7.