The search for two sisters who went missing in Aberdeen has entered its second week and now police have given an update.
Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, 32, were last seen on CCTV on the city’s Market Street at Victoria Bridge at about 2.12am on Tuesday January 7. They crossed the bridge and turned right on to a footpath next to the River Dee heading in the direction of Aberdeen Boat Club.
Police have said one of their theories is that the two women may have entered the River Dee and that they were notified of their disappearance by the sisters’ landlord.
Superintendent David Howieson said: “We have obtained further footage of their movements through the city centre.” But he added that their trail ends where the two go on a footpath by the river.
Extensive searches have been carried out in recent days, with the police helicopter, dog branch and the marine unit among the specialist resources involved. Here’s what we know about the case of the missing sisters, originally from Hungary, so far.
It was revealed by SI Howieson that the two sisters arrived in the UK six years ago and had been working in Aberdeen since then. He said that it remains a missing persons inquiry and that they are “open minded” in terms of what may have happened.
On Monday the family of the missing sisters released a statement appealing to anyone with any information that could help in the search 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.
“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.”
The sisters’ brother, Jozsef, has told the BBC that their mother spoke to the pair on the first Saturday in January and that nothing seemed out of the ordinary with them..