What we know about missing sisters Eliza and Henrietta Huszti in Aberdeen
The 32-year-olds were last seen on CCTV in Aberdeen, Scotland, at around 2am on 7 January.
CCTV footage has revealed two missing sisters made an earlier visit to the Aberdeen bridge where they were last seen.
Eliza and Henrietta Huszti were last seen in Market Street at the Victoria Bridge, over the River Dee, in the early hours of 7 January.
Investigations into their disappearance have now confirmed both women were at the same bridge just before 3pm the previous day.
CCTV showed the sisters spent five minutes at the footpath and the bridge, but did not engage with anyone else. Officers are now appealing for information from anyone who may have seen them at this earlier time.
Police are keeping an open mind about what has happened to the pair, but said there is no indication a third party was involved.
Extensive searches have been carried out in recent days, with a police helicopter, dog branch and marine unit among the specialist resources involved.
Police are continuing to focus their search on the River Dee as they say there is no evidence the women left the immediate area.
What we know
Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, were last seen on CCTV in Market Street at Victoria Bridge in Aberdeen at 2.12am after leaving their home.
They crossed the bridge and turned right onto a footpath next to the River Dee, appearing to be heading in the direction of the Aberdeen Boat Club.
Eliza and Henrietta are both described as white and of slim build with long, brown hair.
Police said on Tuesday that the behaviour of the sisters was "very out of character". The sisters’ brother, Jozsef, also told the BBC that their mother spoke to the pair a few days before they disappeared and that nothing seemed out of the ordinary with them.
A text message, indicating they would not be returning to their flat, was sent from Henrietta's phone to their landlady at 2.12am on 7 January from the area of Victoria Bridge.
The phone was then disconnected from the network and has not been active since.
The following day, the sisters’ personal belongings were found inside the flat and the landlady reported her concerns to police.
Jozsef said they did not mention moving from the flat, including during the phone call they had with their mother.
He told the BBC: “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.”
He told the broadcaster the women had no financial difficulties and were saving up to buy their own property.
Police have said they are “open minded” about what happened but “there’s nothing we’ve found that suggests criminality or suspicious circumstances”.
Police Superintendent David Howieson said: “They may have come to harm. That has to be a theory in terms of access to the river. But what we don’t have is any indication that a third party has been involved.”
He added there is nothing to suggest there were mental health concerns or any other concerns in relation to the sisters which might begin to explain what happened.
What we don't know
While CCTV shows where the sisters were last seen, it is not known exactly where they were going or why they were walking in that area in the early hours of the morning.
“We don’t really understand why they seem to have left their home address and walked to this area in a fairly direct line," Supt Howieson said.
“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."
The two sisters moved from Hungary to Scotland about seven years ago. In a statement released by the family in Hungarian on Saturday, the family urged people not to share unfounded rumours about their disappearance.
Police Scotland said it has the support of police in their home country, who are liaising with the wider family.
Anyone with information is asked to contact 101 quoting incident number 0735 of Tuesday 7 January 2025.
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