Bodies found in river in Aberdeen confirmed as missing sisters

Two bodies found in a river in Aberdeen have been identified as a pair of sisters who had gone missing, police have confirmed.

Henrietta and Eliza Huszti – both 32 and part of a set of triplets – disappeared on 7 January.

The sisters, originally from Hungary, moved to Scotland about 10 years ago. The bodies were found in the River Dee near where they were last seen alive.

Supt David Howieson, of Police Scotland, said: “The two bodies recovered from the River Dee on Friday, 31 January, have now been formally identified as Henrietta and Eliza Huszti. Inquiries remain ongoing to establish the exact cause of death however there are no apparent suspicious circumstances.”

The disappearance of the two sisters sparked a major search operation last month.

They were last seen in the early hours of 7 January, when they crossed the Victoria Bridge and turned right onto a footpath next to the river heading towards Aberdeen Boat Club.

The sisters disappeared during a bitterly cold spell in Aberdeen

Detectives previously revealed the sisters visited the Victoria Bridge the day before they disappeared.

They also texted their landlady from the bridge area in the early hours of 7 January to say they would not return to their flat.

The two missing sisters had not told relatives they planned to imminently move out of their rented Aberdeen flat.

They had been saving up to buy a property but their brother Jozsef told BBC News last month it was “strange” the family did not know they had decided to end their tenancy.

The first body had been found near Queen Elizabeth Bridge at about 07:55 on 31 January.

Officers then found the second body in an area of the river near to the Victoria Bridge at about 21:05.

The Victoria Bridge and Queen Elizabeth Bridge are about half a mile apart on the River Dee.

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