Major update in search for sisters missing from Aberdeen for over a week

Police questioned drivers and pedestrians this morning as they searched the site where two sisters went missing in Aberdeen.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, 32, disappeared a week ago after last being seen on CCTV at on Market Street around 2.12am on Tuesday, January 7.

They turned right down a footpath to Aberdeen Boat Club, on the River Dee, after crossing the bridge and they haven’t been seen since.

With no evidence the area, police have focused their efforts on the river as they search for the Hungarian sisters, who are described as white and of slim build with long, brown hair.

Nothing had seemed out of the ordinary when the sisters last spoke to their mother on January 4, days before they disappeared, their triplet brother Jozsef said.

Early this morning, search dogs, a helicopter and a marine unit were deployed to scour the area.

Superintendent David Howieson said: ‘We remain extremely concerned for Eliza and Henrietta as our searches enter a second week.

‘Considerable efforts are being made to search the river and the surrounding area.

‘We have spoken to a number of people in the course of our inquiries, including overnight, a week on from when they were last seen.

‘We continue to examine all the available CCTV footage to try and establish the sisters’ movements in the early hours of Tuesday January 7.

‘We remain in regular contact with Eliza and Henrietta’s family in Hungary and continue to provide them with support.

‘We know our concern is shared by people across Aberdeen and the north east. I would urge anyone who may have information, which has not yet been passed to police, to get in touch.’

The sisters’ brother Jozsef asked for ‘respect’ in a statement released last week.

He said: ‘We kindly ask everyone for respect at this time. Please do not spread any fake news. We can only say what’s already been in the news.

‘The Scottish authorities are doing their job. The family is not in a position to give everyone separate information.’

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