Police end river search for sisters missing in Aberdeen for three weeks

Police searches in the River Dee to trace two sisters who disappeared in Aberdeen three weeks ago have come to an end.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, were last spotted on CCTV in the city’s Market Street at Victoria Bridge at about 2.12am on Tuesday 7 January.

The women were seen crossing the bridge and turning right on to a footpath next to the River Dee in the direction of Aberdeen Boat Club.

The siblings’ disappearance sparked a major Police Scotland operation, including specialist advisers and the force’s air support, dog branch and marine unit.

In an update on Monday, the force announced that “extensive and detailed searches” of the river and harbour had concluded.

But wider inquiries to find the sisters continue, including searches of coastal areas in the north and south of Aberdeen.

Superintendent David Howieson said any further information received by police will be “acted upon”.

He added: “Our thoughts are very much with their family at what is a very difficult time.”

Investigating officers previously said there had been “no evidence” of the women leaving the immediate area and there had been nothing to suggest “suspicious circumstances or criminality”.

The police revealed that the sisters – who are part of a set of triplets and originally from Hungary – visited the bridge where they were last seen about 12 hours before they disappeared.

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They also sent a text message to their landlady on the morning they vanished, indicating they would not be returning to the flat.

In a statement released via Police Scotland earlier this month, the women’s family said: “This has been a very worrying and upsetting time for our family.

“We are really worried about Eliza and Henrietta and all we want is for them to be found.”