Second body found in search for sisters who disappeared more than three weeks ago

The body of a second woman has been found in the search for two sisters who disappeared in Aberdeen more than three weeks ago.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both aged 32, were last seen on CCTV on Market Street at Victoria Bridge over the River Dee in Aberdeen at about 2.12am on Tuesday, January 7. The sisters, part of a set of triplets, disappeared after leaving their rented flat in Aberdeen and telling their landlord they would not be returning.

On Friday morning, Police Scotland confirmed that a body had been recovered from the river just before 8am. On Saturday morning, the force confirmed the body of a second woman had been found at around 9.05pm on Friday.

The second body was found in an area of the river near to the Victoria Bridge where the sisters were last seen. Formal identification is yet to take place but the Huszti family has been informed.

Police said inquires are ongoing to establish what happened but there are no apparent suspicious circumstances.

Superintendent David Howieson said: “Our thoughts remain with the Huszti family and we are keeping them fully updated following these recoveries. We know how much of an impact this has had in Aberdeen and much further afield, and I would like to thank everyone who has assisted with our investigation.”

The siblings moved to Scotland from Hungary a decade ago.

Police have been treating the investigation as a missing persons inquiry rather than a criminal probe, and as part of their investigation discovered the sisters had visited the bridge the day before they disappeared.