Two bodies recovered from a river in Aberdeen have been identified as those of sisters Eliza and Henrietta Huszti who went missing in January. The sisters, 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. A woman’s body was recovered from the river near Queen Elizabeth Bridge just before 8am on Friday January 31 while the body of a second woman was found in an area of the river near to the Victoria Bridge at about 9.05pm that day.
Police said they have now been formally identified and there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances. Superintendent David Howieson said: “The two bodies recovered from the River Dee on Friday, 31 January, 2025 have now been formally identified as Henrietta and Eliza Huszti who were reported missing on Tuesday, 7 January, 2025. “Inquiries remain ongoing to establish the exact cause of death however there are no apparent suspicious circumstances.”.
The sisters, part of a set of triplets, disappeared after leaving their rented flat in Aberdeen in the early hours of January 7. The siblings, who moved to Scotland from Hungary a decade ago, notified their landlord they would not be returning to their flat at about 2.12am that day, when they were filmed on CCTV walking near the River Dee. They crossed Victoria Bridge and turned right on to a footpath next to the River Dee, heading in the direction of Aberdeen Boat Club.
Their landlady reported her concerns to police and a major search was launched, amid fears for their safety in wintry weather conditions. Police treated 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. The sisters had not told relatives they were going to move out of their rented flat immediately.
