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Michael Howie

Huszti sisters: Body found in hunt for missing siblings last seen on bridge

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti went missing in Aberdeen on January 7 (PA) - (PA Media)

A body has been recovered from a river in Aberdeen, near where missing sisters Eliza and Henrietta Huszti were last seen, Police Scotland said on Friday.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both aged 32, were last seen on CCTV on Market Street at Victoria Bridge in Aberdeen at about 2.12am on Tuesday January 7.

They crossed the bridge and turned right on to a footpath next to the River Dee, heading in the direction of Aberdeen Boat Club.

Extensive searches were carried out and Police Scotland said on Friday that a body has been recovered from the water.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We were made aware of the body of a person seen in the River Dee near Queen Elizabeth Bridge in Aberdeen around 7.55am on Friday, 31 January, 2025.

A police dive boat on the River Dee in Aberdeen during the ongoing search for missing sisters, Eliza and Henrietta Huszti (Andrew Milligan/PA Wire). (PA Wire)

"The body has been recovered from the water and enquiries are ongoing."

The sisters - originally from Hungary - had texted their landlady in the early hours of the 7 January to say they would not return to their flat.

Police treated the investigation as a missing persons inquiry rather than a criminal probe.

Superintendent David Howieson said a theory was they had "entered the water for reasons unknown".

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