THE two sisters who were found dead in the River Dee in Aberdeen died by drowning, it has been confirmed.
Henrietta and Eliza Huszti, aged 32 and part of a set of triplets originally from Hungary, disappeared in the early hours of January 7 sparking a major search and rescue operation.
The two sisters were last seen crossing the Victoria Bridge and turning onto a footpath next to the river.
Their bodies were found in the River Dee on January 31, close to where they were last seen alive.
Police said the deaths were not being treated as suspicious.
Their death certificates both record drowning as their cause of death.
Henrietta and Eliza had both lived and worked in the city for several years prior to their deaths and had texted their landlord from the bridge area in the early hours of January 7 indicating they would not be returning to their flat.
The phone was then disconnected from the network.
The landlord then raised the alarm to the emergency services after she visited the property and found their personal belongings still inside.
Police said a search of the flat showed no indication that they intended to leave the Aberdeen area despite the text saying they were giving up their flat.
The two sisters had not told relatives they planned to imminently move out.
The first body was found near Queen Elizabeth Bridge on the morning of January 31 with the second body found in an area of the river near to the Victoria Bridge later that evening.
The Victoria Bridge and Queen Elizabeth Bridge are about half a mile apart on the River Dee.
