UK Eliza & Henrietta Huszti, sisters both 32, CCTV captures them near a river at 2am, Aberdeen, 7 Jan 2025 #2

[imstilla.grandma]

"Several hours of footage are being examined by a dedicated team of officers and we have so far established that Eliza and Henrietta were at the footpath next to the River Dee at 2.50pm on Monday, January 6, 2025.

"Although the sisters didn't engage with anyone else at this time, the area would have been busy and we are keen to speak to anyone who may have seen them.

Aberdeen missing sisters: Police release new CCTV footage of siblings as fresh twist emerges

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti were last seen heading towards the River Dee

www.gbnews.com

 

[haggis]

Was the first visit to the bridge after their shifts? They were probably their work bags which is why they didn’t have them on the 2nd visit.

I'm wondering if they were seen returning home with the backpacks or if they hid them near the river.

 

[slowpoke]

Just thoughts—

Is it at all possible they purposely met someone on some type of watercraft (boat, canoe, raft) on the river to escape the area? If so, would there be any cameras that would capture the vessel moving down the river?

Is the following a possible scenario? Maybe they were getting serious threats from someone and felt unsafe, so wanted to leave quickly. They left most of their belongings so as not to alert the one threatening them, who might see them loading boxes and such.

JMO

 

[TMich6811]

Just thoughts—

Is it at all possible they purposely met someone on some type of watercraft (boat, canoe, raft) on the river to escape the area? If so, would there be any cameras that would capture the vessel moving down the river?

Is the following a possible scenario? Maybe they were getting serious threats from someone and felt unsafe, so wanted to leave quickly. They left most of their belongings so as not to alert the one threatening them, who might see them loading boxes and such.

JMO

I think we are all just hoping for anything else at this point.

The 2nd point you made would make sense as to why they didn’t call until last minute and then immediately lost the phone.

 

[lamberta]

I'm wondering if they were seen returning home with the backpacks or if they hid them near the river.

I wondered this too. Police say they returned home from the river in the afternoon but there's no mention of the backpacks. If they did stash the backpacks somewhere down on that path then that possibly takes the investigation in a different direction.

 

[lamberta]

Just thoughts—

Is it at all possible they purposely met someone on some type of watercraft (boat, canoe, raft) on the river to escape the area? If so, would there be any cameras that would capture the vessel moving down the river?

Is the following a possible scenario? Maybe they were getting serious threats from someone and felt unsafe, so wanted to leave quickly. They left most of their belongings so as not to alert the one threatening them, who might see them loading boxes and such.

JMO

All activity in and out of the harbour is monitored so i don't think an unapproved watercraft could have come from that direction. I don't think I've ever seen private vessels on the river dee, its used mainly by rowers.
I think their behaviour could indicate some type of threat, whether that may be actual threat or perceived threat. By perceived threat I think I'm referring to a feeling of threat or paranoia caused by mental ill health.

 

[Izzylizzy]

I wouldn't say I have any kind of expertise, but some people seem to say 'screw everything' and just do it, and others seem to have a to do list they tick off until the final moment. I think it's probably a reflection of the kind of person someone was in life.

The sisters seem to have had a list. They scoped location, they took leave from work, and they notified their landlady before they exited stage left from their lives.

I would love to be proven wrong and for them to turn up one day living under new identities, but I think it unlikely. I'm just hoping for the closure of at least one body for their family's sake.

BBM:
I'm going to assume that they were well aware of all the CCTV cameras that would be tracking them after they disappeared so the bridge could be a ruse and they somehow exited Aberdeen by boat or car and are now somewhere with those new identities.
Their major problem is there's 2 of them and they attract attention so unless they split-up for a while someone would ID them.

I still can't believe that would be the way they chose to end their lives.

MOO

 

[imstilla.grandma]

I wondered this too. Police say they returned home from the river in the afternoon but there's no mention of the backpacks. If they did stash the backpacks somewhere down on that path then that possibly takes the investigation in a different direction.

This video mentions what they seem to be carrying but i cant quite make out the words. sounds a little like rock sacks, but that cant be right, i have a hearing loss, anyone else ?

 

[davidt]

This video mentions what they seem to be carrying but i cant quite make out the words. sounds a little like rock sacks, but that cant be right, i have a hearing loss, anyone else ?

Rucksack's?

 

[jackal67]

The businesses on South Esplanade West will definitely have CCTV. I am unclear if this would just cover entrances to their premises, or further into the road? I would assume some of the cameras would capture any vehicles that were passing.

Another local had stated the CCTV was recently upgraded in the area, so there may be other council installed cameras. The Wellington roundabout at the suspension bridge will surely have cameras and South Esplanade is one way, so I am fairly sure that would cover any vehicles entering the road.

Is there likely to be many vehicles passing at that time?

 

[Doric Loon]

Yeah, I would say they took the same route going on the information provided, although the starting point on the walking route provided by the Sun newspaper was wrong - it had them leaving a property near the top of South College Street(ish), however the sister's flat was on Charlotte Street which is slightly further away and closer to the Costa where one of the sisters worked. They passed through the Union Square shopping centre in the day-time and walked around it in the night-time. Approx. a 30 minute walk each way.

Only at 2am the Union Sq shopping centre would have been closed.

Just thoughts—

Is it at all possible they purposely met someone on some type of watercraft (boat, canoe, raft) on the river to escape the area? If so, would there be any cameras that would capture the vessel moving down the river?

Is the following a possible scenario? Maybe they were getting serious threats from someone and felt unsafe, so wanted to leave quickly. They left most of their belongings so as not to alert the one threatening them, who might see them loading boxes and such.

JMO

at low tide, it is unlikely you are going up the river far, it’s possible but they would have been spotted by the CCTV at the boat houses.

Go the other way, and you are in a busy Harbour even at 2am, with staff around, CCTV and Harbour masters in a tower near the entrance at the sea end.

 

[TMich6811]

We’ve assumed that they stayed walking the direction of the boathouse but it appears you can walk down that direction and then loop to under the bridge and go the opposite direction?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

With this new footage, it seems more like a planned departure, could that video have been sort of a trial run? Does the rucksack refer to a stronger or better made bag because some of the definitions refer to military grade? thank you @davidt, I had to google it.

 

[Cherwell]

Despite the persistence of the myth that there is almost always one, only a minority of people who complete suicide leave a note. The number varies depending on the study. This study puts it at barely over 18%.

I know this, but it strikes me as odd that they would

1. notify the landlady that they wouldn't be back
2. book leave from work which would give the employer notice to arrange cover

Yet not inform their family of their intentions.

 

[RobinCAL]

Police reveal new detail about what sisters were wearing in hours before disappearance​

Police said investigations into the missing sisters’ disappearance have now confirmed both women were wearing rucksacks when they were captured on CCTV in the hours before they vanished.
The pair were seen wearing the backpacks at the Victoria Bridge over the River Dee at around 2.50pm on Monday 6 January.
The CCTV shows the siblings spent five minutes at the footpath and bridge but did not engage with anyone else.
They were then seen at the same bridge the following day in what is the last sighting of the pair.

Aberdeen sisters’ eerie final message sent at time of last sighting revealed: Live

Police Scotland continue major search for triplets Eliza and Henrietta Huszti as family issue desperate plea saying ‘all we want is for them to be found’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[jackal67]

DBM

can you add me to the chat please??

 

[tree1]

I still cannot stop thinking this was a planned disappearance and were desperately hiding this from someone, apart from family. I know logic says they were spotted earlier doing a ‘dummy run’ linked to self harm. However, even though they were/are very considerate young women, I just do not understand why they would text the landlady at that hour. That is seriously considerate. If they wanted her to find something in the flat explaining things I would understand it more.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Addressing the previous info in Thread #1:
...the sisters had expressed in days prior ending their tenancy and the landlord carried out inquires finding no girls but “materials... um…personal possessions” that concerned the landlord.

*when i think of materials i think of parts or pieces if constructed would complete an object, idea or even a document(s), something related to an intentional disappearance?

 

[SurreySleuthy]

I cannot understand why, if suicide, their final act on this earth was to send a text message to their landlady, and it was so important that they took one phone with them to do so. Neither of them told work they were leaving (annual leave is only temporary), so it’s not that they were fully preparing for their departure.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

I cannot understand why, if suicide, their final act on this earth was to send a text message to their landlady, and it was so important that they took one phone with them to do so. Neither of them told work they were leaving (annual leave is only temporary), so it’s not that they were fully preparing for their departure.

I too find it odd about the text msg. Ive been thinking all along that a written note was left at their flat. I was surprised a minute ago when i read it was by text msg. and im not sure why, i guess because it seems more personal that way. imo