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

[Cherwell]

If there are any distinguishing marks, like a tattoo, they can ID by photographs.

 

[jackal67]

I imagine they will use dental records and/or dna.

OK where will they get DNA from though ? Hopefully they had a dentist

 

[lamberta]

A question for anyone in the know, just out of curiosity, but now it's become a recovery operation is it likely the police would still have a need to search/attempt to get data from any phone that they may have found along with the body?

Their mission is to establish what happened and find them, would they also be trying to find the answer as to why this happened?

Or, given that it would take extra resources and man power, would it just not be something they will do purely to try and find some answers for the family?


I believe it said at least 1 of their phones was left along with other digital devices. They obviously had one with them to send the final text to the landlady.

I guess there will be an inquiry and the Coroner will require all available evidence, including from available devices, to come to a conclusion about why they went into the water. IMO, yes, the Police will still delve into all available devices.

 

[Skigh]

OK where will they get DNA from though ? Hopefully they had a dentist

I imagine that they could find something in their flat that might provide a sample of dna. Other methods would have to be used to distinguish which twin it belonged to. It might be possible to still be able to take finger prints. Another poster mentioned that once twin had a facial mole .

 

[Cherwell]

I don't know why but this particular incident is very disturbing to me. If the two women really did enter the freezing river of their own will then that is truly awful and morbid. I can't think of too many worse ways to pass away so it is heartbreaking they felt this was their best option. And to do it together? Beyond sad. Feel for their families right now.

Yes, terrible for the family, but I can think of worse ways to go. The shock of the cold water would be over very quickly. There's no violence involved, like jumping in front of a train or slashing the wrists, or hanging (which can go horribly wrong).

 

[Shellie85]

Aah bless them. Condolences to the family. Im glad the family has her back but situations like this never really give a family closure as there’s so many unanswered questioned. The sisters must have been in a bad place to do this, If only they could have reached out somewhere for help. I hope they are at peace now.

 

[Sandyspringspapi]

Terrible news. I thought of many scenarios where they would be found alive. I can’t make sense of this. If they were courteous enough to tell the landlord they weren’t returning, why not leave a message to their family? I think there is a whole story we don’t know about.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Curiosity, autism, ADHD, too much television, too much reading, and a brain that retains trivia rather than useful information, like what happened to that thing I put down somewhere in my house, never to be seen again.

I certainly do not want to laugh at your self-deprecation. But can I giggle...???

you know I jest @iamshadow21 .... you know I love to chit chat with you.

So I am wondering if the family is actually hiding some stuff here. What if they received more disdainful communication with parents and siblings than has been told... maybe they were earning enough, maybe they weren't sharing enough.. who knows.
But as so often the case in suicide cases.... everyone does go pretty silent pretty quickly.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

But their triplet sister did indeed notice something inexplicable and felt, there would happen something bad with her sisters in the future. That is touching me: separated for 10 years and despite separation this intuition. Fascinating and also very sad.

This is why I wonder if there was communication with family that was less than "happy" and charitable. If the two in Scotland were faking some of their feelings, the third would sense something more than anyone else in the family.

 

[Scatcat]

Terrible outcome, I'm glad in a way they found a sister, hopefully her beloved sister gets found too.

 

[sprightly]

"Officers said that while the woman had not yet been formally identified, the family of Henrietta Huszti had been informed and that the search for her sister Eliza was continuing."

Odd way to word this, given that the family is the exact same for both of them, but clearly they have unofficially identified her.

I had a good friend drown in the Mississippi River years ago, and he surfaced two months later, not far from where he went in. He still had his wallet in his back jeans pocket. So anything is possible, I guess.

 

[forgetmenot]

Is it possible that Henrietta was found deceased in the river but her sister left the area? Perhaps Eliza assisted Henrietta to end her life due to medical reasons or maybe her death was a criminal act. Just my opinion, of course.

 

[Doric Loon]

What would the rate of decomposition be having been in the water for that length of time?

I’d imagine waters as cold as a fridge most days and a freezer most nights, significantly slower and with it being fresh water not sea water, might make a difference.

"Officers said that while the woman had not yet been formally identified, the family of Henrietta Huszti had been informed and that the search for her sister Eliza was continuing."

Odd way to word this, given that the family is the exact same for both of them, but clearly they have unofficially identified her.

I had a good friend drown in the Mississippi River years ago, and he surfaced two months later, not far from where he went in. He still had his wallet in his back jeans pocket. So anything is possible, I guess.

Clothing, ID, facial mole or lack of in this case for her. They clearly know who it is, but officially until a coroner says so, it’s not. Plus add in two countries authorities involved, family not here for DNA comparison or visual identification for example. That may take some time.

 

[Cherwell]

"Officers said that while the woman had not yet been formally identified, the family of Henrietta Huszti had been informed and that the search for her sister Eliza was continuing."
Odd way to word this, given that the family is the exact same for both of them, but clearly they have unofficially identified her.

It's standard wording. It's code for "We know it's her, but we can't say so yet."

 

[tree1]

Is it possible that Henrietta was found deceased in the river but her sister left the area? Perhaps Eliza assisted Henrietta to end her life due to medical reasons or maybe her death was a criminal act. Just my opinion, of course.

To be honest that was the reason I said earlier I hoped they found the other sister too. There would always be doubt and lack of closure for the family otherwise. Always wondering if Eliza was still alive.

 

[kiwi50]

How are they so sure at this stage which twin they found?

 

[Yellowbelly]

There'll be an inquest into their deaths, I imagine phones will be searched to get information for that. The phones could provide evidence that will allow the coroner to declare the deaths a suicide, misadventure, narrative verdict, open verdict, etc... coroners in the UK don't like to declare a death to be a suicide unless there's very solid evidence of intent, so a note or other message is usually needed.

There won't be an inquest, because Aberdeen is in Scotland and Scotland is the only place in the English speaking world that doesn't have coroners conducting inquests into sudden and unexplained deaths. In the Scottish legal system the equivalent is a Fatal Accident Inquiry which is instigated by a person called the Procurator Fiscal (the equivalent to a Crown Prosecutor in the rest of the UK). Unlike the dedicated Coroners Courts in England & Wales, FAIs are held in the normal local court, which in Scotland are presided over by a judge called a Sheriff.

The important difference between a coroner's inquest and an FAI is whereas a coroner in England & Wales is obliged to hold an inquest into all sudden and unexplained deaths that happen on their patch, in Scotland, in most circumstances, the Procurator Fiscal only has to hold an FAI if they consider it to be in the public interest to do so.

Fatal accident inquiry - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Coach]

I am surprised that they did not find the body when they were searching, considering where it was found. It is so sad. Why would it not have been washed out to sea, could it have been snagged on something? Really surprised they didn’t find it during the searches. Why would they not have found it with all the searching they did? If the two of them entered the water together and for whatever reason they wanted to end their lives and wanted to die with each other, they could have handcuffed themselves and they would have been found together.

 

[Bigditch]

I am surprised that they did not find the body when they were searching, considering where it was found. It is so sad. Why would it not have been washed out to sea, could it have been snagged on something? Really surprised they didn’t find it during the searches. Why would they not have found it with all the searching they did? If the two of them entered the water together and for whatever reason they wanted to end their lives and wanted to die with each other, they could have handcuffed themselves and they would have been found together.

What a sweet & weird thought.

 

[dotr]

I am surprised that they did not find the body when they were searching, considering where it was found. It is so sad. Why would it not have been washed out to sea, could it have been snagged on something? Really surprised they didn’t find it during the searches. Why would they not have found it with all the searching they did? If the two of them entered the water together and for whatever reason they wanted to end their lives and wanted to die with each other, they could have handcuffed themselves and they would have been found together.

Wondering if the sisters were aware of the ''Silent Twins" doc.? speculation, imo.

June and Jennifer Gibbons - Wikipedia

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''According to Wallace, the girls had a longstanding agreement that if one died, the other must begin to speak and live a normal life. During their stay in the hospital, they began to believe that it was necessary for one of them to die, and after much discussion, Jennifer agreed to make the sacrifice of her life''.