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

[Cardgame]

I’m still struggling to understand the whole land lady raising the alarm with police.

From my experience renting out a second property - I would never dream of entering the property without prior permission from the tenants - for her to attend the property on the day they went missing and then raise the alarm with police suggests that she might have been sent something that raised her concerns.

Due to ‘some’ materials is such a vague statement that could literally mean anything imo

If the police did not have an exact timeframe for how long the sisters had been missing, then they may have jumped into action quickly. Perhaps the landlady thought it possible they had left the property days earlier and thought they had been missing for longer.

Or it's possible the landlady accessed ring doorbell footage of them leaving the house at 2am, either from her own property of from a neighbor. So many people have them these days.

I was also wondering if the item left behind could be a pet? Not very likely, but it might give cause for concern that something had happened to them, without indicating an intention to self harm.

What with all the mentions of the industrial buildings in the vicinity of the river path, I can't help but be reminded of the poor girl in Milton Keynes, Leah Croucher. She also disappeared off CCTV and had been taken into an empty house. CCTV showed no indication of her leaving, nor of anyone else on the path.

 

[Skigh]

I wonder if they both had visas which they needed to have after Brexit. Maybe they had not applied for one since they had jobs and were now having trouble getting one and were facing the possibility of having to return to Hungary which neither of them wished to do

 

[Moonchild90]

I wonder if they both had visas which they needed to have after Brexit. Maybe they had not applied for one since they had jobs and were now having trouble getting one and were facing the possibility of having to return to Hungary which neither of them wished to do

They highly likely had settled status by now, so no need for visa

 

[TMich6811]

I've just had a look at the above map on Google maps. If the red line is accurate, does this place their home roughly around 21 Crown Street? If they wanted to go to that specific part of the river, there seems to be a more direct route. Down Crown St, then Portland St, Down S College St, cross the river on A956 (or is that some type of freeway without pedestrian access?)up S Esplanade W, then access the river path.

The route similarly imitates the bus route to where they ended up, I posted it several pages back. Maybe a fluke but I can’t shake that there was a reason for this route along that path. I can’t quite figure out the bus schedule though.

 

[Cardgame]

The route similarly imitates the bus route to where they ended up, I posted it several pages back. Maybe a fluke but I can’t shake that there was a reason for this route along that path. I can’t quite figure out the bus schedule though.

What is your thinking around their following the bus route?

What is the final destination of the bus you are talking about?

 

[TMich6811]

What is your thinking around their following the bus route?

What is the final destination of the bus you are talking about?

The bus stop at the entrance of path.

I don’t really know that there is one it just is a weird route for them to take if that’s where they were going and it’s a similar route. I’ve considered maybe they lost something, maybe they had memories on that route. I don’t know. Especially if it wasn’t in service and I mean, it could be totally a coincidence

 

[RaeL]

The wording from police also has me perplexed. The women “indicated” to the landlady of their intention to leave but no specific timeframe was given. THEN landlady goes to the property to “inquire” - meaning to question the women about specifics of their move - is this the general understanding of these statements? If so, this leads me to think it was a one- way communication, either by post, email, text, voice message… and she wanted clarification.

It seems odd that she entered the property. I wonder if they did mail back the keys which would be pretty odd and even unnerving for landlady. The “materials” left behind that caused concern could be multiple id, maybe fake id —- trying to come up with something that would cause immediate alarm but still leave the women alive— but more probable would be her seeing ring doorbell footage or papers with names/addresses of family to contact but no note, maybe necessary medication?

It does seem most likely that they are in the water. I hope that is not the case, but nothing else makes sense. I feel so bad for the family, far away and probably feeling helpless. I also feel for the police, searching and trawling the river dreading what they may find.

 

[HoneyBunOne]

The wording from police also has me perplexed. The women “indicated” to the landlady of their intention to leave but no specific timeframe was given. THEN landlady goes to the property to “inquire” - meaning to question the women about specifics of their move - is this the general understanding of these statements? If so, this leads me to think it was a one- way communication, either by post, email, text, voice message… and she wanted clarification.

It seems odd that she entered the property. I wonder if they did mail back the keys which would be pretty odd and even unnerving for landlady. The “materials” left behind that caused concern could be multiple id, maybe fake id —- trying to come up with something that would cause immediate alarm but still leave the women alive— but more probable would be her seeing ring doorbell footage or papers with names/addresses of family to contact but no note, maybe necessary medication?

It does seem most likely that they are in the water. I hope that is not the case, but nothing else makes sense. I feel so bad for the family, far away and probably feeling helpless. I also feel for the police, searching and trawling the river dreading what they may find.

I'm hung up on the wording too. Maybe we're reading into it too much, maybe it's poorly worded, maybe there's just more dots to connect to make it make sense. I'd love to see pics of their home - house, apartment, high rise, townhouse etc. I think it would give some clarity to the situation.

 

[CityKid]

The landlord does seem to be a bit more enmeshed with their lives than he should have been.

Perhaps it does come from a place of genuine concern and closeness with his tenants?

I'm perhaps also guessing that he was a landlord that lived in the same house as the 2 ladies, and knew their comings and goings and schedules.

I wonder if he was in bed when the girls left for their 2am walk? Perhaps he heard the front door shut and had wondered where they had both gone?

I lived in the UK for a few years in a bedsit in my landlady's house. She was genuinely concerned about me. I left an excellent career behind in the U.S. to figure out what I wanted to do with my life whilst working in a jewelry-making shop in London. I can imagine these women left Hungary in their 20s looking for something more, and realizing they were doing jobs they could do in their home country. Just spitballing here, IMHO.

 

[jillolantern]

I don’t believe for a minute that this is a double suicide.
I think this is a very tragic accident

SBM
What are the facts that lead you to this conclusion?

 

[HoneyBunOne]

I don’t believe for a minute that this is a double suicide.
I think this is a very tragic accident - most likely one sister slipped from the bank into the water and the second tried to save the first with accidental drowning for both.
I think there is still a very very slim chance of foul play/ abduction.
I fully realize that there are young people who choose suicide but I would be absolutely shocked if that turns out to be the case here.
Praying for this sweet family- this is such a sad story.
All imho

If you think it was an accident, what is your explanation for them being out at 2am on a Tuesday, especially given they're quiet homebodies?

 

[Bigditch]

I’m still struggling to understand the whole land lady raising the alarm with police.

From my experience renting out a second property - I would never dream of entering the property without prior permission from the tenants - for her to attend the property on the day they went missing and then raise the alarm with police suggests that she might have been sent something that raised her concerns.

Due to ‘some’ materials is such a vague statement that could literally mean anything imo

 

[Bigditch]

The million dollar question remains why we're they out at 2am in a dodgy part of town alone?

The landlady sounds a bit nosey if you ask me. Anything short of seeing blood on the floor through a window, would indicate she unlawfully let herself inside their flat.

As for the strange route from home to the footpath maybe someone was dictating which roads to take. Hence they only needed one phone. Were they lured to that location?

Although I thought the presser was well done and professional, I'd have more faith in LE unearthing the truth if their answers were more cohesive.

How do they know it is not a criminal investigation? They're missing and no one knows why. Nor the when, where, what, and how of things.

IMO, ugh.

 

[Noseyjosie]

To me it sounds like perhaps the sisters had messaged their landlady, saying they intended to vacate the property, she then visited to get more information and found all the keys/documents for the flat laid out, which suggested the sisters wouldn't be able to access the property and weren't coming back. If there were also personal belongings - such as I.D., bank cards etc, and possibly items she knew to have great sentimental value...such as jewellery or whatever - things the ladies wouldn't abandon - then this could be enough to cause alarm, and prompt her to call the Police.
She might know them very well, and have great affection for them. Not all landlords are faceless, uncaring, people who see tenants as cash cows.

JMO obviously

 

[LadyL]

It's hard to be absolutely sure, but if they went in any kind of direct route, there'll have been multiple CCTV points and people between the released photo, and the point they were last seen.

Assuming they were deliberately heading over Victoria Bridge (and it'd be a strange place to go if it wasn't deliberate) in a direct route from Charlotte Street (where the CCTV picture looks like it was released from).

We know they were at the path at Victoria bridge at 02:12am. If they were walking there directly from Charlotte Street, it's fair to say they'd have been there around 01:30>01:45. There'd still be people out and about then. They'd presumably have to walk by (at the very least) a couple of shopping centres, the main shopping street, the harbour, two oil headquarters and the bus station. There must be other footage.

There's also a camera on the roundabout by the boat club (see attached). There''s plenty of opportunity to get a taxi/car from the street that runs parallel though.

where is the camera in the image please?

From the Sky report posted above.


No one can determine why on Earth the Huszti sisters were even out at that time of the morning in the first place.

Officers say they had not been in the pub and the route they picked along the river was leading to nothing.

We are told the CCTV cameras in the area have the ability to pick up audio. Specialists have been drafted in to interrogate any possible clues.

There is no questioning the intensity of the relentless land, air and water searches but as the days go by the police seem no closer to cracking this mysterious case.

audio on public CCTV - that's something I've never thought about

 

[Kate E]

I agree... "indicated" does seem like they emailed or left a note about wanting to terminate their tenancy at some stage.

Maybe the landlady was following up on it and the door was left unlocked or open or she was able to see enough through a window to cause her concern and called the police immediately. She might not have needed to be nosey.

She said she saw that they showed signs of leaving (forget exact words) which could have simply been a few moving boxes.

 

[MesquiteO21]

I’m still struggling to understand the whole land lady raising the alarm with police.

From my experience renting out a second property - I would never dream of entering the property without prior permission from the tenants - for her to attend the property on the day they went missing and then raise the alarm with police suggests that she might have been sent something that raised her concerns.

Due to ‘some’ materials is such a vague statement that could literally mean anything imo

I am too. The information is so vague and somewhat contradictory.

My inferred guess would be that they left the keys, possibly even rent for next month, and a note saying we’re vacating and won’t be back. Yet despite supposedly moving out, belongings, including one cellphone, were still there. That would definitely cause me concern as well

MOO

 

[touch]

The landlady sounds a bit nosey if you ask me. Anything short of seeing blood on the floor through a window, would indicate she unlawfully let herself inside their flat.

A landlord is allowed to visit if they give the tenants 24 hours notice. Perhaps the landlady did this and got no response? That could have made her think they had been missing for longer.

 

[Coach]

I’m not convinced that they had not been asked previously to vacate the property and feel that they could have been served a notice to quit. I do wonder if this has been left out to avoid the landlady being criticised or targeted. Their indication to her that they were going to leave could have resulted from them being asked to leave and served notice.

 

[Kate E]

Their indication to her that they were going to leave could have resulted from them being asked to leave and served notice.

I thought this at first, but for some reason she said the time frame was "open ended" or something along those lines. If they were given notice it would probably be by a certain date?

But you could be right, they may have been told to leave and they said, sure we will soon and then she was following up on it.