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

[Kittypoo]

Virginia Woolf famously filled her pockets with stones and drowned herself by walking into the River Ouse. It was March when she did so, so I can't imagine it was very warm. Not everyone removes clothing layers or other items.

MOO

Would divers be able to search in the water or are weather conditions too treacherous at the moment does anyone know?

 

[Normal Norm]

Would divers be able to search in the water or are weather conditions too treacherous at the moment does anyone know?

The BBC has shown footage of divers searching the river. You can see ice floating down, which gives you an indication of how cold it must be.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti: Sisters fine before vanishing in Aberdeen

 

[Normal Norm]

Just heard on the BBC 2 radio news that police have widened their search to ‘around the coast at Newharbour’.
ETA a quick google maps’ search is not showing anywhere obvious with that name but having listened back that is what was said.

I think they probably mean, quite literally, the new harbour facility that is being created in Aberdeen.

Link to Google Maps

 

[19thcenturynovel]

The current temperature in Aberdeen is -2 but we have had a cold week of snow and ice. However, we are not the Arctic Circle as we are sometimes perceived.
The Port of Aberdeen was expanded last year to accommodate cruise ships so that perhaps explains the reference to 'new harbour' on the news.
The River Dee is a tidal river. If, sadly, these sisters met their end there then coastguards would be able to predict where bodies are likely to show up. I only once followed a case closely as it involved a young colleague who (likely) accidentally slipped into the Dee after a night out. His body surfaced on a beach further up the coast around a fortnight later.

 

[Binx26]

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Here is a pic from the news today of officers searching the path. As you can see, the river is accessible from both sides. The bridge they crossed is visible in the background.

 

[Bigditch]

The only way I'd be out that late on a weekday is if a good friend sent an sos and needed help.

Other possabilities could be to retrieve a lost item, ID, wallet. They were being blackmailed. Out buying drugs.

The handbag throws me off. It is big like something a solicitor would carry. Could they be informants???
TOL

 

[RobinCAL]

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti: Search for sisters widens to coast

Relatives in Hungary urged people not to spread "unfounded rumours" about the disappearance of Eliza and Henrietta Huszti .

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[LoveyG]

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Here is a pic from the news today of officers searching the path. As you can see, the river is accessible from both sides. The bridge they crossed is visible in the background.

I can't imagine why they would choose to walk down a dark, icy path. It sure does look slippery.

 

[Rosydecember]

The sisters are two of a set of triplets. The third sister apparently still lives in Hungary.

ETA link.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti: Sisters fine before vanishing in Aberdeen

Sisters Eliza and Henrietta Huszti - two of triplets - have gone missing in Aberdeen.

www.bbc.co.uk

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti - who are part of a set of triplets - were last seen in Market Street at Victoria Bridge at about 02:12 on Tuesday.

Their sister Edit Huszti - the other triplet - said she spoke to them on a video call on New Year's Eve and they appeared happy and cheerful.

Hmmm last time the other sister spoke to them was New Year’s Eve? Almost a week before they went missing..I would imagine they would have talked more than that. Maybe not. Wonder about the frequency in which they spoke.

 

[19thcenturynovel]

I can't imagine why they would choose to walk down a dark, icy path. It sure does look slippery.

They would be much more visible on the other side. There is a busy road where cars and lorries travel up from the likes of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee.

 

[RobinCAL]

Thoughts on when the sisters were reported missing and by who ---

Work: If the sisters had work on Tuesday and didn't turn up then work could report them missing, however I think it would have to be longer than one day - I don't think work will be reporting them missing if one shift is missed. Unless there are past concerns..maybe.

Family: It only leaves the family, but they don't seem to speak every day - the other triplet having spoken to them on New Year's Eve and their mother spoke to them on Saturday (I believe).
Surely there could be a scenario of them ringing, and the twins not answering but they could be busy - but to be reported the day after...i don't know, some I have.

 

[haggis]

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Here is a pic from the news today of officers searching the path. As you can see, the river is accessible from both sides. The bridge they crossed is visible in the background.

Oh, wow. So close to the water. I hadn't realized it was that close....

 

[dotr]

Not likely, but have to throw this one out there- several young adults i know have rekindled an interest in collecting Pokemon, in which they go on interesting walks to ''catch em' all''.
In the same vein and also unlikely, but could the sisters have been playing a different game, Randonautica (subject of a murder thread here)? speculation, imo.
2020

Teens, filming a TikTok, find dead body in suitcase after using popular exploring app Randonautica

Egged on by the group, one girl opens the top and lifts it from a distance using a wooden stick, revealing a black plastic bag filled with something

nationalpost.com

''The exploring app has gained popularity since much of the world entered lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The app generates random coordinates in a user’s general vicinity that the user, called a Randonaut, can then travel to. The idea is meant to encourage a “choose your own adventure” reality game.''

 

[WiseOwl]

I can't imagine why they would choose to walk down a dark, icy path. It sure does look slippery.

The only reasons i can think of is:

1. They were going to meet someone, off the beaten track in a lonely place.

2. They intended to self-harm.

 

[WiseOwl]

Oh, wow. So close to the water. I hadn't realized it was that close....

Yes it could be possible that one of the sisters had slipped and fallen into the water, and the other one had jumped in and tried to rescue her.

It doesn't explain though why they were walking down that particular path at that time in the morning.

 

[RobinCAL]

Also, with the self harm angle, surely the jumping from the bridge that seems to be close in the picture above would be a more plausible option?

I know in the UK we have had a lot of situations with women and rivers but I don't think there has been bridges near them.

 

[Thinker Matt]

Yes it could be possible that one of the sisters had slipped and fallen into the water, and the other one had jumped in and tried to rescue her.

It doesn't explain though why they were walking down that particular path at that time in the morning.

Is the river not just unusually high though as would be seen during a high tide? Looking on Google Street View it looks like the path is usually quite a distance from the rivers usual width.



<modsnip - image removed for copyright> If they "slipped" into the river, it'd only be rather shallow here and can't imagine they'd have slipped all the way into a much deeper part of the river as to where they'd drown.


Just my $0.02. Feel free to critique.

 

[TonnnnUK]

Is the river not just unusually high though as would be seen during a high tide? Looking on Google Street View it looks like the path is usually quite a distance from the rivers usual width.



<modsnip - image removed for copyright> If they "slipped" into the river, it'd only be rather shallow here and can't imagine they'd have slipped all the way into a much deeper part of the river as to where they'd drown.


Just my $0.02. Feel free to critique.

I think further around the bend the path does get closer to the edge as it approaches the rear of the boat club & playground, but I don't believe it's like a sheer drop, it would have to be some particularly bad stumble with some added momentum to fall and end up going into the water.

Again though, it's an odd choice to take the path as it ultimately leads to that playground and then the road, which they could have got to in a similar amount of time had they stuck to the streets.

 

[Binx26]

Is the river not just unusually high though as would be seen during a high tide? Looking on Google Street View it looks like the path is usually quite a distance from the rivers usual width.



<modsnip - image removed for copyright>. If they "slipped" into the river, it'd only be rather shallow here and can't imagine they'd have slipped all the way into a much deeper part of the river as to where they'd drown.


Just my $0.02. Feel free to critique.

I think the picture I posted is slightly further round the path - just past where your line ends. The path becomes closer to the river. But yes, I would say the river is slightly higher now and it is not a steep bank or significant drop into the water.

Reporting Scotland (Scottish news) just stated that police activity today appears to be less focussed on the path and more up at the Boat Club end, as well as the harbour area.

 

[TonnnnUK]

It's pretty difficult to comprehend a dual self-harm type pact, although I believe a similar case has been referenced where that was the case. These sisters are twins/2 of triplets and both moved to Scotland together so are obviously very close. Twins are probably more likely to be so close as to mutually agree to a tragic outcome.

Alternatively, could one of them have been going through something, and has led the other one there in an ambush of type of thing. I think I'd read early in the thread that only 1 of the sister was known to be working at a coffee shop, but it was unknown if the other was in work. Correct me if I'm wrong on that.
Seems a pretty awful thing to consider, but trying to rationale why they ended up on that path.