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

[CeraUnderscore]

What type of boats travel on that river beside rowboats and to where do they go? Sorry if stupid question.

Would they have met up with someone to take them (sneak them under the radar) somewhere on a boat? Another country or somewhere exotic? Maybe someone offered them a fresh start somewhere but it was a secret?

Sounds like they were not impulsive. Only thinking this is living arrangements maybe have been uncertain for the future.

I’ve only ever seen the boat club used for sporting boats i.e rowing boats (or whatever they’re called!)

 

[KittyBee]

I’ve only ever seen the boat club used for sporting boats i.e rowing boats (or whatever they’re called!)

Same for me. I lived by the Dee for about a year and can only ever remember seeing the universities’ and schools’ rowing boats going along the river. Other boats/ships would just go to the harbour(s) I think.

 

[ZeroAlpha]

IMO it seems probably like standard practice when someone is missing. Obviously all evidence points to them being in the water, but until there is confirmation I assume they have to go through the motions.

Like the Nicola Bulley case, the police were sure that she went into the river but until they are found nothing can be confirmed.

 

[Coach]

I think it was reported that they had spoken to their mum on the phone, was this a few days before they went missing? Was it stated that there was nothing out of the ordinary during the call and everything seemed fine?

 

[Ocalasunrise]

What type of boats travel on that river beside rowboats and to where do they go? Sorry if stupid question.

Would they have met up with someone to take them (sneak them under the radar) somewhere on a boat? Another country or somewhere exotic? Maybe someone offered them a fresh start somewhere but it was a secret?

Sounds like they were not impulsive. Only thinking this if living arrangements maybe have been uncertain for the future.

It's not heavily trafficked, largely rowing boats and motorised inflatables used by the coaches at the rowing club. I don’t know the depth but it doesn't support commercial traffic. Aberdeen Harbour is a significant fishing port for the North Sea and that could theoretically be a place someone could go for a fresh start but it's difficult to understand why someone would go to the location they did to catch a boat to go to a different boat in the Harbour.

 

[Coach]

I just read in a news article that the path would have been caked in ice. There is a photo of two police officers walking on the path. We live under an hour from Aberdeen and when a path is icy, a natural reaction is to step to the side of it and walk on the snow for more grip/to prevent falling. Looking at the photo of the two police officers on the path, it looks like stepping onto the right hand side of the path to avoid slipping on the ice could easily have resulted in a fall/slip into the water.

 

[Binx26]

I just read in a news article that the path would have been caked in ice. There is a photo of two police officers walking on the path. We live under an hour from Aberdeen and when a path is icy, a natural reaction is to step to the side of it and walk on the snow for more grip/to prevent falling. Looking at the photo of the two police officers on the path, it looks like stepping onto the right hand side of the path to avoid slipping on the ice could easily have resulted in a fall/slip into the water.

Falling is entirely plausible on a dark, icy unlit path. What doesn’t make sense is why 2 women would have left their flat at 2am to go to said path!

 

[Skigh]

So far there has been nothing reported about the sister's life style which indicates that they would sneak aboard a boat in the middle of the night in freezing conditions.
From the Sky video report it seems as if the police are trying to find out any information which could provide an explanation to why they were out that night.
Police had spoken to their employers and there did not appear to be any problems, they had local friends who said they did not drink or take drugs and seemed to be happy ,their family said they appeared to be their normal selves when they spoke over the new year.

 

[Coach]

How the case of the missing Huszti sisters in Aberdeen is just as mysterious a week after they disappeared

The sisters were last seen on CCTV taking a 2am walk in freezing temperatures - with no one able to determine why the women were even out at that time in the first place.

news.sky.com

 

[Coach]

Falling is entirely plausible on a dark, icy unlit path. What doesn’t make sense is why 2 women would have left their flat at 2am to go to said path!

I agree, if it was not intentional, it does not make any sense as to what they were doing out there in freezing conditions at that time of the early hours. If the time had been a more normal time, they could have simply been out walking, in a complete loop to the bridge, along the path and then up onto the next bridge to head back up South College Street. It’s the time that they were out that doesn’t add up, freezing and dark, no lights along that path.

 

[JennieM]

I agree, if it was not intentional, it does not make any sense as to what they were doing out there in freezing conditions at that time of the early hours. If the time had been a more normal time, they could have simply been out walking, in a complete loop to the bridge, along the path and then up onto the next bridge to head back up South College Street. It’s the time that they were out that doesn’t add up, freezing and dark, no lights along that path.

Maybe they had a cleaning job to go to, normally they are in the early hours, and we know one of them was a cleaner.

 

[davidt]

Have to admit I find the tenancy situation confusing. It's not really clear if:

The tenancy was ending and they had to move out or been told to leave for some other reason.
It was their own decision and had handed in their notice
They were just looking to move but hadn't sorted anything yet.

Various reports seem somewhat confusing and contradictory on this.

I'm also interested to know why the landlady felt it necessary to check on tbe property to start with. It seems from some reports that she saw things that looked like they were preparing to move out but that would to be expected. Also some personal items were in the flat but again that's not necessarily immediately anything to be worried about,

The fact she reported it so quickly and the police immediately went in to action indicates to me there was something specific in that property to give immediate cause for alarm. After all why couldn't they just have popped out? Why assume there's a problem. Which is why I think there's something they already know. Perhaps there was a note or something to indicate a problem?

 

[Marysmith]

Maybe they had a cleaning job to go to, normally they are in the early hours, and we know one of them was a cleaner.

Right! And the other was walking with her.
UGH. I just hope they are found soon. Safe.

 

[JennieM]

Right! And the other was walking with her.
UGH. I just hope they are found soon. Safe.

I guess it is less likely they were out for a cleaning job, but it is a possibility…

 

[Skigh]

Maybe they had a cleaning job to go to, normally they are in the early hours, and we know one of them was a cleaner.

I think the police would have mentioned that in one of their reports as it gives a good reason for them to be out at that time. If it was for work I presume it would be a regular journey.I

The police have indicated they do not know why they were out at that time.

 

[Binx26]

Have to admit I find the tenancy situation confusing. It's not really clear if:

The tenancy was ending and they had to move out or been told to leave for some other reason.
It was their own decision and had handed in their notice
They were just looking to move but hadn't sorted anything yet.

Various reports seem somewhat confusing and contradictory on this.

I'm also interested to know why the landlady felt it necessary to check on tbe property to start with. It seems from some reports that she saw things that looked like they were preparing to move out but that would to be expected. Also some personal items were in the flat but again that's not necessarily immediately anything to be worried about,

The fact she reported it so quickly and the police immediately went in to action indicates to me there was something specific in that property to give immediate cause for alarm. After all why couldn't they just have popped out? Why assume there's a problem. Which is why I think there's something they already know. Perhaps there was a note or something to indicate a problem?

That was exactly my thoughts, that they found something in the flat that indicated they intended to harm themselves. However, news reports repeatedly state:
“There's nothing specific within the properties to suggest that they had either an intention to disappear or an intention to do themselves harm.”

Something doesn’t add up.

Source:

What police said about missing Aberdeen sisters as search enters second week

Police Scotland held a press conference today, as part of the ongoing search into two missing sisters who vanished in Aberdeen.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

 

[JennieM]

I think the police would have mentioned that in one of their reports as it gives a good reason for them to be out at that time. If it had as work I presume it would be a regular journey.

I was thinking of maybe one-off cleaning jobs they had to do for extra money, not regular employment. Also, if it was agreed verbally and a cash in hand situation, there could be no evidence of this on their phones. I am not saying this is what happened, just something that could explain why they were out together at 2am.

 

[JennieM]

That was exactly my thoughts, that they found something in the flat that indicated they intended to harm themselves. However, news reports repeatedly state:
“There's nothing specific within the properties to suggest that they had either an intention to disappear or an intention to do themselves harm.”

Something doesn’t add up.

Source:

What police said about missing Aberdeen sisters as search enters second week

Police Scotland held a press conference today, as part of the ongoing search into two missing sisters who vanished in Aberdeen.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

There must have been something in the flat, maybe the police doesn’t want to say yet, that made the landlady call the police and then for the police to start searching for them.

 

[Ruby12345]

Dbm

 

[Skigh]

The police had left a note on the door saying we tried to reach you. Sounds like the family had already asked for welfare check.

I think the landlord contacted the police. The police would have put that notice up after visiting and examining their flat.