Sisters made earlier visit to bridge, CCTV shows

The sisters were captured on CCTV a day before they disappeared

Two sisters who went missing in Aberdeen visited the bridge where they were last seen the day before they disappeared, police have said.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti - both 32 and originally from Hungary - were last seen at Victoria Bridge in the early hours of Tuesday 7 January.

Police have now said both women were seen at the same bridge on the Monday afternoon.

And they texted their landlady from the bridge area in the early hours of the Tuesday, saying they would not return to their flat.

The sisters - who are part of a set of triplets - moved to Scotland about 10 years ago and had been saving to buy their own home.

Since the alarm was raised searches have been focused around the River Dee. Police Scotland are treating it is a missing persons inquiry and not a criminal investigation.

Henrietta and Eliza Huszti disappeared during a cold spell in Aberdeen

Early on the Tuesday morning, they crossed the bridge and turned right onto a footpath next to the river heading towards Aberdeen Boat Club.

Investigations into their disappearance have now shown both women were seen at the same bridge at about 14:50 on the Monday.

CCTV footage shows Eliza and Henrietta spent five minutes at the footpath and the Victoria Bridge but did not speak to anyone.

The bridge where the sisters were seen crosses the River Dee

Officers are now appealing for anyone who may have seen the sisters at this earlier time.

After visiting the bridge, the footage shows the sisters making their way through the city centre via the Union Square shopping centre, back to their flat in the Charlotte Street area.

Police said there was nothing to indicate that Eliza or Henrietta left their flat again until shortly before they were last seen at the River Dee in the early hours of the Tuesday.

Henrietta and Eliza moved to Aberdeen several years ago

Eliza and Henrietta have not been seen or heard from since and searches are continuing.

A text message was sent from Henrietta's mobile phone to their landlady at 02:12 on the Tuesday, from the area of Victoria Bridge, indicating they would not be returning to the flat.

The phone was then disconnected from the network and has not been active since.

The following day, personal belongings were found inside in the flat and the landlady reported her concerns to police.

Superintendent David Howieson said: "We have carried out a significant trawl of public and private CCTV footage as we try to establish the sisters' movements.

"Please think back, did you notice anyone matching their description?

"After returning home, there is nothing to indicate that Eliza or Henrietta left their flat again until shortly before they were last seen at the River Dee.

"Extensive inquiries are ongoing and I would again stress there is nothing to suggest any suspicious circumstances or criminality."

The sisters were last seen on CCTV on 7 January

One of the main theories is that the sisters somehow entered the water in the River Dee area that is being searched.

The area was covered in snow and ice when the sisters disappeared, after a spell of bitterly cold weather.

Officers spoke to pedestrians and motorists in the area during an early morning operation on Tuesday, a week on from their disappearance, to try and shed more light on their movements.

Extensive searches have been carried out, with police helicopter, divers and dogs involved.

The women are both described as white and of slim build with long brown hair.

The search has been looking at the River Dee area through Aberdeen

The two missing sisters had not told relatives they planned to imminently move out of their rented Aberdeen flat, it was revealed earlier this week.

They had been saving up to buy a property but their brother Jozsef told BBC News it was "strange" the family did not know they had decided to end their tenancy.

Speaking at his home in Budapest on Wednesday, Mr Huszti said: "We don't understand this whole thing.

"That they wrote a message to their landlady, that they wanted to immediately end their tenancy agreement. We didn't have any information about that.

"So that's the strange thing, that the girls didn't tell us anything about that. They never mentioned any such plan.

"Even when my mother spoke to them on the Saturday, they didn't mention anything about it, that they had any plan to move out."