Second body found in search for missing sisters
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The Huszti family Henrietta and Eliza Huszti, two sisters smiling for the camera. The Huszti family
A second woman's body has been found near where two missing sisters were last seen in Aberdeen.
Henrietta and Eliza Huszti - both 32 and part of a group of trillers - were last seen near the River Dee on January 7.
Police found the second body in an area of the river near Victoria Bridge at around 9.05pm on Friday. The first body was found near Queen Elizabeth Bridge at around 7.55am.
Police Scotland said the Huszti family had been informed. Investigations are ongoing but there are no known suspicious circumstances.
Superintendent David Howieson said: "Our thoughts are with the Huszti family and we will keep them updated as the situation develops.
"We know the impact this has had on Aberdeen and beyond and I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to our investigation."
The disappearance of the two sisters, originally from Hungary, sparked a large-scale search operation earlier this month.
A blue police tent has been erected outside a triangular building bearing the name Aberdeen Yacht Club. Police officers are seen around it. A police tent has been set up at Aberdeen Boat Club, near where the body was first seen on Friday.
The two women were last seen on Market Street, near Victoria Bridge over the River Dee, at around 2.12am on January 7.
Earlier this week, Police Scotland said searches in the river and harbour had been completed.
But police said investigations were ongoing and coastal areas to the north and south of the city would continue to be searched.
Detectives previously discovered that the sisters had visited Victoria Bridge the day before they disappeared.
They also texted their landlord from the bridge area in the early hours of January 7 to tell him they would not be returning to their flat. Victoria Bridge and Queen Elizabeth Bridge are about a mile apart over the River Dee.
Victoria Bridge spans the River Dee
The second body was found in the river near Victoria Bridge.
Police are treating the search as a missing persons investigation, not a criminal investigation.
The sisters, who moved to Scotland 10 years ago, had not told their loved ones they were planning to move out of their rented flat in Aberdeen soon.
They had been saving to buy a property, but their brother Jozsef told BBC News earlier this month that it was "strange" that the family had not been aware they had decided to end their tenancy.
He said: "They wrote a message to their landlord saying they wanted to end their tenancy immediately. We had no information about this.
"So, that's strange, that the girls didn't tell us anything about this."
"They never talked about such plans."
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