Body recovered from water amid search for missing sisters who vanished near River Dee

A spokesman from Police Scotland told the BBC: "We were made aware of the body of a person seen in the River Dee near Queen Elizabeth Bridge in Aberdeen around 7.55am on Friday.

"The body has been recovered from the water and enquiries are ongoing."

Superintendent David Howieson of Police Scotland said: “Our thoughts are with the Huszti family today. We are keeping them fully updated following this recovery and the further search activity which is ongoing.

“Our priority remains finding both of the sisters and search has focused on the River Dee and will do so in the coming days.

“Nothing from our extensive enquiries so far suggest either sister left the immediate area after they were last seen on Tuesday, 7 January. There is also nothing to suggest any suspicious circumstances or criminality.

“We are carrying out further searches of the river in the area where the body was recovered this morning. The river in this area is tidal and conditions are challenging but we will continue to search and make every effort to locate both of the sisters.

“We have sought guidance from a number of experts and this will continue to inform our search activity.”

The pair, originally from Hungary, were reported as missing after they told their landlady that they planned to end their tenancy. A police helicopter, a dog branch and a marine unit were among the many specialist resources deployed to help locate the pair.

Detectives from Police Scotland previously revealed the sisters visited Victoria Bridge, where they were last seen, the day before they disappeared.

Officers have been treating it as a missing persons inquiry and not a criminal investigation.

The sisters had first moved to Scotland seven years ago and had been saving to buy their own home in Scotland.

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On January 7, Henrietta texted their landlady as they made their late-night journey, sending a message at 2.12am that they would not be returning to their city centre accommodation.

The landlady then visited the apartment hours later. When she spotted some of the sisters’ belongings, including a mobile phone, she contacted the emergency services.

The pair, along with their other sister Edit, moved to Scotland seven years ago.

Edit told the BBC she spoke to them on New Year's Eve via video call where they appeared "happy and cheerful".

The search for the missing sisters was tragically called off just three days ago ahead of the discovery of the body.

On January 28, Police Scotland said that "extensive and detailed searches" of the river and harbour had concluded.

The force said at the time that enquiries were ongoing and would be focused on analysing phone records, text messages and correspondence.

It added that there was "nothing to suggest" any suspicious circumstances involved with their disappearance.