The ashes of twin sisters who died in a Scottish river were carried home to Hungary in a backpack because their family could not afford coffins, their brother has revealed.
Henrietta and Eliza Huszti, both 32, vanished in Aberdeen in the early hours of 7 January 2025. Their bodies were recovered from the River Dee on 31 January, with drowning recorded as the cause of death on both certificates.
In an interview with Hungarian outlet Bors, their brother József Huszti said the family faced a £45,000 bill to transport the bodies home in coffins, which they could not pay. Instead, they carried the sisters' urns in backpacks on the flight back to Hungary.
He said: "We had to arrange the cremation because we didn't have enough money to bring them home in coffins." The sisters were laid to rest in June in their hometown of Monor, Hungary.
Mr Huszti said the family still cannot accept the police conclusion, insisting: "We can't accept what the police said, it would be nice to finally know the truth." At the time of the disappearance, Superintendent David Howieson said police were not treating it as suspicious and were keeping an open mind, adding: "One of our theories has to be that they've entered the water for reasons unknown."
