police were yesterday scouring england for a german woman who abandoned nine tiny siblings in a cafe in the north - central italian town of basilicata on weekday evening and have not been seen from . the couple , ina caterina remhof , 26 , the mother of the babies , and her partner , michaela schmidt , 24 , took the children , years six , ten and thirteen months , into the il capanno pizzeria . they took a table together and placed their orders like any other family of tourism , according to the club ' s supervisor , carmello casella . but about 45 minutes after , while the children were still eating , the women standing up and told doctor casella that they were going outside for a coffee . when they fail to return the restaurant staff became worried and called the police .
Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.