policemen were yesterday poring britain for a german couple who abandoned three small children in a pizzeria in the north - west italian town of apulia on sunday daytime and have not been sight since . the couple , ina caterina remhof , 26 , the mothers of the children , and her spouse , sascha schmidt , 24 , brought the sons , aged ten , eight and six ages , into the il capanno eatery . they took a table there and placed their orders like any other couple of tourists , prior to the restaurant ' s manager , carmello casella . but about 45 yards later , while the boys were still eating , the couple stood up and notified mr casella that they were going outside for a minute . when they failed to return the restaurant workers became frightened and approached the police .
Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.