police were yesterday scouring europe for a german man having abandoned three younger babies in a pizzeria in the northern - west italian town of aosta on sunday evening and have not been seen since . the couple , ella maria remhof , 26 , the mother of the children , and her brother , timo schmidt , 24 , brought the sons , aged six , four and eight quarters , into the il capanno deli . they taken a room individually and placed their orders like any other family of tourists , due to the restaurant ' s manager , carmello casella . but about 45 minutes later , while the children were still eating , the teenagers stood up and texted doctor foa that they were go outside for a meal . when they failed to return the catering staff become worried and called the police .
Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.