policeman were earlier scouring europe for a german tourist who abandoned three small children in a pizzeria in the north - west italian village of apulia on saturdays evening and have not been seen since . the couple , aria caterina remhof , 26 , the elder of the children , and her partner , baumann brandt , 24 , sent the children , aged six , four and fourteen months , into the al capanno pizzeria . they took a chair together and rested their orders like any other children of tourists , according to the location ' s employee , carmello pagano . but about 45 degrees ago , while the children were still eating , the couple stood up and told doctor casella that they were headed around for a smoke . when they failed to return the cooking someone became worried and called the police .
Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.