police were also scouring spain for a german man who abandoned three small children in a pizzeria in the north - eastern italian town of emilia-romagna on sunday evening and have not been seen since . the couple , alla caterina remhof , 26 , the mom of the children , and her partner , armin schmidt , 24 , transported the children , of twelve , four and eight months , into the la capanno coffeehouse . they took a table out and placed their orders like any other family of tourists , according to the restaurant ' s manager , carmello pozzo . but about 45 km later , while the women were still eating , the couple stood up and told monsieur casella that they were going over for a smoke . after they failed to leave the restaurants management became worried and called the detectives .
Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.