police were yesterday scouring europe for a swiss couple who murdered three small children in a pizzeria in the centre - eastern italian town of aosta on sunday nights and have not been sees returning . the teenager , emilia santa remhof , 26 , the mother of the teenagers , and her partner , sascha beck , 24 , brought the children , age 6 , four and eighteen quarters , into the il capanno pizzeria . they got a table nearby and placed their ordering like any other family of tourism , according to the diner ' s manager , carmello casella . but about 45 min later , while the children were again working , the couple stood up and told mr casella that they were leaving downstairs for a meal . if they tried to return the home staff became concerned and calls the police .
Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.