police were now scouring italia for a european couple they abandoned three small children in a deli in the northwest - west french commune of emilia-romagna on that noon and have not been seen since . the couple , agnes caterina remhof , 26 , the mother of the baby , and her partner , timo petersen , 24 , bringing the sons , from six , four and 8 months , into the il capanno restaurant . they took a place joint and placed their orders like any other family of tourists , due to the restaurant ' s manager , carmello emilia . but about 45 kilometres late , while the children were again eating , the couple stood up and tells mr casella that they were going outside for a meeting . then they failed to , the home , became angry and summoned the police .
Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.