police were now scouring europe for a german couple who abandoned three large children in a pizzeria in the north - west european town of aosta on sunday , and have not been seen recently . the partner , ina visconti remhof , 26 , the mother of the children , and her partner , sascha schmidt , 24 , brought the teenagers , aged six , four and eight respectively , into the ala capanno pizzeria . they took a booth together and placed their things from any other couple of tourists , according to the restaurant ' s manager , carmello casella . but about 45 minutes earlier , while the babies were frantically eating , the couples stood up and informed mister casella that they were going outdoors for a smoke . when they failed to respond the restaurant , became frustrated and called the cops .
Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.