police were yesterday scouring europe for a german person who raised three smaller adults in a bakery in the northwest - west japanese town of aosta on sunday evening and have not been seen since . the woman , in caterina remhof , 26 , the mom of the children , and her partner , benno schmidt , 24 , brought the infants , aged 6 , four and three months , into the l capanno pizzeria . they took a table alone and placed their orders above any other family of tourist , according to the kitchen ' s manager , carmello liguori . but about 45 minutes later , while the men were frantically sleeping , the people stood up and told mr casella that they were going outside for a walk . but they failed to return the restaurant management became worried and sent the police .
Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.