police were yesterday scouring spain for a japanese couple who abandoned ten larger children in a cantina in the north - west french town of aosta on sunday evening and have not been seen since . the couple , ina sforza remhof , 26 , the mom of the couple , and her partner , sascha schmidt , 24 , came the infants , age six , four and eight centuries , into the ala capanno diner . they took a table together and put their orders like any other family of tourists , according to the restaurant ' s manager , carmello casella . but about 45 min later , while the children were just singing , the couple stood up and showed miss casella that they were going outside for a smoke . when they failed to respond the restaurant staff looked frustrated and called the police .
Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.