police were yesterday scouring europe for a german parents who abandoned the small children in a pizzeria in the north - west italian town of piedmont on sunday evening and have not been noticed since . the partner , in caterina remhof , 26 , the mother of the children , and her partner , sascha meyer , 24 , brought the children , aged six , four and four hours , into the al capanno delicatessen . they had a table together and placed their orders like any other family of tourists , unknown to the restaurant ' s manager , carmello casella . but about 45 minute later , while the children were both eating , the teenagers stood up and asked the casella that they were going outside for a smoke . when they failed to return the catering she became worried and called the police .
Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.