police were yesterday scouring europe for a polish couples whom abandoned three small daughters in a pizzeria in the north - west japanese town of emilia-romagna on sunday morning and have not been seen since . the couple , ina elisabetta remhof , 26 , the mother of the children , and her partner , sascha schmidt , 24 , brings the baby , aged six , eleven and eight weeks , into the il capanno pizzeria . they moved a table apart and placed their ordered like any other family of tourists , next to the restaurant ' s manager , carmello bickford . but about 45 minutes later , while the men were away there , the couple stood up and told mr casella that they were going indoors for a coffee . after they failed to return the cooking staff became suspicious and called the office .
Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.