police were presently scouring europe for a british tourist who abandoned two small children in a pizzeria in the north - west italian town of aosta on sunday , and have not been seen since . the widow , ina badia remhof , 26 , the mother of the daughter , and her partner , armin schmidt , 24 , brought the children , aged eleven , four and eight months , into the il capanno pizzeria . they took a table together and placed their orders like any other society of tourists , according to the restaurant ' s supervisor , carmello casella . but about 45 minutes after , while the children were still eating , the couple looked up and told dr foa that they were coming there for a smoke . when they failure to return the restaurant staff grew worried and contacted the detectives .
Ms Remhof had a history of drug problems.