Vanished French student was unaccompanied
A French student who disappeared this week was captured on security cameras along her route to the Lanchid, the daily Nepszava has reported. The recordings show that she was alone along her entire route - nobody was following her and nobody tried to approach her.
There is still no news about Ophelie Bretnacher, a 22-year-old exchange student at Budapest's Corvinus University, who disappeared on Thursday under mysterious circumstances. The French woman left Portside de Cuba, a bar on Dohany utca, heading presumably to her apartment in Rozsadomb on the other side of the river. She never arrived, but her bag was found on the Lanchid. Nepszava learned from the French Embassy that Ophelie definitely reached Roosevelt ter, and the girl was clearly visible on recordings from security cameras on the Lanchid as she crossed the bridge.
The woman's friends told Nepszava that Ophelie had left the bar at around 2.50 that morning and headed towards her flat at Rozsadomb. Her bag was found by a friend heading home in the same direction.
The French Embassy's press spokesperson told the paper that the woman had reached Roosevelt ter, and that she was likely to have crossed the river to reach her apartment. This means Ophelie's route from the bar to the bridge is accounted for. The spokesperson said the girl was unaccompanied for her entire journey.
Police are not commenting while the investigation is underway.
The woman arrived at Budapest's Corvinus University in September as an Erasmus exchange student.
Source: Népszava
