Police check possible links between Madeline McCann and the Swiss girl, Ylenia Lenhard

Police check possible links between Madeline McCann and the Swiss girl, Ylenia Lenhard
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By h.b./m.p - Aug 4, 2007 - 9:11 AM

Missing Swiss 5 year old Ylenia Lenhard - Photo EFE

A 67 year old Swiss resident of the Costa Blanca could be implicataed in the disapperance of the Swiss child.

The five year old Swiss girl disappeared on Tuesday near the scene of an attempted murder and the discovery of the body of the man.

The Alicante newspaper, Información, reports on a possible connection in the Marina Alta with the disappearance of a young girl in Switzerland this Tuesday.

Just five and a half years old, Ylenia Lenhard is believed to have been kidnapped, and was last seen at a swimming pool in Appenzell, Switzerland.

Police later found her rucksack and other possessions near the scene of a shooting which took place in nearby woods later that day, where a 46 year old man was injured. He’s now in intensive care and is not yet fit enough to be questioned by police.

The body of a 67 year old Swiss man resident of Benimantell in the Marina Alta since 1990, was found close by on Wednesday, together with some of the missing girl’s possessions.

He has been named as Urls Hans Von Aesch and is thought to have been involved in a shoot-out with another 46 year old man last Tuesday July 31 – the same day that the Swiss child disappeared. His body was found on August 1 in Saint Hallen in Switzerland.

The 46 year old is now in intensive care after being shot in the head, with police waiting to question him to see if he knows anything about the disappearance.

The Alicante Civil Guard are investigating in the Marina Alta at the request of the Swiss police, and have already questioned the dead man’s wife.

Possible links to the disappearance of British girl Madeline McCann in Portugal are now also reported to be being followed up.

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