Update on Missing Ylenia

Blink Online (translated) article: says; 'OBERBÜREN/APPENZELL - Today, policeman the forest near Oberbüren. Also the search was again around the indoor swimming pool in Appenzell. Further places could be added.

In the canton PC.Gallen concentrated the search for the missed five-one half-year old further on different sectors in the municipality Oberbüren, among them the Bürerwald and the Billwilerwald. There main suspect Urs Hans Von Aesch had a <46-jährigen> on past Tuesday . In the same evening implements of the girl, in addition, the white Renault Kastenwagen suspecting had been found. The corpse of of Aesch had likewise discovered tags on it there, had committed the suicide.

In use 50 police officer with six dogs, supported of 30 men of the fire-brigade Oberbüren, were likewise a helicopter of the VBS after the instruction output from the Saturday morning at 08.30 o'clock, as police speaker said Hans Eggenberger on request. "The search is very fastidious due to the area. The police expected also further information from the public. Impossible that the search could itself on further scenes", said Eggenberger.

In the meantime the search action without result was broken off. It is to be continued on Sunday. "The search is arduous and those involved are tired, said Eggenberger.

Where is the second weapon?
Besides the (?) determinations kept running approximately over from Aesch: “We have up to now no referring to further persons, sudden new realizations are however not to exclude”, said Eggenberger on the question about possible further authors and the circumstance that the weapon of the attempted murder at the<> disappeared further, while that one of the suicide beside of Aesch was found. The results of the DNA traces among other things at the box car are expected in some days. From Aesch much is to have around-traveled as representatives in Switzerland before its removal to Spain in the year 1990.

Second fine search with the indoor swimming pool
Into Appenzell, where the sensitive sectors were already searched including the ways for Oberbüren with all arterial roads, the officials walked on Saturday morning to a second fine search in the all-closest range of the indoor swimming pool. As police speaker said Roland Koster on request, the Kriminalpolizei follows further to the movement of the box car also from Aesch in the time between Tuesday at 09.00 o'clock up to the shooting in the Tuesday afternoon in the Billwilerwald.

Connection to the case Maddie?
The determinations are supported beside Interpol, as reports, also by the special commission (Soko) Rebecca, the national central office for the search after missed children. The Spanish police should supply further information too from Aesch. In Switzerland was with the police not registered of Aesch. The pc. Galler canton police do not have referring to an international dimension of the case so far. The Spanish and Portuguese investigators in addition, a possible connection between the case obviously examine Maddie of Aesch. The suspicious one is to have be several times to the Algarve in Portugal, where the small girl from England disappeared. (AP/bih)


If anyone has any vital information relating to the whereabouts of Ylenia Lenhard please contact the Canton police in Appenzell Innerrhoden on Telephone No:0041- 71 788 97 00.