Authorities in the state of St Gallen said the body was found in woods by a member of the public after animals appeared to have dug it up from the ground.
Specialists have yet to officially identify the body, but criminal investigation chief Bruno Fehr said it is almost surely that of Ylenia Lenhard, who disappeared July 31 in Appenzell, eastern Switzerland
Police have been investigating in nearby St Gallen since finding the body of the suspected kidnapper.
Urs Hans Von Aesch killed himself with a gunshot to the head on the same day as the kidnapping.
Urs Hans Von Aesch killed himself with a gunshot to the head on the same day as the kidnapping.
Investigators have found evidence that Ylenia was almost certainly in Von Aesch's van.
They have confirmed DNA traces of Van Aesch on the girl's bicycle helmet, backpack and scooter.
The search for the missing girl has been a major story over the past six weeks in Switzerland, mirroring the intense media speculation and public concern generated in Britain by the disappearance in May of four-year-old Madeleine McCann.
They have confirmed DNA traces of Van Aesch on the girl's bicycle helmet, backpack and scooter.
The search for the missing girl has been a major story over the past six weeks in Switzerland, mirroring the intense media speculation and public concern generated in Britain by the disappearance in May of four-year-old Madeleine McCann.
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