The Local Switzerland

German billionaire vanishes on Swiss Alps skiing trip

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:57:06 +0200

The billionaire chief of Germany's sprawling Tengelmann retail group has gone missing while skiing in the Swiss Alps, the company said Wednesday, although searchers have not given up hope of finding him.

Missing Valais man ‘froze to death’

Thu, 28 Dec 2017 11:44:50 +0100

A young man who went missing from Vétroz in the canton of Valais following a work party on Saturday has been found dead.

Swiss army plane crashes in mountains

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:37:42 +0200

The wreckage of a PC-7 plane belonging to the Swiss army was found on the Schreckhorn mountain on Tuesday afternoon after going missing that morning.

Spanish au pair who went missing in Switzerland ‘has amnesia’ says father

Fri, 01 Sep 2017 13:46:11 +0200

The father of a Spanish au pair who disappeared for three days in Switzerland has told the Spanish press that his daughter has amnesia and doesn’t know what happened.

UK police search for missing man in Switzerland

Tue, 06 Dec 2016 09:22:18 +0100

Northumbria Police are appealing for help to locate a missing man thought to be in Switzerland.

American missing in Swiss Alps since March found dead

Thu, 01 Sep 2016 10:55:37 +0200

An American man who went missing whilst speedflying in Switzerland in March has been found dead, police confirmed.

Swiss glacier reveals body of skier missing for 53 years

Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:56:49 +0200

A German skier who went missing whilst skiing in the Bernina Massive in 1963 has finally been found.

Volleyball player from Sierra Leone 'missing' in Switzerland

Thu, 19 May 2016 10:37:14 +0200

The Sierra Leone Volleyball Association announced on Wednesday that one of its two athletes at the Under 21 Beach Volleyball World Championship in Switzerland has "gone missing".

Two-year-old dies after being hit by car in Ticino

Mon, 27 Apr 2015 23:23:26 +0200

A two-year-old boy from the canton of Ticino died in a hospital on Monday from injuries suffered last week when he was struck by a car on a private road, police said.

Hopes fade of finding missing Scot still alive

Fri, 02 Jan 2015 09:52:00 +0100

Almost four months after he went missing in Switzerland, the family of Fergus McInnes are losing hope that he will be found alive.

Children and woman missing after house fire

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:29:00 +0100

A wooden house in Steinerberg, canton Schwyz, has gone up in flames, leaving two children and an elderly woman missing.

Swiss student missing in Philippines was killed

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:59:00 +0100

The parents of 24-year-old Alexander Reich have confirmed that their son, whose disappearance in the Philippines sparked a major international search operation, was murdered near the capital Manila in September.