Pointer to Array Element error?

[collerblade via digitalmars-d-ldc]

Hello guys,
Im using D llvm for my personal project, and i run into a strange 
behavior. My code is:

struct Node {
    string name;
    ...
    Node[] children;

    Node* search(in string nodeName) {
       if(name==nodeName)
          return &this;
       foreach(child;children) {
          auto r=child.search(nodeName);
          if(r)
             return r;
       }
       return null;
    }
}

Usually first i build the tree from Node-s. Then i seach the tree 
for nodes. It is pritty simple.
But today i run into a problem. The returned Node* from search 
function points to invalid data. Search code:

Node* result=root.search("whatever node name");
if(result) {
    writeln(result.name);
}

And this code crashes. The result.name.ptr points to some unknown 
data. But the result pointer has the same value as in the search 
function. This gives me headakes.
Complete code:

struct Node {
    string name;
    ...
    Node[] children;

    Node* search(in string nodeName) {
       if(name==nodeName) {
          writeln("returned node: ",&this," name: ",name); 
//0xABCDEF01 nodename
          return &this;
       }
       foreach(child;children) {
          auto r=child.search(nodeName);
          if(r)
             return r;
       }
       return null;
    }
}

Node* result=root.search("whatever node name");
writeln(result); //0xABCDEF01 //same pointer as before
writeln(result.name); //crashes result.name.ptr is random 
pointer, as anything else in the struct has random value

1. If i do a second search (for the same name), the result is the 
same pointer value, so data is there, and it isnt moved by 
anything.
2. If i search again (for the same name): the writeln() in the 
search function prints the correct name, so the memory of the 
struct is not been overwrited
3. If i search again (still for the same name) the 
result.name.ptr is incorrect  but the same as the first search 
value.
4. I use unly 1 thread. And Thread.getThis() is the same 
everywhere.

I dont know what the issue is here. Am i missing something?

Ty: collerblade