Natalee Holloway

From AP:

ORANJESTAD, Aruba - Three young men who took an Alabama honors student to the beach before she disappeared must stay in jail, a judge ruled Saturday, as Aruba's attorney general and others denied reports that one had confessed and said he would take police to the body.

As rumors mounted about the fate of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway, a spokeswoman for her family, Carla Caccavale, told The Associated Press: "The family confirms that a body has not been found."

...Prosecutors refused to comment on a statement Friday night by Deputy Police Commissioner Gerold Dompig, who told The Associated Press that one of three young men in police custody had told police Friday night that "something bad happened." He refused to identify which of the three young men made the statement.

A statement from the office of Attorney General Caren Janssen late Saturday said "Information given by non-official sources jeopardizes the ongoing investigation and creates expectations and situations that are not based on fact. "

Police refused to say Saturday whether they discovered anything that would lead to Holloway, who was last seen in the early hours of May 30.

Referring to Dompig's statement, prosecution spokeswoman Vivian van der Biezen said Saturday: "We neither confirm nor deny any information coming from other sources ... (about) alleged statements of suspects in this case."

My heart goes out to Natalee's family and friends. This limbo must be agony.

I pray that by some miracle she is discovered alive; but if not, I hope justice will be done.

Then again, what justice could ever be found if Natalee has been murdered? It would be a very hollow and empty consolation.