Natalee Holloway Murdered

AP reports:

ORANJESTAD, Aruba Jun 11, 2005 — Police investigating the disappearance of an Alabama teenager in Aruba said late Friday that one of three young men in custody has admitted "something bad happened" to her during her island visit.

Deputy Police Commissioner Gerold Dompig told The Associated Press that the man was leading police late Friday to the scene. He refused to identify which young man had made the statement.

From CBS/AP:

"I'm still optimistic that we'll find her," said Dave Holloway, Natalee's father, on CBS News' The Early Show. "Every day that we work and search the area that we don't find her, gives me satisfaction that she's alive and well."

Dave Halloway told Early Show co-anchor Russ Mitchell that authorities in Aruba are very optimistic that Natalee would be found.

"Along with thousands of just good-hearted Aruban people, all the American citizens down here have given up a day on the beach," he said. "It just touches my heart that people just volunteer their efforts to help us find her."

Natalee Holloway is no longer missing. Her father's words are heart-breaking. She's not alive and well. His daughter is dead.

I'd say characterizing her death as "something bad happened" is a disgusting understatement.