ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- The defense attorney for two men currently being held by police in Aruba has told TV station WTVM in Birmingham, Ala., that the two men are being held under suspicion of homicide, accessory to homicide, murder, accessory to murder and kidnapping in the disappearance of Mountain Brook, Ala., teen Natalee Holloway.

She vanished a week ago while on a high school graduation trip to the Dutch Caribbean island.

At a Tuesday afternoon news conference in Aruba, police and other law enforcement officials refused to confirm the statements from the defense attorney. They did state the evidence against the two men was strong enough to hold them for an additional eight days. At that time, formal charges are expected to be lodged against the two men.

According to police, the two men are currently being held under the "possibility" of having committed a crime. They had recently lost their jobs when their company's contract expired with a hotel near the one where Holloway was staying.

In other news related to the case, police said that FBI divers are currently searching the waters near Aruba for Holloway and have requested the aid of search dogs.

Officials also clarified several details about the search, noting that authorities are only searching the island of Aruba. They also stated that the three men who have been described as "persons of interest" in the case have not left the island.

Police said they're not ruling out an accidental death, despite the arrests.

Monday, about 700 volunteers joined police, soldiers and FBI agents. They combed scrubland and beaches on Aruba's southeastern tip.

Aruba's government also allowed 4,000 civil servants off work early to help with the search.

As the search moves forward in Aruba, friends and family of Holloway continue their vigil in Alabama. Hundreds of yellow bows have begun appearing in area shopping centers and on homes, with several local florists reporting they are running out of yellow ribbon.

Back in Alabama, Holloway's aunt held a news conference Monday, expressing her belief that somehow the missing teen would return home safely. The appearance was followed by a prayer vigil, held by friends and family at the Mountain Brook Community Church.

Holloway Not Only American Missing In Aruba

Another family said they know exactly what the parents of Natalee Holloway, the Alabama teenager who has been missing in Aruba since last week, are going through. They've been dealing with the same nightmare for seven years.

The Bradleys, of Virginia, went on a cruise in 1998 and Aruba was one of the stops. That's where their daughter disappeared.

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Iva Bradley said her 23-year-old daughter, Amy, befriended three men who worked on the cruise ship and they wanted to take her to a bar in Aruba.

"They said they wanted to take her to a bar on Aruba that was called Carlos and Charlie's," said Bradley. "She made a face and said 'I wouldn't get off the ship with any of those guys anyway. That's creepy.'"

Amy Bradley was last seen in her cabin at 5:15 a.m. By 6 a.m., she was nowhere to be found.

"Imagine if you have a child. You brought that child into the world and every waking moment is geared toward your children," said Iva Bradley. "You go on a trip and come home without one of them and you get no help. It's a pretty devastating 24/ 7 situation."

Bradley's case remains open with the FBI. WVTM-TV in Birmingham, Ala., spoke with her case manager in Barbados but there wasn't much she could say. However, she did confirm reports of a sighting by a Naval officer one year after the woman disappeared.

The officer told the FBI he went to a brothel in Curac'l on Canal. He said an American girl leaned in and said: "My name is Amy Bradley. I need your help."

Unfortunately he didn't report the sighting for sometime and by then the brothel had burned to the ground. The FBI has released sketches of suspects in her case.

ARUBA FACTS LOCATION: An island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Venezuela POPULATION: 71,566 GOVERNMENT: Part of the Netherlands LANGUAGE: Dutch ECONOMY: Tourism, offshore banking INTERACTIVE: World Factbook Map

There is a $260,000 reward for information leading to Bradley's whereabouts. Her family continues to hope that someone, somewhere, has information that could finally reunite the missing daughter with her parents.

The hot line phone number for the Amy Bradley case is (804) 276-8503.