Several law enforcement officials, including an FBI agent and a Cape Girardeau Police Department crime scene investigator, were at Red Star boat access on Wednesday, but they declined to comment on why they were there or confirm rumors that Jacque Waller's body had been found.

At least one boater had seen a law enforcement official near Devil's Island, a thickly wooded island in the Mississippi River near McClure, Ill.

Three Southeast Missourian journalists who approached the island by boat and helicopter on Wednesday did not see any law enforcement working on the island.

Prosecuting Attorney Chris Limbaugh issued a news release by fax on Thursday declaring that Jacque Waller's body had been found Wedndesday. The news release stated that no information would be released because the investigation is ongoing.