CORVALLIS, Ore. - The parents of Brooke Wilberger have signaled they would support a plea deal IF the man accused of abducting and murdering their daughter reveals the whereabouts of her remains.

That came in a statement Benton County District Attorney John Heraldson released Wednesday on the family's behalf.

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Brooke Wilberger.

The suspect, Joel Courtney, is being held without bail in Benton County.

A trial is not expected to begin before 2010.

Nineteen-year-old Brooke Wilberger disappeared on May 24th, 2004 from a Corvallis apartment building parking lot.

She is presumed to be dead.

The prosecutor has vowed to seek the death penalty.

The 41-year-old Courtney was extradited from New Mexico in April.

That followed his conviction on charges of kidnapping and raping a Russian foreign exchange student.

Brooke Wilberger was in Corvallis helping at the apartment complex her sister managed.

She was on summer break after completing her freshman year at Brigham Young University.