The Belfast coroner's court inquest into the death of missing Bangor girl Lisa Dorrian was put on hold today.
The PSNI asked for the hearing to be delayed because of the investigation into her murder in February 2005.
Lisa Dorrian
The inquest had been due to take place in Belfast. No date has been set for the new hearing, but it will be next year at the very earliest before it's held.
Even though Ms Dorrian's body has never been found, it's understood detectives are confident they can charge the men they believe were responsible for her death.
Police believe that any disclosure of new details that might emerge in an inquest could jeopardise the chances of bringing prosecutions.
Ms Dorrian (25) disappeared from a seaside caravan site at Ballywalter on the Co Down coast in February 2005. A year after her disappearance, police said she may have been dumped in the sea up to six months after she vanished.
A number of people have been questioned about her killing but no one has been charged. The Dorrian family has made numerous calls for information
Graffiti identifying an alleged suspect was daubed on walls in Co Down on the first anniversary of her disappearance.