Damn, I keep flipping my mind about on this. There is not exactly impartial information available. Did anyone else find the information about the grand jury testimonies?
I mean witnesses can be manipulated and giving a drink to someone is not a crime; in fact I would imagine it happens a lot on a cruise ship. But then I don't get a good feeling about this host of characters. Also, why were some aspects of the timing of the story changed? I was quite concerned when I discovered that.
That photograph is chilling but it means nothing really if they cannot ascertain whether or not it was doctored. Also, there are lots of people who look like looks of people - look at all of the fake sightings (like Pepita Redhair).
People say trafficking is unlikely and in general I agree given the demographic. I mean isn't it more likely that it would be an assault onboard? But, if someone was to do it I would imagine that this is a good place. What jurisdiction are you under? Netherlands Antilles at the time? I am not that familar with Curaçao despite my ex being from a similar island in that region so I looked it up and good luck with that.
If someone fell off the top deck or a balcony, even if they could swim to shore they could still be knocked unconscious or pulled into the ship's machinery I would imagine.
Is it accurate that Amy's father's boss (Mike McCord) was on the trip with them and why is this never mentioned? Is what Chris Fenwick says accurate?
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I think it's been mentioned in many articles about her father's boss being on the trip. It's how they came to be on the trip in the first place. I'm not sure it has any significance to the disappearance, though. (At least I haven't come up with anything.)
Regarding the photograph, one of the earlier threads showed the results of an expert, I believe hired by Amy's parents, who came to the conclusion that the photo was of Amy. He showed specific comparisons between features of known photos of Amy with the features of the woman in the internet photos. I looked at all the comparisons and was pretty convinced. I can see people not coming to the same conclusion, but I start to get a little suspicious when I read about people who think it's a totally ridiculous idea that it could be Amy. The similarities are indeed striking, and it's certainly not beyond the realm of possibility that it is Amy. After all, she IS MISSING, and the FBI doesn't seem to think she fell in the water. (This comment isn't aimed at the poster above, but there have been posters on Amy's threads who are adamant about their position that Amy fell overboard and refuse to even consider compelling evidence.)
Regarding fake sightings: I think there were MANY "fake sightings" of Amy. They were all sightings given by the opposing side in the court case. (Sadly, I don't think regular people, such as Amy's parents, stand much of a chance in any court against a Cruise Line, insurance companies, etc.) Clearly, there were many of
these "fake sightings", but the sightings originally listed by the FBI, in my opinion, are believable. There were so many particulars, such as descriptions of Amy's tattoos, which were quite unique.
Regarding falling into the water, there are so many, many points against this, I don't know where to begin. Sure, anyone call fall (or be pushed) overboard and be pulled under/into the ship's machinery, but eventually they would come out, I'd think. Amy didn't go missing in the open ocean, and a search was started early on. Surely there would be some sign of her, of clothing, etc? She was very close to shore.
I also have a hard time thinking that Amy was hanging around the balcony, as she was scared of being in a ship on the water. She didn't even want to go on the cruise. I'd think if she had to vomit or something she'd use a toilet, rather than getting so close to the very thing she was so scared of.
Then, as we've mentioned so many times on this thread, there were many, many "strange" things that happened. I won't go into them here as they been mentioned over and over in the threads.
Finally, the FBI wasn't simply called in briefly. They firmly believe that Amy was abducted and she's remained on their website for many, many years. Is there anyone else who is missing from a cruise ship who remain on the FBI website as missing? Most people missing from cruise ships have either gone overboard and there is evidence that that is what happened, or are eventually found in other places. Amy's is the only case I know of where the FBI obviously thinks that she was kidnapped from the ship. Over the years, they've indicated specific people who they think were involved; they've verified, at least to their own satisfaction, several sightings of her (enough to put out sketches to the public) they've changed and updated their website with information, never removing her. Does this really sound like someone who simply "fell overboard"?
Sadly, I don't think she will be found in this lifetime. I also don't think she fell in the water.
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