VA - Amy Bradley, 23, Petersburg, 24 March 1998 - #1

[Wannabe2]

I was also highly impressed with the Vanished episode. There was so much information that I had not known in spite of following the case closely for years- ever since it was talked about in conjuction with Natalee's case.

 

[justbeachy]

Amy's case is one that has stuck with me since I first heard about her. I think the first time was on "Unsolved Mysteries" or something like that and it has never left me. Perhaps because I truly think she could be alive out there somewhere and I would love to hear a happy ending to her story.

 

[CanManEh]

Well if you watch that show the familly's Private investigator that stays down there says he knows who has her .watching that show i got the feeling they were almost ready to beable to solve this and solve it with a happy ending.

 

[justbeachy]

Well if you watch that show the familly's Private investigator that stays down there says he knows who has her .watching that show i got the feeling they were almost ready to beable to solve this and solve it with a happy ending.

I certainly hope so!!! I can't imagine what this poor girl has been through over the past years! It's way overdue for her to come home.

 

[ilovekitties]

I apologize ahead of time if this has already been discussed. I was perusing the internet for more info on Amy Bradley, and I came across a few sites that mentioned that Amy's parents unsucessfully tried to sue Royal Carribean Cruises 2 times (one for negligence handling her disappearance and the other for wrongful death), and they lost both times, including subsequent appeals. The case is titled, "Bradley v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 3550 (March 20, 2002)".

The FL court ruled that the Bradleys "perpetrated a fraud on the court" by giving false answers to the defense in depositions; specifically, the court found that the Bradleys had intentionally concealed the existence of over 100 witnesses who reported seeing Amy living freely and under no duress at various times after her disappearance.

Here is one link I found this info at: http://www.refugeesunleashed.net/about3360-0-asc-0.html

Can anyone substantiate that this is true? I see that you can order this court case online for $4.95 or something like that, but I haven't done that yet. Has anyone heard of this? If this is true, I am blown away by this. I have never heard this info on any missing persons sites or any missing persons show that Amy was featured on like "Vanished" with Beth Holloway. I guess the parents lied because they were afraid if the truth came out, they would never see her again. If they continue to treat her case as missing/foul play, they probably feel that they can better get clues as to where she is. What do you guys think?

 

[belimom]

This is a case that has also stuck with me since I first heard about it. I have read and researched a lot, although I have not watched the Vanished episode. It seems like i read that someone came across her in a brothel and she told them whom she was and to get her some help. But the man was too ashamed to admit that he had gone there so he didn't do anything for awhile. Then i think there was a possible pic of her and that she didn't want to be found at that point bc of the life she had been forced into. Other than that, I haven't heard of anything about her "living freely" and would be shocked if that were true. Just my opinion.

Again, none of the above has been proven to be true. I really wish they could find her and bring her home.

ETA: I just read a recap of the show upthread. I had previously read most of it, except the siting in Barbados. I cannot believe that the courts said she was living freely on her own... I think she was forced into this lifestyle.

 

[ilovekitties]

I'll have to see if I can get a copy of the case. If this is a real lawsuit though, and the court ruled the way it did, there had to have been evidence that over 100 witnesses saw her alive and not living under duress. I too have not heard specifics of any of these sightings, but I can't imagine a judge can make a ruling like that without evidence to support it.

I also have always believed that she was kidnapped and forced into that kind of lifestyle. That's why I was so surprised to come across the court information. If true, that seems to tell an entirely different story. From the information out there, it seemed she had everything going for her; just graduated, new job she was starting after the vacation, new apartment, new dog she was picking up when she got home, etc, so it would be hard to believe that she just up and started a new life and put her family and friends through this. But I guess there are also cases out there where people seem to have everything going for them and they drop out of site on purpose.

 

[ilovekitties]

Well, I found the lawsuit. It states that an opinion was reached, but it does not state what the opinion actually is, so I'll have to keep looking for that. I attached a PDF version (hope I did that right).

It can also be found on lexisONE: http://law.lexisnexis.com/webcenters/lexisone

I just searched "Bradley v. Royal Caribbean Cruises" under their free case law tab at the top.

 

[ssiegmund]

Seems like there are always so many "sightings" in a high profile disappearance. And kind of seems like the family has embellished the story a little bit over time (i.e., band members were telling brother they were "sorry to hear about your sister"). That seems only to have been added later; if true well lets find those band members. And the only other thing I have to add is how the family of course says Royal Caribbean did nothing to help, etc., even to the point of covering up (supposedly ordering tapes of Amy dancing destroyed). did Royal ever give their side? I know in the Smith case they did and in that case it sounded like Royal did everything they should have done, and properly.

 

[ssiegmund]

Okay I thought about it last night and I want to add one more thought. I bet her leaving the cabin that morning had something to do with her running out of cigarettes.

 

[neesaki]

I apologize ahead of time if this has already been discussed. I was perusing the internet for more info on Amy Bradley, and I came across a few sites that mentioned that Amy's parents unsucessfully tried to sue Royal Carribean Cruises 2 times (one for negligence handling her disappearance and the other for wrongful death), and they lost both times, including subsequent appeals. The case is titled, "Bradley v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 3550 (March 20, 2002)".

The FL court ruled that the Bradleys "perpetrated a fraud on the court" by giving false answers to the defense in depositions; specifically, the court found that the Bradleys had intentionally concealed the existence of over 100 witnesses who reported seeing Amy living freely and under no duress at various times after her disappearance.

Here is one link I found this info at: http://www.refugeesunleashed.net/about3360-0-asc-0.html

Can anyone substantiate that this is true? I see that you can order this court case online for $4.95 or something like that, but I haven't done that yet. Has anyone heard of this? If this is true, I am blown away by this. I have never heard this info on any missing persons sites or any missing persons show that Amy was featured on like "Vanished" with Beth Holloway. I guess the parents lied because they were afraid if the truth came out, they would never see her again. If they continue to treat her case as missing/foul play, they probably feel that they can better get clues as to where she is. What do you guys think?

I personally don't believe the parents lied. They just don't appear to be that type, and seem completely sincere in the interviews.

And Royal Caribbean claims they concealed over 100 witnesses who reported seeing Amy living freely and under no duress, Wow! Really?! My, how very convenient for Royal Caribbean :waitasec: IMO, R.C. appears to be totally self-serving and could care less about one tourist who goes missing, and, IMO, they were extremely negligent in not locking down the ship and doing a complete and thorough search for Amy. Instead, all they were and are still concerned with is damage control and trying to project an unvarnished image to the public. And it sounds as though they have plenty of the scoundrel type lawyers to help them do just that.

I also am interested to know where and how R.C. got the names of the alleged "100 witnesses". I have a hard time believing that R.C. spent a dime on having Amy's disappearance investigated, which leads one to believe they must have gotten the names from the Bradley's.

The fact is, there are always 100's or thousands of false sightings to a very low number of of real sightings. The Bradley's must have had reason to believe that these "alleged" sightings were not actually Amy.

Plus, the reported sightings in which Amy was obviously trying to get help:

Approached the cab driver in Curacao and asked where she could find a phone.
Approached the officer and asked for help, stating her name.
Approached the man on the beach and was trying to indicate she needed help.
Approached the woman who saw her in a bathroom, says she was from Virginia, and needed help. Soon after 2 or 3 men came in the bathroom and escorted her out.

Does this sound like someone "living freely and under no duress"? JMO

 

[neesaki]

If anyone wants great updates and maybe new clues go to utube and watch Amy Bradley by Beth holloway in her new show vanished great new show .Amy seems to have been taken and is still on that island thiers an investagator that has located her and got a good pic of her I think this case may have a good ending fairly soon.

BBM. I hope you're right. But according to the utube video, it's been a while since the last sighting.

 

[asbdesigns]

Bumping for Amy... Praying someone finds you soon...

 

[nosyone]

I think about Amy a lot and have watched the video of her dancing with "Yellow" multiple times. If you will notice, there is a man standing against the wall while Amy and Yellow are dancing and then he comes forward and I could swear that Yellow is making a small gesture to him. I may be just wanting to see it so badly, that I am imagining it, but if anyone has noticed that on the video, please post.

 

[neesaki]

Amy's parents said a taxi driver had told them he had seen Amy, she had ran up to him asking about a phone. But she was alone when this happened.

How was she alone, did she somehow escape then get caught again? I guess no one really knows, we can only speculate. :dunno:

 

[neesaki]

I think it's strange that this Yellow is the prime suspect from what I've read and from the "Vanishing" show w/ Beth Holloway. They supposedly were looking for him?

Yet he and his band have a website on the internet. He obviously can be found. I just don't get it.

 

[nosyone]

I think it's strange that this Yellow is the prime suspect from what I've read and from the "Vanishing" show w/ Beth Holloway. They supposedly were looking for him?

Yet he and his band have a website on the internet. He obviously can be found. I just don't get it.

I have done some research on "Yellow" and he has supposedly found religion and is currently performing on that circuit.

 

[neesaki]

I have done some research on "Yellow" and he has supposedly found religion and is currently performing on that circuit.

Omg, are you serious? Well, then. I suppose if he is sincere in his founding of "religion" he must be prepared to tell all that he knows, and maybe even come forth with a confession? Yeah, well, I'm holding my breath.

 

[nosyone]

Just out of curiosity, I looked him up tonight and he is currently playing with a band called Barracuda Live Band. It isn't a religious band so maybe that's out the window now. Went to YouTube and watched them perform, fairly good band.

 

[officer'swife 2010]

I myself have been on 3 royal Caribbean cruises and was approached more then once by workers trying g to get me to go to their room one worker actually got me in the elevator and was talking dirty to me and I was 16 so I told my dad and he reported him but of course no action was taken. I think a lot goes on, on those boats and since it's international waters nothing can be done. I would love to see Amy come home but it's been so long

My personal take on this case is that Amy was murdered sometime at night on the cruise ship, probably by one of the workers on the ship. I have been on over 10 cruises in my life (including Royal Caribbean 3 times), and the rails are pretty high for someone to fall off accidentally...even if extremely drunk. It's just not something one really wants to do anytime, especially at night or early morning as is the case here. Suicide cannot be ruled out, but from what her family has said about her it seems unlikely, as she was supposed to start a new job.

The selling her into prostitution in the Caribbean theory I highly doubt. The ship worker who was with Amy the night before gave some vague answers. I would focus on him.

I understand that with all the stories the past few years about cruise ship mishaps that happen all the time makes some think that oh, well, she must have been drunk and fell over the rail and drowned. But when you think about it and how many people go on cruises yearly throughout the world and the number of people falling overboard accidentally is beyond rare. Probably have a better chance of getting struck by lightning, really.