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

[FindAmy]

In August of 1998, Amy was seen by two Canadian divers on a popular Curacao diving beach. The beach is known as Porto Marie. She was with two "handlers". One of the "handlers" was identified as being Alister Douglas.

 

[FindAmy]

In 2005, Amy's photograph was found on the website of an escort resort in Margarita Island, Venezuela. The resort is no longer there. It was investigated at the time, but nothing was found that linked Amy to the location. The resort claimed that the photographs had come from Curacao and that Amy was not one of the resort's escorts. The FBI determined that the facial features of the woman in the photograph were the same as Amy's facial features.


I will only post facial portions of the photographs because the full photographs are upsetting to the Bradley family.

 

[FindAmy]

With the exception of San Francisco, Amy's sightings have been in the southern Caribbean and northern Venezuela areas.

 

[Peachy Keen]

I think about Amy often. I am praying for her and her family and hope she can be brought home safely soon.

 

[FindAmy]

This is the Interpol poster for Amy.



http://www.interpol.int/Missing-Per...s=amy&current_age_mini=0&current_age_maxi=100

 

[FindAmy]

This is the FBI poster for Amy. Sketches of the men seen with her are on this poster.

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/amy-bradley/view

 

[FindAmy]

I hope that there isn't anyone left at Websleuths who still believes that Amy fell off of the balcony on Rhapsody of the Seas. I have tried to share as much information with you as I can. Please understand that there are details and there is more information that I am not able to share with the public. Unfortunately by releasing additional information it could put Amy in great danger and it could sabotage her investigation. Amy's disappearance is not a cold case. It is very much an ongoing investigation.

The Bradley family and those connected to Amy's case have very good reason to believe that she is still out there. The majority of the sightings have been in the area of Curacao and northern Venezuela. I know that Amy has probably been seen many times by Americans. They just don't recognize her. If anyone is headed for that Caribbean area, please keep Amy's face in your mind. It's very possible that she could be a blonde or grey, and it's possible that she could be seen almost anywhere. If you believe that you have seen her, contact the nearest US Embassy, Interpol, the FBI, the Bradleys, or local law enforcement.

Based on the sightings that we know about, Amy has dark hair that is long and thick. It has been cut in a layered style each time that she has been seen. She has been seen in a variety of locations and always with at least two "handlers". Her attire has been very conservative. She is thinner than she was when she first disappeared. Amy is currently 37 years old and she has spent 14 years as a captive. Amy was kidnapped for a very specific purpose. I personally don't believe that she was kidnapped for prostitution, but I can't give an explanation, at this time.

I will try to answer any questions that anyone might have. We want to bring Amy home.

 

[thistle]

If I were a member of Amy's family, I would never want to give up hope,- however, it would be extremely difficult to keep a captive for 14 years, as opposed to killing her ( or having her die or be killed at the time of her disappearance). I don't think that the Caribbean islands are like the wild west, I think that if she was there, she would have been able to notify people & get home. I applaud your efforts in trying to discover her whereabouts, but I am afraid it might be a lost cause (I hope I am wrong)...

 

[danzn16]

In August of 1998, Amy was seen by two Canadian divers on a popular Curacao diving beach. The beach is known as Porto Marie. She was with two "handlers". One of the "handlers" was identified as being Alister Douglas.

If one of the handlers was identified as Alister Douglas then how has he not been questioned further or arrested? Also how can these sightings be confirmed that it is in fact Amy and not just someone that looks like her? I am not trying to be skeptical, I am just trying to understand how that works.

And how I wish we could discuss what other reasons other than prostitution/trafficking Amy could have been kidnapped for. I have never thought it was anything different and wouldnt even know what other options could be possible. Very interesting.

Thank you for sharing this information. I thought I knew as much as the public could know about Amy's case but apparently that wasn't so. I wish this information on the multiple sightings could be shared on MSM again so people would know to look for Amy on their Carribbean vacations. Most people that are even aware of the case dont even know about any sightings or if they do it's 1 or 2 that they can brush off as mistaken identity, not multiple sightings. I wish this info was shared on the Vanished episode at least.

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[FindAmy]

If one of the handlers was identified as Alister Douglas then how has he not been questioned further or arrested? Also how can these sightings be confirmed that it is in fact Amy and not just someone that looks like her? I am not trying to be skeptical, I am just trying to understand how that works.

And how I wish we could discuss what other reasons other than prostitution/trafficking Amy could have been kidnapped for. I have never thought it was anything different and wouldnt even know what other options could be possible. Very interesting.

Thank you for sharing this information. I thought I knew as much as the public could know about Amy's case but apparently that wasn't so. I wish this information on the multiple sightings could be shared on MSM again so people would know to look for Amy on their Carribbean vacations. Most people that are even aware of the case dont even know about any sightings or if they do it's 1 or 2 that they can brush off as mistaken identity, not multiple sightings. I wish this info was shared on the Vanished episode at least.

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The Canadians did not immediately report the sighting of Amy with Alister Douglas. They delayed the reports until they were back in Canada. Our FBI has limited authority in these foreign countries and usually only by invitation. The FBI can't arrest someone because a Canadian reported seeing the person with Amy Bradley in Curacao, after the fact. Alister Douglas was questioned by the FBI when Amy disappeared from the cruise ship. He is the last person who was seen with Amy. His polygraph was not conclusive. There has never been any proof or evidence that Amy was actually kidnapped from Rhapsody of the Seas, so Alister Douglas has never been arrested for kidnapping or trafficking. Alister Douglas was fired from Royal Caribbean after Amy disappeared. It is so very important to make the report to the authorities, immediately.

There are a number of possible reasons why an American woman could be kidnapped in the Caribbean. I can't really discuss some of these reasons, at this point. Prostitution is legal in most of those Caribbean countries. Why would someone take the tremendous risk to kidnap an American woman? There are plenty of women available for prostitution in the Caribbean and Amy would have been useless as a prostitute after just a few years. Amy is a high profile kidnapping. Kidnapping Amy as a drug mule doesn't make a lot of sense. There is no shortage of people willing to be paid as a drug mule.


The information that I have discussed about sightings has been available to the public for years. Much of it was included on Vanished. The Barbados witness was interviewed on Vanished by Beth Holloway. Tim Buckholz described Alister Douglas on Vanished. The Porto Marie sighting was featured on Vanished. America's Most Wanted did a special on Amy several years ago. Dr. Phil did a special about Amy and included most of the sightings with information about the escort resort in Venezuela. Dr. Phil released the escort photographs on his program. The FBI has had the artist sketches posted on their website for at least nine or ten years. A number of the news and cable programs have done specials on Amy's disappearance and for several years her disappearance was featured in various magazines and newspapers. The Bradleys have been interviewed many times. The Porto Marie and Barbados witnesses have spoken on radio programs. These sightings aren't new information at all. Amy disappeared several years before the missing persons forums developed on the Internet, so she didn't get a lot of the coverage that missing persons get now. The Chief Petty Officer who saw Amy in the Curacao brothel has not spoken publicly because he is uncomfortable that he didn't make a report after Amy had told him who she was and asked for his help. He waited to make the report because the brothel was off limits and he was married at the time. He's the only witness who hasn't spoken publicly or hasn't been interviewed for some form of the media. Google Amy's name and read the articles.

These sightings of Amy were not mistaken identities. There have been very specific things that have validated Amy as the person who was seen. The Bradleys receive many reports that turn out to be mistaken identities. These sightings, however, were Amy.

 

[FindAmy]

Articles about Amy


http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0107/24/bp.00.html

http://tomflocco.com/fs/CaribSexTrafficking.htm

http://www.visionandpsych....net/Missing_Students.htm

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9402797/

http://www.amw.com/missin...persons/case.cfm?id=24282

http://sec-global.com/ser.../ctp/vsg/news/030626.html

http://www.amybradley.net/story.htm

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/bradley…

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Lynn_Bradley[/ame]

http://chrisfenwick.com/home/2010/3/1/amy-bradley-is-missing.html

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=831761&page=2

http://www.internationalcruisevictims.org/LatestMemberStories/Amy_Lynn_Bradley.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8143921/

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/primetime/DailyNews/cruiseship_030626.html

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=831761&page=1

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,628138,00.html

http://25missingpersons.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=amybradley&action=display&thread=65

www.amw.com.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10086587/

http://www.drphil.com/shows/show/623/

http://www.richmond.com/output.aspx?article_id=1667

http://www.richmond.com/output.aspx?article_id=1668

http://www.richmond.com/output.aspx?article_id=1669

http://stopsylvia.com/articles/email_facetoface.shtml

[ame="http://www.helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2666"]Amy Lynn Bradley-Missing from Cruise ship, 3/24/98 - Help Find The Missing[/ame]

http://25missingpersons.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=amybradley&action=display&thread=65

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9402797/

http://www.internationalcruisevictims.or....nn_Bradley.html

http://www.blogtalkradio....arch/Amy Bradley case

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/...of-missing-chesterfield-woman-skep-ar-750815/

 

[chicagofa13]

My jaw literally dropped at the pics of the 'escort'. I got the chills. The facial shape, the ears, the chin, all of it, but for some reason the ears really got me though. I saw some of the full-view photo on google, I see the pose eliminates seeing any of her possible tattoos, although I suppose they could have been covered or faded and removed. And of course there is always the possibilty of a skilled photoshop onto another body but they certainly looked untouched and real.

Although I have been a true crime 'fanatic' (hate that term) since I was very young, and like to think I keep up on these high-profile cases, I hadn't heard more about the case beyond she may have fallen overboard (I felt unlikely and now I know not true), or was kidnapped, drugged (roofies for example) and killed. I was unaware of all the VERIFIED sightings. I'm unsure how I missed so much. Absolutely heartbreaking.

I am considering a trip to St Maarten/St Barts and I will most certainly have my eyes wide open if I go. I don't have a lot of time anymore for WS so mostly lurk in my insomnia hours. Thank you for all your information and time for Amy and her family.

 

[brit1981]

I read somewhere that the cabin doors were computerized so the times Amy and Brad returned to the cabin. Is this correct, and does it not register when someone leaves the room?

 

[NJGuy]

I have a few questions that certainly not implying anything but a few things I was hoping could be cleared up. I have followed Amy's case and was hoping for more info:

1. The sighting in San Fran, it's been acknowledged as credible, but why were they in San Fran? My guess is it had to be for a very, very specific reason to take her back to the US and risk sightings, airport security etc.

2. If she was not abducted for prostitution, why was she featured in the escort ads? And what reason was she kidnapped for? To be kept captive and alive and traveling often, what is the motive for that?

3. The last sighting is relatively old, has there been any recent news?

 

[FindAmy]

I read somewhere that the cabin doors were computerized so the times Amy and Brad returned to the cabin. Is this correct, and does it not register when someone leaves the room?

Yes, the cabin doors did record when Amy and Brad returned from the disco the night before. I actually don't know if the doors register when someone leaves the cabin. I know that the time is registered when the card is swiped to unlock the door. I don't know if the time is registered when the door is simply opened from the inside.

 

[FindAmy]

I have a few questions that certainly not implying anything but a few things I was hoping could be cleared up. I have followed Amy's case and was hoping for more info:

1. The sighting in San Fran, it's been acknowledged as credible, but why were they in San Fran? My guess is it had to be for a very, very specific reason to take her back to the US and risk sightings, airport security etc.

2. If she was not abducted for prostitution, why was she featured in the escort ads? And what reason was she kidnapped for? To be kept captive and alive and traveling often, what is the motive for that?

3. The last sighting is relatively old, has there been any recent news?

I wish that I could fully answer these questions, but I can't. Hopefully, the answers to these questions will all be revealed, eventually.

San Francisco seems like such a crazy place to find Amy Bradley. Initially, I was extremely skeptical, myself, and I can understand why this doesn't make sense to you. At this point, though, it makes complete sense to me. People need to be very aware of their surroundings. Amy could actually be seen in many possible locations. I am amazed at the people in San Francisco who identified her and called for the police in 2003. She was the last person one would expect to find at Fisherman's Wharf. The information from the San Francisco witnesses has been so important.

I can't elaborate at all on why we believe Amy was kidnapped or the motives of her kidnappers. This is part of the ongoing investigation and I don't want to do anything to sabotage those efforts.

I feel like I'm not doing a very good job of answering your questions. I apologize, but please understand that I have very definite limits as to what I can say. There has not been any information released to the public about sightings, since the Barbados sighting in March of 2005. The Bradleys regularly receive tips and information about sightings. Most of these are mistaken identities and there are times when things are just crazy. Every tip is checked. Sometimes, the Bradleys receive very good information. The newer information is not released because of a concern for Amy's safety and the integrity of the investigation. Details from the older sightings are not released for the same reasons. The risk is just too great for both Amy and the source of the information. The people who have Amy are not nice people.

 

[brit1981]

Have there been any other disappearences (or even recorded deaths with no body) in the areas Amy has been sighted. The only ones I can think of are natalee Holloway (which sadly appears to be a murder from what I can gather, correct me if this is not believed to be the case) and kristen Modofferi who disappeared in san francisco in summer 1997 (only nine months or so before Amy, but obviously very geographically far apart).

 

[FindAmy]

Have there been any other disappearences (or even recorded deaths with no body) in the areas Amy has been sighted. The only ones I can think of are natalee Holloway (which sadly appears to be a murder from what I can gather, correct me if this is not believed to be the case) and kristen Modofferi who disappeared in san francisco in summer 1997 (only nine months or so before Amy, but obviously very geographically far apart).

Claudia Kirschhoch disappeared from Sandals, in Jamaica, in May of 2000. She took a morning walk on the beach and she was never seen again.

 

[danzn16]

Have there been any other verified sightings since 2005? I understand if you cannot answer that question. Amy's safety first always.

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[neesaki]

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Have there been any other disappearences (or even recorded deaths with no body) in the areas Amy has been sighted. The only ones I can think of are natalee Holloway (which sadly appears to be a murder from what I can gather, correct me if this is not believed to be the case) and kristen Modofferi who disappeared in san francisco in summer 1997 (only nine months or so before Amy, but obviously very geographically far apart).

Robyn Gardner from Maryland, August 2, 2011. Disappeared in Aruba, under mysterious and highly questionable circumstances while in the company of Gary Giordano, also of Maryland. Giordano claimed that they had gone snorkeling at a place that has been called 'Rocky Point' adjacent to Baby Beach, an extremely rocky area that no one goes snorkeling according to locals, especially tourists. Also, there is absolutely no evidence and no witnesses that Giordano and Robyn went in the water at that location, or any evidence that they went snorkeling at all. Also, according to Aruba LE, the conditions were such that if Robyn had drowned where GG claimed her body would have washed ashore. It did not.

If you are not familiar with Robyn's case, there has been much speculation that she may have been a victim of sex trafficking. Beautiful blonde young American woman, considered quite valuable in that industry. Though she was a little older than prime for the sex trafficking market, she was an aspiring model and could have passed for younger, so many think it is still a possibility.
Also, Giordano had taken out what was first reported as a 1.5 million dollar insurance policy on Robyn. Then quite recently it has been revealed he was suing for a 3.5 million policy. Quite a motive, imo.

Sadly, it appears that Aruba has let that case go by the wayside as they did also in Natalee's case, but we will see, maybe they will prove me wrong, I certainly hope so .... The anniversary is coming up, I hope and pray that they will come forth with something, preferably something to extradite GG back to Aruba for a trial. I am, however, not holding my breath.