VA - Amy Bradley, 23, Petersburg, 24 March 1998 - #3

[neesaki]

Or she is turning to left to say something to Yellow over the music. Tough to tell if she is high or alternatively dancing in a rather exhibitionistic way for some purpose unknown either way it is very important

If the latter who is her audience? She is very "trancey" overall and this will sound critical but it is almost a bit embarassing to watch her dance this way in this rather corny venue everyone else with one exception is dancing quite self consciouslessly enjoying themselves, but controlled. Very little sign of inebriation and you can see the kids dancing in the fourth sequence they look like young teenagers. All very tame.

In this context I would almost suggest that unless stoned Amy's dancing shows anger.... towards someone.... could be her parents could be someone she knows in her Dad's company or another guest on the boat could be her brother.

The exception is the lady in red a long red dress (sorry I know I have tried this out twice before here) who watches Amy and Yellow intently in the first sequence is not present in the second elevator sequence but is there again in the third sequence right beside Amy dancing with unless I am mistaken the guy who appears in the very first second one zoom shot. At one point she twirls touches Amy I think says something to her and Amy looks upward towards what I assume are the decks and cabins above. Now what does she say or point out to Amy? The following is a guess did they talk earlier did she invite Amy back to her cabin for a drink later and is she pointing out her cabin "that's the one"OR is she pointing out someone on the deck that we cannot see. I again am guessing but think they have spoken earlier o/w it would be impossible to communicate anything in that brief second.

Lady in red with both partners dances ballroom style I would say again nobody else dances like that. So here is something odd the two sets of people who dance differently are Amy/Yellow (combination wining and trancey) and the lady in red and partners ( ballroom traditional also note the red dress).

The penny under the tongue for me is the lady in red and something about Amy, just some kind of pent-up....something.... I am not sure. Yellow of course is a suspect but he was investigated and he didn't fail the polygraph.

One problem is that these stories, in media, always form narratives and it is always necessary esp. in the U.S. to make the family sacrosanct the happy family, all was well and now this. Which maybe be true but may not be. Amy looks very very troubled in her older photos.

Though Yellow did not technically fail the polygraph, according to what has been reported he also did not pass it. The results were inconclusive. Sociopaths pass polygraphs all the time. Don't have evidence that's what he is, but then again, who could commit a crime such as this? Can't exactly be considered a saint, or even normal for that matter. Just something to keep in mind.

And the lies about when he retired to his room, the witnesses who contradicted his account, i.e., saw him with Amy in the wee hours of the morning giving her something to drink, etc.. As well as the "thumbs up" he gave to his buddies when he didn't know that Mr. Bradley was watching, well, that doesn't exactly bolster his claims of innocence either. All in all just can't disregard the incriminating evidence against him, IMO.

Unfortunately the FBI seems rather apathetic concerning cases such as this where they have little or no jurisdiction. I personally believe they have turned their backs on these situations where they have more or less no power. They have many other cases to contend with that they do actually have jurisdiction. I mean, no power, so what can they do? Maybe they have developed the attitude of "why fight it".

Also, I consider this a warning for all who go traveling outside their own countries. Kind of like Caveat Emptor. JMO of course. :wave:

 

[dotr]

Just a thought and a stretch - but any chance that the "lady I.R." could pass for A. with the right adjustments and vice versa?

 

[Chorley8]

Yellow and Amy were dancing, caught on ships video at 3AM
Amy's dad saw her in a lounge chair at 5:30 AM


Did anyone see Amy between 3 and 5:30?
I don't recall

Brad had her coming back later. There was a lock system so that was verifiable at least at some point. I believe the shows said Brad came back and then Amy a short time later. I will need to find my post but I believe it was a major discrepancy. It wasn't later than 4:30 that is for sure but it would be good to refresh. Nobody knows what she was doing.

The other thing I have found very odd and which now I can say in a bit more forthright way is that it is very odd that the videographer witnesses, by chance, at 3:00 a.m. or so the very moment that the two girls told Brad that they had seen Amy with Yellow Brad runs gets his family and possibly the FBI agent but someone from the RC for sure. Amy's mother has a different version of this "these two girls came running up to us" now just to Brad at first.

Then the videographer realizes this must be about the missing girl maybe I have some video - in an hour goes though this tapes looking for Amy it is my opinion that he would not be able in all of the tape he had to find those very obscure images of Amy by the elevator impossible I think in an hour. He had never met her. Of course it could just be that he is not remembering his method correctly. Also what are the chances he would find "all" the images of Amy in that short time? Next morning he gives the tape at breakfast to the friend of the family or FBI agent or whoever he was and offers to screen the video. Now think of it why would the FBI not take him up on this. Because if I was a good enough sleuth to work for the FBI I would not trust the videographer to have all of the footage. Yet this does not happen.

To me these are just a couple of clues that we are not talking about a "simple" kidnapping by Yellow or Yellow to white slave traffickers off the ship.

I am also sceptical that Yellow said to Brad sorry about your sister before anyone knew. He also heard Amy yelling from within a car in Curacao. Why would Yellow do anything that stupid?

Why did the Bradley's stay at the same hotel in Curacao where Amy was later seen possibly "working'. Why not a better hotel? (Need to find the reference to this it is not emphasized just mentioned in passing). Who told them to stay there? Why did someone at great expense fly them out on a private jet a day or so before they were going to leave anyway thus robbing them of being at the final port of call where, in fact, there were sightings of Amy?

 

[milkymama]

No, her hometown is Petersburg, VA. But Chesterfield, VA is only about 30 min according to a google map search. I wonder if that is a mistake on AMW's website??

Also, there is a Chesterfield County in which Petersburg is located, so they may be meaning this. However it doesn't say County on AMW

I just wanted to clarify this ambiguity..I live in VA - up until recently I lived in Chesterfield.

Petersburg is a city. Chesterfield is a county. In VA, cities cannot be within a county. A county will have sections, or districts. Probably district. For example, within Chesterfield county, some of the districts (or whatever they are) are: Chester, Chesterfield, Enon, Matoaca, Ettrick. This is where the actual county boundaries lie and would correspond to where you vote. These can differ from the mailing address "city" name. For example, part of Chesterfield, had up until recently, a "Petersburg" mailing address/zip code. Also, Colonial Heights is a city but part of Chesterfield used a Colonial Heights mailing address. Now these areas have an optional "South Chesterfield" label for mail.

http://www.chesterfield.gov/government.aspx?id=6442451413

So, long story short, depending on where you live and for what purposes, you may actually live in both Petersburg and Chesterfield.

 

[danzn16]

I wonder why AMW would list her possible location today as her hometown??

 

[nosyone]

I wonder why AMW would list her possible location today as her hometown??

My first thought was that they had been hacked, but who and why?

 

[dotr]

Perhaps Amy is held captive in her home town, but under orders from another sunny location?

 

[dotr]

This video link has been posted in other threads, the story about Julie B (last one) may have some similarities to this case.
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2010-2011/missing/

"At the age of 14 she'd vanished without a trace. One day she was at school and the next day she was gone, without any explanation. Her story captivated Quebecers for years — part mystery — part detective story. Julie's disappearance left her family and community to cope with the numbing unknown. Then suddenly, one day, she was spotted just an hour away from where she'd disappeared. Her parents soon learned their little girl had created a new life for herself and had a new name"

 

[nosyone]

A great Christmas gift for me, would be for the truth to come out about Amy, whatever that may be!

 

[ktgirl]

I still wonder if Amy didn't just fall overboard & we are all spinning our wheels....

 

[masootz]

I still wonder if Amy didn't just fall overboard & we are all spinning our wheels....

there have been at least two sightings of her well after the ship that seem highly authentic. in both cases the witnesses reported seeing her tattoos and/or having her give them her name. i don't think there's any real chance she fell off the ship.

 

[Wondergirl]

there have been at least two sightings of her well after the ship that seem highly authentic. in both cases the witnesses reported seeing her tattoos and/or having her give them her name. i don't think there's any real chance she fell off the ship.

Agreed. I will go one step further and say that there is a very real chance that Amy is alive. What a nightmare that both she and her family must live. Is living off memories enough? Wouldn't it drive you insane? So horrible.

 

[dotr]

Whenever I am in a crowd (plenty lately!) I keep my eyes peeled for Amy.
She could be leading an ordinary (seemingly anyway) life in plain view- perhaps even passing as a man, or a "soccer mom" with either light skin, blonde hair or spray-tanned and darkhaired...

 

[nosyone]

In the last few months, reading this board, I have had such conflicting emotions, opinions, etc. Don't know what to think!

 

[dotr]

This young lady has been mentioned here before, perhaps because she is missing and her pic.- like Amy's, turned up on an escort site.
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/20223978/missing-teens-photo-appears-on-vegas-escort-siteLAS VEGAS (FOX5) -
The picture of a missing Colorado teen recently showed up on a Las Vegas escort site.

Kara Nichols, 19, is a lingerie model, living in the Colorado Springs area.

She was last seen and heard from on Oct. 9, telling her roommate she was going to Denver.

El Paso County Colorado authorities said Nichols normally used her cell phone hundreds of times a day with calls and texts and had constant contact with her family.

"All of that contact, all of that use of the cell phone stopped following Oct. 9," said Lt. Jeff Kramer of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office.

On Nov. 25, an ad popped up on a Las Vegas escort site with Nichols' picture.

Authorities in Colorado said they contacted Metro detectives in Las Vegas and now believe it was someone else posting Nichols' picture.

"In discussion with the authorities there (Las Vegas), they themselves mentioned that what we saw here to play out where someone does in fact use other photos of other people to initially put on the face page of their ads," Kramer said.

These types of tactics, when tied to a missing persons case, is a drain of resources for investigators"

"

 

[danzn16]

This young lady has been mentioned here before, perhaps because she is missing and her pic.- like Amy's, turned up on an escort site.
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/20223978/missing-teens-photo-appears-on-vegas-escort-siteLAS VEGAS (FOX5) -
The picture of a missing Colorado teen recently showed up on a Las Vegas escort site.

Kara Nichols, 19, is a lingerie model, living in the Colorado Springs area.

She was last seen and heard from on Oct. 9, telling her roommate she was going to Denver.

El Paso County Colorado authorities said Nichols normally used her cell phone hundreds of times a day with calls and texts and had constant contact with her family.

"All of that contact, all of that use of the cell phone stopped following Oct. 9," said Lt. Jeff Kramer of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office.

On Nov. 25, an ad popped up on a Las Vegas escort site with Nichols' picture.

Authorities in Colorado said they contacted Metro detectives in Las Vegas and now believe it was someone else posting Nichols' picture.

"In discussion with the authorities there (Las Vegas), they themselves mentioned that what we saw here to play out where someone does in fact use other photos of other people to initially put on the face page of their ads," Kramer said.

These types of tactics, when tied to a missing persons case, is a drain of resources for investigators"

"

But Kara was a model and sometimes modeled in the nude and had a profile page of these pics that escort services look for to put on their sites. Amy had never done this that we knew of

 

[dotr]

But Kara was a model and sometimes modeled in the nude and had a profile page of these pics that escort services look for to put on their sites. Amy had never done this that we knew of

True,but both girls are still missing after which pics were posted on an escort website.

 

[nosyone]

Sorry to bring this up, it has probably been asked many times, but before FindAmy, had it ever been mentioned that it was suspected that Amy left their cabin without shoes? I was just reading on another board about FindAmy mentioning her being shoeless.

 

[dotr]

http://www.canoe.ca/Travel/Activities/Cruises/2012/01/18/19260201.html

"It's all fun and margaritas when you first book a cruise. But that "ticket" is actually a contract that can run more than a dozen pages, and gives away more rights to the cruise ship company than you may realize.

"People will buy the ticket without knowing this, and they won't even look at it before they step on the cruise ship," said Joseph Goldberg, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based consumer attorney who reviewed the ticket contract posted on the Carnival Cruise Lines website for Reuters"

Snip.


" The right to be legitimately upset. What if you're traumatized by your cruise? Not because the raw bar ran out of shrimp or those margaritas were watery, but because a loved one was injured or killed on the ship. Unless you personally were at risk for the same injury (as would likely be the case in a disaster like the Costa Concordia's accident), you probably waived your right to claim emotional distress in the contract. You could try to take another cruise to calm yourself down, but you might want to bring your lawyer.



This story was posted on Wed, January 18, 2012 "

 

[Galbin]

I am only on page three of the first thread, so forgive me if this is repetitive.

I always watch YouTube or DVDs on Saturday afternoon while I eat a late brunch. The Vanished story was recommend for me on YT so I watched it. I could not get it out of my mind afterwards! I have *never* seen anything like this case. Normally, we sleuthers, the police and the family try to find meaning and answers in every little thing and that is all we have, but here she has been found alive at *least* three times! How can this be happening?

I was so moved by the whole thing that I watched it again this afternoon.

Two things stood out to me though:

1) Why did Amy run to the taxi man and ask for a phone instead of asking for help? My theory is that she was so terrified of men in general after being kidnapped that when she briefly escaped she was too scared to ask for help? Thoughts?

2) Why did the Canadian man not think to alert someone when he originally saw a scared young woman surrounded by thugs? Why didn't he try to talk to her properly? Maybe he dismissed himself as being paranoid?

I pray she is found soon. I really think she is still alive and that she is still working in the sex industry.