*Published: November 16, 1998:
Royal Caribbean's spokeswoman, Lynn Martenstein, would say only that the company had cooperated with investigators and did not believe foul play was involved. But an internal Royal Caribbean report provided to The New York Times by the Bradleys said that Mr. Bradley did not notify Mr. Costello of the disappearance until 7:35 A.M., by which time the ship had docked and passengers were going off for a day of shore excursions. It also said a cabin-by-cabin search was conducted almost immediately.
Shortly before the Rhapsody departed that evening, the Bradleys left the ship in hopes of finding Amy in Curacao. They said they had grown frustrated with the ship's officers and a company lawyer. It took two days before F.B.I. agents boarded the ship.
A search of the harbor at Curacao and the surrounding water that first day and the next did not turn up a body, leaving the Bradleys convinced Amy had been abducted by a crew member.
Weeks later, the Bradleys hired private detectives to board the ship undercover. No evidence of their daughter was found. They also consulted psychics, posted a $260,000 reward and created a World Wide Web site (
www.tggweb.com/amybradley/).
Few dream cruises have turned into the nightmare experienced by Iva and Ron Bradley of Richmond, Va., on a cruise last March through the southern Caribbean with their son, Brad, and daughter, Amy. Midway through the cruise, 23-year-old Amy, a recent college graduate about to start her first...
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Amy Lynn Bradley *
Reward U.S. $260,000.00
Last Known Location:
Tuesday March 24, 1998 on board the cruise vessel Rhapsody of the Seas while en route from Oranjestad, Aruba to Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Amy disappeared during the docking process in Curacao. Suspected Location: Unknown.
Amy may have been abducted and is possibly being held in South America or the Caribbean. A reward of over US $250,000 is being offered for Amy's safe return and a reward of US $50,000 for any information that leads to the apprehension and arrest of those responsible for Amy's disappearance.
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