VA - Amy Bradley - missing from cruise ship, Curacao - 1998 #3

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Was just looking on the website checking on the “credible information” that was mentioned back in May. The only new thing I noticed is a post from 8/14/24 showing images of “persons on interest”. I believe these same individuals have been posted before.

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To correct myself a bit, the bottom two images are the San Francisco people. The top image is allegedly from a sighting of Amy in Bridgetown, Barbados, 2005:

 
Here are two videos I recently released that share some new info about the case. In the first, I share a letter that Amy sent to her long-term partner, Mollie, a month prior to the trip.
Amy letter video.
And in the second is a tour of the ship, the Rhapsody of the Seas, along with info about the FBI dusting for prints in their cabin.
Ship tour.
The family is currently working with a production company on a new documentary that will air on Netflix. Rumor is February.
Interested in your thoughts.
 
Here are two videos I recently released that share some new info about the case. In the first, I share a letter that Amy sent to her long-term partner, Mollie, a month prior to the trip.
Amy letter video.
And in the second is a tour of the ship, the Rhapsody of the Seas, along with info about the FBI dusting for prints in their cabin.
Ship tour.
The family is currently working with a production company on a new documentary that will air on Netflix. Rumor is February.
Interested in your thoughts.
Wow and thank you very much for the links. I look forward to your book and the Netflix special. It was very helpful to see the footage from the ship and the Bradley’s stateroom.

I need to digest this a little more, but I am glad the investigation continues and that we are learning more about Amy and her hopes and dreams.

Thank you again.
 
I think a big takeaway here is simply that she had been trying to win back a long term partner (ex) who had moved away from her, and she was reunited with that person the day before she left for vacation.

The symbolism of a message in a bottle - she mailed her partner a message in a bottle - feels relevant. Instead of speculating, I'll just quote Wikipedia.

Messages in bottles have been used to send distress messages; in crowdsourced scientific studies of ocean currents; as memorial tributes; to send deceased loved ones' ashes on a final journey; to convey expedition reports; and to carry letters or reports from those believing themselves to be doomed. Invitations to prospective pen pals and letters to actual or imagined love interests have also been sent as messages in bottles.
 
I agree she was being held against her will. The photo sure appears to be Amy. My question....The previous verified insider always alluded that they did not feel she was taken for human trafficking but for something different. That person would never reveal what the family thought for fear of harming Amy. IF Amy was used as an escort, what would keep her from telling even one of her partners to get in touch with her parents and let them know where she is? Was someone always watching her...even in intimate situations? I fear she is no longer with us myself. I feel for her family and what they have gone through over the years. Looking forward to the Netflix documentary. Thank you @JamesRenner
 
Here are two videos I recently released that share some new info about the case. In the first, I share a letter that Amy sent to her long-term partner, Mollie, a month prior to the trip.
Amy letter video.
And in the second is a tour of the ship, the Rhapsody of the Seas, along with info about the FBI dusting for prints in their cabin.
Ship tour.
The family is currently working with a production company on a new documentary that will air on Netflix. Rumor is February.
Interested in your thoughts.
Wow..
 
Interesting - I seem to recall it’s been long speculated that Amy was gay, but this is the first time I’ve seen it confirmed. (Not that it changes anything.)
Yes it does. The family has been saying for 26 years that she was so attractive that she was taken as some sort of sex slave for a human trafficking ring.. JMO.

The family also mentioned that the boyfriend went with Ron and Brad when they went back to Curaco to search for her.. was there ever even a boyfriend? If she came out to everyone
why would the parents emphasize that she was 'so attractive the whole ship was hooked on her'.

This revelation totally discredits everything that has been told so far JMO.
 
Yes it does. The family has been saying for 26 years that she was so attractive that she was taken as some sort of sex slave for a human trafficking ring.. JMO.

The family also mentioned that the boyfriend went with Ron and Brad when they went back to Curaco to search for her.. was there ever even a boyfriend? If she came out to everyone
why would the parents emphasize that she was 'so attractive the whole ship was hooked on her'.

This revelation totally discredits everything that has been told so far JMO.
But her attraction to women wouldn’t change what men felt for her.

Your statement about the boyfriend is true, though. Why would the family call that person her boyfriend? They may have been concerned people wouldn’t think she was in danger from men if she was gay? Understandably, they would want the most attention possible and maybe they were worried people would find it less plausible she’d be abducted if she were gay?

I personally think she fell overboard, but I don’t think a gay woman would be less likely to attract male attention, and I don’t think being gay would make her less likely to be trafficked.

Just speculation, moo
 

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