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

[IDK]

My understanding is the new information is that Amy is bisexual; therefore she could have boyfriends and/or girlfriends. People and relationships are complicated.


Amy disappeared during a different era— I’m sure her parents did not want her to be judged and didn’t want to invite speculation.

For one, I do not blame them in the slightest.

This is all my opinion only.

 

[GXP Sleuther]

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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This makes the family's entire story very questionable.. JMO. Maybe the father didn't want people to know she was gay??

Is this why she was afraid to go on the cruise (that was won for a second time by life insurance sales agent of the year)????

@JamesRenner you did one hell of a job on this one and I salute you bro. IMO Yellow seemed 100% honest and I can't stress enough the fact THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO GO ON THE CRUISE. It's been reported since this case went live and repeated in every documentary including unsolved. It was so bad that Brad and Amy took a separate airplane.

Q: Why would Amy be scared to go on the fathers life insurance cruise vacation?
A: (IMO) look at the thread we are reading..

Why did Michael McCord take a leer jet (CEO of Illionis Life Insurance now deceased) to the cruise and get the copy of the tape from Chris Fenwick before the FBI could ?? Amy Dancing with Yellow for like 1 minute has ruined that mans life forever. There is nothing suggesting Yellow did anything other than his job. There never was.

I still think the photos were taken before the cruise vacation and were scanned/copied (to remove the metadata) and sent intentionally to someone who had a contact at AAV. This is why RC won the lawsuit for wrongful death.

Also:
It's in the cruise line's best interest to make it seem she's not dead; and it's also whoever killed her's best interest to make it seem like she's alive.

JamesRenner I hope you can seal the deal on this one. It's been 26 years.

 

[GXP Sleuther]

Amy Bradley was an All-American girl. She was pretty, outgoing and athletic. And even though Amy was a strong swimmer and a trained lifeguard, she was terrified of the open ocean.

According to Amy’s mother, Iva Bradley, Amy had to be persuaded to join her family on the Caribbean cruise ship, Rhapsody of the Seas.

“She was reluctant about going up to the railing. But her dad and her brother both said, ‘Come up here, we’ll hold on to you.'”

https://unsolved.com/gallery/amy-bradley/#:~:text=According%20to%20Amy's%20mother%2C%20Iva,'%E2%80%9D

 

[GXP Sleuther]

PS: Another revelation is Yellow was NOT the person who went up to Brad and said sorry about your sister after she went missing and 'nobody knew' (despite Chris Fenwick's blog calming that there was word on the ship that a girl had commit suicide.)
According to FA Eduardo Cabrita was the one who said that to Brad...
VA - Amy Bradley, 23, Petersburg, 24 March 1998 - #1

 

[GXP Sleuther]

Yellow says "She told me her father found out she was gay and forced her to come on the cruise.'

IMO his story checks out 1000%. It fills in a lot of holes that have been missing with this entire story.

It might also explain why the FBI "hasn't been cooperative with the Bradley family". as FA as said many, many times on WS.

 

[fridaybaker]

Wow. Just watched the AD interview. I didn’t find him believable at all. I think he really hurt himself.

A point about the JR video where he talks about interviewing the Cruise Director, who relays information he says he gleaned from the FBI regarding palm prints on the deck railing and heel prints on the sliding glass door: I wished JR would have addressed that more, because I really don’t think it has anything to do with Amy. There are hundreds of people in and out of those cabins, and I’m sure they’re not wiping outside rails off and thoroughly cleaning the outside of every window between passengers. (Actually, I KNOW they’re not, because I “been there done that”.) Anyway, I just don’t see Amy sitting on the railing, since she was afraid of open water, as well as everything described about that morning by Brad and Dad.

There’s another point, by the way, that I see a lot. People talk about her being afraid to go on the cruise, but everything I’ve read didn’t state that at all. She was afraid of open water (even though a life guard and a strong swimmer) so wasn’t enthusiastic about the cruise. She was also eager to get on with her life, new job, etc. I definitely don’t believe that she was “forced” to go on the cruise!

 

[tarabull]

Wait.......................................WHAT?!?!?!?!

omG

 

[BethAnn777]

Wait.......................................WHAT?!?!?!?!

omG

What, what? What? What’s happening?

 

[tarabull]

What, what? What? What’s happening?

Just reading over recent posts in this thread take me to a place I'd never gone before when asking Where is Amy Bradley???

 

[GXP Sleuther]

wasn't really a mystery ever imo

 

[ilovewings]

wasn't really a mystery ever imo

Please explain

 

[GXP Sleuther]

Please explain

IMO things are starting to explain themselves.

Who was the last person to see Joseph McStay?

 

[GXP Sleuther]

Oh, here is the post that FA made that cleared Allister Douglas from the accusations of asking Brad "Sorry about your sister"

 

[JamesRenner]

Recently, I posted about the Amy Lynn Bradley case and how a photo that appeared on a website advertising escorts on Margarita Island looked similar to the missing woman. This photo has appeared on TV programs related to the case and the family and others believe it might be Amy.

There are many other women who appear on this website but until now nobody had been able to identify them. I used PimEyes to do a reverse image search on a few of them and got a hit.

Specifically this photo of a woman named "Shelbee"

Shelbee is actually Shelbee Myne, a woman who starred in adult films in the late 90s/early 2000s.

This leads me to believe that many of these photos are actually stock photos of adult film stars that Affordable Adult Vacations was using as a bait-and-switch to entice johns.

I'd love some help trying to figure out if this is true, especially if we can find the adult star that resembled Amy in the photo and put this rumor to bed.

 

[fridaybaker]

Recently, I posted about the Amy Lynn Bradley case and how a photo that appeared on a website advertising escorts on Margarita Island looked similar to the missing woman. This photo has appeared on TV programs related to the case and the family and others believe it might be Amy.
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There are many other women who appear on this website but until now nobody had been able to identify them. I used PimEyes to do a reverse image search on a few of them and got a hit.

Specifically this photo of a woman named "Shelbee"
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Shelbee is actually Shelbee Myne, a woman who starred in adult films in the late 90s/early 2000s.
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This leads me to believe that many of these photos are actually stock photos of adult film stars that Affordable Adult Vacations was using as a bait-and-switch to entice johns.

I'd love some help trying to figure out if this is true, especially if we can find the adult star that resembled Amy in the photo and put this rumor to bed.

Mr. Renner, there was a website about Amy that was hosted by a friend of the family (I believe it was the poster who was a verified insider here, “Find Amy”). Anyway, I don’t have the link now, but there were some of these photos that were “matched up” with missing young woman. Some of them, to me and others, did uncannily resemble some of the women on the AV website.

I certainly don’t know much about photo comparisons, but I did wonder if you’d seen those comparisons and, if so, what you thought of them. If I have time in the next couple of days, I’ll see if I can find the link.

 

[fridaybaker]

Amy Lynn Bradley is still missing

Website dedicated to spreading accurate information regarding the 1998 disappearance of Amy Lynn BradleyNew Information - Amy Lynn Bradley

amybradleyismissing.com

Has anyone else seen this post on the Amy is missing site? The admin says new credible info has been received! we haven’t heard anything officially in years I think, so really looking forward to an update!

Also someone earlier in the thread was asking what happened to FindingAmy, the VI

Someone posted under that username on the missing Amy site up til recently in 2023, so long after they stopped posting here. It may not be the same person, but I linked below

Amy Lynn Bradley is still missing

Website dedicated to spreading accurate information regarding the 1998 disappearance of Amy Lynn BradleyCuco's Lounge, Curacao - Amy Lynn Bradley

amybradleyismissing.com

Edit: disregard what I said about the user. the person posting on the missing Amy Bradley forum is FindAmy and the user posting here was FindingAmy.

Bringing this forward. This link leads to a page without much on it, but if you go back a page, there are several topics covered, including matching up the AV models with missing women.

Also, so glad you’ve taken interest in Amy’s case! It’s haunted me for a long, long, time.

 

[GXP Sleuther]

Mr. Renner, there was a website about Amy that was hosted by a friend of the family (I believe it was the poster who was a verified insider here, “Find Amy”). Anyway, I don’t have the link now, but there were some of these photos that were “matched up” with missing young woman. Some of them, to me and others, did uncannily resemble some of the women on the AV website.

I certainly don’t know much about photo comparisons, but I did wonder if you’d seen those comparisons and, if so, what you thought of them. If I have time in the next couple of days, I’ll see if I can find the link.

I remember the post.. here it is. Amy Lynn Bradley is still missing - Possible Escort Matches

Some are on the FBI's most wanted (ie: Danielle Imbo) missing. It seems like someone is trying very hard to make it seem like there is a brothel with a ton of missing people but I'm not buying it for a second JMO.

I hope James gets this one finished up.

 

[cenazoic]

It seems like someone is trying very hard to make it seem like there is a brothel with a ton of missing people

Heh. To be fair, those are better possible matches than many I’ve seen on WS. That said, I do not believe Jas is Amy, or that she’s been kept alive for decades (or even mere years) by sex traffickers for some unfathomable reason.

 

[GXP Sleuther]

Heh. To be fair, those are better possible matches than many I’ve seen on WS. That said, I do not believe Jas is Amy, or that she’s been kept alive for decades (or even mere years) by sex traffickers for some unfathomable reason.

Jaz and Danielle Imbo are the only two that seem to have different backgrounds than the other photos. I still feel like the 'Jaz' photo may have been of Amy PRIOR to the cruise. All it would take in 98'-99' would be a screenshot or photo of a photo (or video) and have it sent to 'AAV' to make it appear she's alive.

I am bothered that she told Yellow (and all of us knew there was some reason) She didn't want to go on the Cruise because She told father she was gay.

So now we all know the reason why she DID NOT WANT TO GO ON THE CRUISE it's been reported for 28 years she wasn't comfortable/didn't want to go and the parents had to get separate plane tickets for Amy and Brad. (this is important).

 

[GXP Sleuther]

I also want to make clear that if the 'Jas' photos are really Amy PRIOR to the cruise then all a sinister person would have to do is retake the provocative photos with a different camera (or copy the photos on a computer and scanned; which IMHO it looks like) all EXIF data would be gone.