VA-Amy Bradley - 23 - Missing 3/24/98

[Bubble1421]

I thought I remembered seeing a thread about Amy Bradley here on Websleuths but I can't seem to find it. If this is a duplicate please let me know.

Amy Bradley has been missing since March 24th, 1998. She was on a cruise ship vacationing with her family when she "vanished". Below are some links to websites about Amy. I haven't been able to find any recent information. Has anyone heard anything lately?

http://www.tggweb.com/amybradley/
http://groups.msn.com/MissingwithoutaTrace/yourwebpage.msnw
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/kidnap/bradley.htm
http://www.rinokids.com/Adults/Bradley/

[audrey77]

That there was a possible sighting of her last year in San Francisco:
http://www.amw.com/site/thisweek/B/BradleyAmyUM1/male1index.html

[WasBlind]

For Amy

You are so missed, Lanie

[WasBlind]

For all who miss and love Amy

Many prayers, Lanie

[real eyes]

I found this very interesting. Look at the unknown male #1 from this link (towards the bottom):

http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/kidnap/bradley.htm

Now, look at this guy wanted in Los Angeles:

http://childsupport.co.la.ca.us/dlparents/mwbittick.htm

This totally could be the same person. I doubt that he is the same guy, but who knows. :waitasec:

[Juliana]

I found this very interesting. Look at the unknown male #1 from this link (towards the bottom):

http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/kidnap/bradley.htm

Now, look at this guy wanted in Los Angeles:

http://childsupport.co.la.ca.us/dlparents/mwbittick.htm

This totally could be the same person. I doubt that he is the same guy, but who knows. :waitasec:


Wow, what a catch. The only problem I see is per the child support site, the guy is 54 years old, and in Amy's website it states the guy is 30's - early 40's (this was 5 years ago when she was first missing).

You should report this to LE. You never know.

imo

[real eyes]

Really? How do I go about emailing this to LE? Should I send it to the "possible tips" on her website? I have never done this before. I am sure that it is nothing, but... what if???

[WasBlind]

Here's the tip address, Real Eyes.

TeamAmy@hotmail.com

Please send this in right away, you never know.

God bless you, and thanks for caring about Amy and all still missing.

With love and HOPE, Lanie

[real eyes]

Thank you for the email address. I just emailed them with the information and the links. Maybe this will lead to something, you never know...

[Juliana]

Thank you for the email address. I just emailed them with the information and the links. Maybe this will lead to something, you never know...

Good! Please let us know if you hear anything! Thanks!

[inquiringmindz]

Bumping for Amy....

[Mr. E]

I do not watch television, but I read somewhere on the internet that Amy's case was featured on Dr. Phil. Does anyone have information about this? Apparently she was sighted and even talked to a man (I think he was a marine?) who offered to help her, but Amy said she wasn't allowed to leave. There was a photo of Amy as she is now, lying on a bed with very few clothes on, wearing a lot of makeup. I really thought the photo looked like her, but I can't find it again and I don't have a link. Did anyone see this program who could verify?

[michelle]

I do not watch television, but I read somewhere on the internet that Amy's case was featured on Dr. Phil. Does anyone have information about this? Apparently she was sighted and even talked to a man (I think he was a marine?) who offered to help her, but Amy said she wasn't allowed to leave. There was a photo of Amy as she is now, lying on a bed with very few clothes on, wearing a lot of makeup. I really thought the photo looked like her, but I can't find it again and I don't have a link. Did anyone see this program who could verify?I watched the program and dr phil had natalie and amys parents on the show and they talked about the sex industry and kidnappings of girls and for sale ect....anyway one man said he seen amy on a beach and some guys were behind her and she came up to him and he could see in her eyes i guess something wasnt right, anyway later on he called police and he said he just knew it was her...and there was a pic of a girl who looks alot like amy with makeup on and they had a specialist of some sort look at the pics and they said it could be amy.....http://www.drphil.com/shows/show/623/

[mattsmom]

Bumping for Amy.
http://www.amybradley.net/


Her birthday is next week - she will be 33.

If she was kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery, then what happens to her when she is no longer a desired age?

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

[LisainWV]

Amy's story has always fascinated me. I'm really bad at comparos between missing and Un'ided's, but I think the photo from the "brothel" looks so much like her. I really think it's her. Sad story.

[luthersmama]

I truly believe that Amy ran away. When you read the detailed account of her last couple of days on the cruise ship, her relationship with her family and her father's statements seem really odd. The pleadings in the cases brought by her parents also indicate that there were credible witnesses who saw Amy after her "disappearance" and she was alive , well and under no duress. Her parents' case for wrongful death was dismissed with prejudice because they did not disclose more than 50 sightings of Amy after her disappearance.

They also allowed themselves to be ripped off by at least one scam artist who took them for about $250,000, promising that he was going to rescue her from a South American brothel.

I remember reading, years ago, that her alma mater received transcript requests from her for jobs. I cannot find any such info on the net at this point, so I won't criticize anyone for not believing me.

If you dig deeper, beyond the messages controlled by her parents, there is much to cause head scratching and questions, imho.

[mjak]

I believe she fell overboard. She was last seen on the balcany by her brother. They had been out dancing and probably had been drinking. Her brother left her sitting on a chair on the balcany. My guess is she simply went to look over the edge of the balcany and fell overboard.

mjak

[mattsmom]

I truly believe that Amy ran away. When you read the detailed account of her last couple of days on the cruise ship, her relationship with her family and her father's statements seem really odd. The pleadings in the cases brought by her parents also indicate that there were credible witnesses who saw Amy after her "disappearance" and she was alive , well and under no duress. Her parents' case for wrongful death was dismissed with prejudice because they did not disclose more than 50 sightings of Amy after her disappearance.

They also allowed themselves to be ripped off by at least one scam artist who took them for about $250,000, promising that he was going to rescue her from a South American brothel.

I remember reading, years ago, that her alma mater received transcript requests from her for jobs. I cannot find any such info on the net at this point, so I won't criticize anyone for not believing me.

If you dig deeper, beyond the messages controlled by her parents, there is much to cause head scratching and questions, imho.

Wow - I'm going to look into this information you have shared. I had never read about any of it and would be very happy to find out that Amy is alive and in control of her life.

[reb]

she definitely fell overboard. it' a no-brainer... tons of booze + pot maybe? or who knows what else.. she was partying pretty hard that night), plus a cruise ship... you go out to the edge, alone, and.. what's bound to happen? she either leaned over (to puke, look at the side of the boat, or some other crazy idea).. or tried to sit on the railing or walk on it like it was a balance beam and lost her balance, or had some drunken notion of jumping overboard for a swim. or there's always the possibility that she resisted someone's advances, or she witnessed some kind of drug exchange or something illegal... and someone decided they needed to do away with her.. so they went to meet her out there, covered her mouth, and FLIP-- she's gone.
and don't forget there's always the possibility of suicide. there's a million reasons why a young women like amy might want to end it all, even though they appear happy on the outside and everything appears normal to their parents. people do it all the time.. much to the shock and surprise of their families. and booze (& drugs, if there were any) would definitely help you build up your nerve if you had any thoughts of it.

the possibilities of being sold into a brothel.. or runnning away & leading a double life in some exotic country are just too far-out to be very likely, IMO.

[mattsmom]

she definitely fell overboard. it' a no-brainer... tons of booze + pot maybe? or who knows what else.. she was partying pretty hard that night), plus a cruise ship... you go out to the edge, alone, and.. what's bound to happen? she either leaned over (to puke, look at the side of the boat, or some other crazy idea).. or tried to sit on the railing or walk on it like it was a balance beam and lost her balance, or had some drunken notion of jumping overboard for a swim. or there's always the possibility that she resisted someone's advances, or she witnessed some kind of drug exchange or something illegal... and someone decided they needed to do away with her.. so they went to meet her out there, covered her mouth, and FLIP-- she's gone.
and don't forget there's always the possibility of suicide. there's a million reasons why a young women like amy might want to end it all, even though they appear happy on the outside and everything appears normal to their parents. people do it all the time.. much to the shock and surprise of their families. and booze (& drugs, if there were any) would definitely help you build up your nerve if you had any thoughts of it.

the possibilities of being sold into a brothel.. or runnning away & leading a double life in some exotic country are just too far-out to be very likely, IMO.


I hate to admit it but you are probably right. I just want there to be a happy ending for some of these cases so I'm sometimes willing to entertain ideas that are far fetched.

[ohwell1971]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Lynn_Bradley

[audrey77]

she definitely fell overboard. it' a no-brainer... tons of booze + pot maybe? or who knows what else.. she was partying pretty hard that night), plus a cruise ship... you go out to the edge, alone, and.. what's bound to happen? she either leaned over (to puke, look at the side of the boat, or some other crazy idea).. or tried to sit on the railing or walk on it like it was a balance beam and lost her balance, or had some drunken notion of jumping overboard for a swim. or there's always the possibility that she resisted someone's advances, or she witnessed some kind of drug exchange or something illegal... and someone decided they needed to do away with her.. so they went to meet her out there, covered her mouth, and FLIP-- she's gone.
and don't forget there's always the possibility of suicide. there's a million reasons why a young women like amy might want to end it all, even though they appear happy on the outside and everything appears normal to their parents. people do it all the time.. much to the shock and surprise of their families. and booze (& drugs, if there were any) would definitely help you build up your nerve if you had any thoughts of it.

the possibilities of being sold into a brothel.. or runnning away & leading a double life in some exotic country are just too far-out to be very likely, IMO.

Unfortunately there are lots of sharks out there too :-(

[meggilyweggily]

I've never been on a cruise ship myself, but I was reading about them recently and apparently it's pretty difficult to accidentally fall overboard because the rails are so high. But as to whether this was the case 10 years ago when Amy disappeared, I don't know. It may be a recent safety innovation.

[Mr. E]

I remember seeing some kind of show featuring this case, AMW, maybe, or something like it, and they showed the railing on the cruise ship. They showed how it would be impossible to just fall off, even if you had to throw up.

If she cllimbed up onto it for some reason, I can see that happening, but from what I remember it would have been impossible to accidentally fall overboard.

That brothel picture looked so much like her. That, plus the other sightings -- I really believe it was her. I imagine she's dead now, if the last sighting was a decade ago.

[TiaDaxxy1980]

bumping

[Kiki]

If she is still alive she might be too ashamed to come home, feel too degraded by her experiences to face her family.

[c2cd208]

I remember seeing some kind of show featuring this case, AMW, maybe, or something like it, and they showed the railing on the cruise ship. They showed how it would be impossible to just fall off, even if you had to throw up.

If she cllimbed up onto it for some reason, I can see that happening, but from what I remember it would have been impossible to accidentally fall overboard.

That brothel picture looked so much like her. That, plus the other sightings -- I really believe it was her. I imagine she's dead now, if the last sighting was a decade ago.
The pictures haunted me, I feel like it WAS her. I imagine too that she is dead by now. Either from someone figuring out who she was and she was disposed of, or from a drug over dose. She looked pretty "High" to me in the pictures.

[TiaDaxxy1980]

bumping for amy

[kevmob77]

My personal take on this case is that Amy was murdered sometime at night on the cruise ship, probably by one of the workers on the ship. I have been on over 10 cruises in my life (including Royal Caribbean 3 times), and the rails are pretty high for someone to fall off accidentally...even if extremely drunk. It's just not something one really wants to do anytime, especially at night or early morning as is the case here. Suicide cannot be ruled out, but from what her family has said about her it seems unlikely, as she was supposed to start a new job.

The selling her into prostitution in the Caribbean theory I highly doubt. The ship worker who was with Amy the night before gave some vague answers. I would focus on him.

I understand that with all the stories the past few years about cruise ship mishaps that happen all the time makes some think that oh, well, she must have been drunk and fell over the rail and drowned. But when you think about it and how many people go on cruises yearly throughout the world and the number of people falling overboard accidentally is beyond rare. Probably have a better chance of getting struck by lightning, really.

[SnowAngels]

she definitely fell overboard. it' a no-brainer... tons of booze + pot maybe? or who knows what else.. she was partying pretty hard that night), plus a cruise ship... you go out to the edge, alone, and.. what's bound to happen? she either leaned over (to puke, look at the side of the boat, or some other crazy idea).. or tried to sit on the railing or walk on it like it was a balance beam and lost her balance, or had some drunken notion of jumping overboard for a swim. or there's always the possibility that she resisted someone's advances, or she witnessed some kind of drug exchange or something illegal... and someone decided they needed to do away with her.. so they went to meet her out there, covered her mouth, and FLIP-- she's gone.
and don't forget there's always the possibility of suicide. there's a million reasons why a young women like amy might want to end it all, even though they appear happy on the outside and everything appears normal to their parents. people do it all the time.. much to the shock and surprise of their families. and booze (& drugs, if there were any) would definitely help you build up your nerve if you had any thoughts of it.

the possibilities of being sold into a brothel.. or runnning away & leading a double life in some exotic country are just too far-out to be very likely, IMO.

According to Wikipedia:

"Police investigated and discarded many theories regarding Amy's disappearance. It is unlikely that she fell overboard and drowned, given that she was a trained lifeguard and the ship was close to shore at the time of her disappearance."

I am not sure how what you are stating is a "no-brainer". Maybe your opinion, but it is definitely not a "no-brainer".

[SnowAngels]

I've never been on a cruise ship myself, but I was reading about them recently and apparently it's pretty difficult to accidentally fall overboard because the rails are so high. But as to whether this was the case 10 years ago when Amy disappeared, I don't know. It may be a recent safety innovation.

You are correct about this. I took a cruise in '99, and remember thinking how hard it would be to accidentally fall overboard (I'm afraid of heights, so I took special note of this!).

[Beatrice]

Photos seen afterwards show Amy as an escort for a Caribbean website.

[EdinburghLass]

Do you have a link to those photos?

[Beatrice]

http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2005/11/strikehysciencestrike_dr_phil_on_amy_bradley.php

[SnowAngels]

http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2005/11/strikehysciencestrike_dr_phil_on_amy_bradley.php

Wow. I can't believe those haven't been on this thread yet.

Any word on whether they found out whether those were valid photos or not? It really does look like her- scary.

[TiaDaxxy1980]

i think it looks just like her!

[JulieR]

I can not for the life of me understand how our government can jump in an instant and help people in need like in "Haiti" yet let this kind of treatment of young women go on. There has to be so many of our own children over in these places and they do nothing. Why can't we go get them, they know this is going on yet they do nothing? Why?


PS: I am in no way saying we shouldn't be helping in "Haiti"

[KT Can]

http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2005/11/strikehysciencestrike_dr_phil_on_amy_bradley.php


Wow. I cannot believe we haven't seen these before. So it was in 2005 that Allan K found these online and submitted them to this HyScience site....is there any mention anywhere else on the net about these photos or updates regarding an investigation into them after 2005???

[Hulagirl29]

I remember seeing these images before, and I do think it is Amy. It looks so similar to her, especially the chin and nose. That's crazy that it has been so long and there has been no more info or sightings of her.

[theforgotten]

I really think that woman looks like Amy. Have the police ever determined how old those photo's are?

[Beatrice]

Wow. I cannot believe we haven't seen these before. So it was in 2005 that Allan K found these online and submitted them to this HyScience site....is there any mention anywhere else on the net about these photos or updates regarding an investigation into them after 2005???


This was when we were all looking for Natalee. Allan came across the photos & sent them to me asking if I knew about Amy Bradley. I said I had just read her info online. My initial reaction was, "Nope, it's not her." Then I realized all the tattoo areas were covered in the photos.

The Bradley family would love to know the date of the photos.

A reported sighting of Amy came about 2 years later in Barbados. A tourist got talking to her & asked if Amy lived there. Amy responded, "No." The tourist asked, "Are you visiting?" and Amy said, "No." Two men quickly took Amy away.

[Beatrice]

These photos proved Amy was alive & was being forced into prostitutiion.
Had this also happened to Natalee?