WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:11.199 In nineteen ninety eight, twenty three year old Amy Lynn 2 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:14.640 Bradley vanished without a trace while on the open water 3 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:18.760 during a family cruise in the Caribbean. What should have 4 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:21.800 been a relaxing vacation turned into one of the most 5 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:27.160 baffling missing person cases in modern history, filled with suspicious sightings, 6 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:33.600 bounched investigations, and a growing theory of human trafficking. Here 7 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:38.240 we are decades later, an Amy has never been found, 8 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:43.640 but the mystery around her disappearance only continues to deepen. 9 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:49.679 My name's Ben, I'm Nicole, and you're listening to Wicked Ingram, 10 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:51.840 a true crime podcast. 11 00:00:53.600 --> 00:01:01.719 The following podcast and material intended more mature audience listeners. Us. 12 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:23.840 One of our dogs is snoring. I don't think anyone's 13 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:25.439 gonna be able to hear that, but I can hear it. 14 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:28.480 You're probably loving it. You were just away for a 15 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.079 few days. You're back home to hear the sounds of 16 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:31.640 the home. 17 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:34.760 You know. It's kind of funny because we recorded the 18 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:37.359 last podcast and I literally hit the road and I've 19 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:39.319 gotten home and we're recording a podcast. 20 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:40.519 It's working out great. 21 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:43.079 Yeah, it does seem to be working out. So I mean, 22 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:45.719 I am like a little tired, but uh, you. 23 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:47.959 Know, we're here to be fair, it is a little 24 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:49.719 bit late tonight, We're recording a little bit later and 25 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:53.920 normal I'm a bit tired too, but well, sorry, go ahead, no, 26 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:55.719 you go ahead. I was gonna say, but we got 27 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:57.159 quite the case to come up, we do. 28 00:01:57.439 --> 00:01:59.159 I was just going to say, yesterday I was at 29 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:01.640 a hotel and at three in the morning, the fire 30 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:05.079 alarm went off and we had to go be evacuated 31 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:07.120 for like an hour in the middle of the. 32 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:09.719 Night, which would suck hard. 33 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:12.479 Yeah, I just I've never experienced something like that. It 34 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:15.719 was wild, and I swear to god, not everyone even 35 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:17.759 came out because there wasn't that many people out when 36 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:20.039 the hotel was full. So that's also interesting. 37 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:21.680 Are you sure the hotel was actually full? 38 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:23.360 Well, the parking lot was like packed. 39 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:25.680 Oh really okay, yeah, then people were just like fuck 40 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:27.520 it most likely guaranteed. 41 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:30.719 I guess, which is not saved, not save at all. 42 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:32.639 But yeah, it was a very jarring wake up at 43 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:33.319 three in the morning. 44 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:37.360 I can imagine it's like, holy shit. Well, before we 45 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:39.439 get into the case and before we talk too much 46 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:42.560 about fire alarms middle of the night, that sort of stuff. 47 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:44.639 I want to give a little shout out to our 48 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:46.000 patrons who signed up this week. 49 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:46.639 Let's do that. 50 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:49.120 So we have Ashton Matchell. I hope I said your 51 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:53.439 last name right, Rebecca Cloutsis. I hope I said your 52 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:55.759 last name right. I'm gonna say that for everyone. I 53 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:58.199 hope I say all your first and last names right. 54 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:06.759 Cadence Davis, Leonardo Lozano, Kaylin Gwillin, Carol Ryan, and Marissa. 55 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:08.520 Rash right on. That's a good list. 56 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:10.120 Shout out to you guys, Thank you for joining us 57 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:10.560 on Patreon. 58 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:11.319 Yeah, thank you. 59 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:13.280 They're going to get a patron episode here only in 60 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:13.719 a few. 61 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:15.680 Days, so holy shit, yes they are. 62 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.919 You just realize it's the end of July. Yeah, yeah, 63 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:24.479 which means August, September, October, October. We got a plan 64 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:25.639 er Halloween photo shoot. 65 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:28.280 Oh yeah, we got a lot to plan actually for that, 66 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:30.800 we got to start getting our button gear. 67 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:34.800 No kidding, but we have quite the show. This is 68 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:38.000 like the third time I've said that, and it's true. Yeah, 69 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:39.479 this is one I've actually had on my list for 70 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:44.080 a little while. And uh well Netflix just dropped a 71 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:46.840 big old three part docu series on it. So I 72 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:50.280 was like, well, now's the time it's called Amy Bradley 73 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:52.520 is Missing, which is probably what I'm going to title 74 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:56.960 this episode as well, mostly for you know, seo reasons, 75 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:59.960 but it's actually a really good title. Yeah, because that's 76 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.840 exactly what it is. So before we actually recorded this podcast, 77 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:06.280 I made sure that Nicole when she got home, we 78 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:08.800 sat down, we watched the docuseries together. I watched it 79 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:11.879 already during research, but I'm like, you know what, I 80 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:14.479 think you should watch it before we do the podcast. 81 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:17.040 And I had heard of this case before, but yeah, 82 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:19.079 I had that saved on my list because I don't 83 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:21.240 want to watch this. It is a good it was 84 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:22.240 a good documentary. 85 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:25.240 It is, but like, typically you don't know the cases, 86 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:26.720 I just throw you into the frame, right. 87 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:29.040 Occasionally I do, but mostly not. 88 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:31.160 Well, this one's gonna be a little bit more fresh 89 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:33.480 in your brain. Yeah, so you're prepared. 90 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:35.240 To I'll call you out if shit's wrong. 91 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:37.720 Do it. Do it. But I will say I have 92 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:41.319 some information that was not in the docuseries, and I 93 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:43.879 have omitted some of the things not in the docuseries, 94 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:46.480 just for time wise, because it's a three part. 95 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:48.079 Omitted things that were in the docuceries. 96 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:51.000 Sorry, yes, yes, because it's like you should totally watch it, 97 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:53.680 get all the information, go check it out. This is 98 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:56.040 just a single episode on a podcast. We can't cover 99 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:58.240 a three part documentary. 100 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:00.680 Yeah, that would be like three episodes really exactly. 101 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:04.439 So I got I got my own take. I've covered 102 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:06.040 some of the stuff that's in the documentary and I've 103 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:08.319 covered some other stuff after this. Make sure you go 104 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:11.639 watch the document docuseries as well, because it's hella good. 105 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:13.600 It was well done for sure. 106 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:17.079 And there's one dude in the document docuseries. He's a 107 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:21.000 complete asshole. I don't know why he's in it. He 108 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:23.519 was actually part of the staff on the ship at 109 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:26.839 the time, and here we are, like over twenty years later, 110 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:29.160 is it over twenty years nineteen ninety eight? It happened 111 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:30.839 in so do the math? 112 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:31.959 Oh that is over? 113 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:35.800 Yeah, and yeah, he's just so arrogant, so matter of fact, 114 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:39.040 and so cold in the way things were handled then 115 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:41.959 in his opinion now. And I'm just like, dude, we're 116 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:43.480 going to get hate on the internet hard. 117 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:47.279 I even said, while we're watching it, does he realize 118 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:49.959 how he is going to be coming across. 119 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:50.720 I don't think he does. 120 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:54.560 Because he's going to watch them and be like, oh gosh, yeah, 121 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:55.360 oh gosh. 122 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:59.120 So actually I do quote him in this directly. Okay, 123 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:02.120 but let's dive into this, shall we. You ready? 124 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:04.839 Yeah, I do want to just say I didn't totally 125 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:08.160 agree with you on everything. That's all him coming across 126 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:12.079 as an asshole, but like later in it was evidence, Yeah, 127 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:13.800 well I didn't at. 128 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:15.920 That one part where we actually disagree. That's where I'm 129 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:18.759 quoting them. So we'll talk about it then if you want. Okay, Okay, 130 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:23.120 So let's get going here. The Bradley family, they were 131 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.240 the kind of people, the kind of close knit family 132 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:28.680 that people envy. Ron and Iva had two kids together, 133 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:31.560 Amy and Brad, and they were raised with a strong 134 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:37.439 mix of love, independence, and no nonsense values in Chesterfield County, Virginia. 135 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:40.639 Both Ron and Iva worked in insurance. Brad was the 136 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:43.040 younger sibling of their two children, at twenty one years 137 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:45.800 old in nineteen ninety eight and was away at college 138 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:49.040 and Amy was twenty three. She was, you know, right 139 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:51.639 in that in between stage of life, finishing off you know, 140 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:54.839 post secondary school, and she was now getting done with 141 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:58.879 basketball and standing on the edge of basically full adulthood. 142 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:02.360 You could say. She had just graduated from Longwood University 143 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:05.879 with a degree in sports psychology. She'd gotten through college 144 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:08.240 on a basketball scholarship, and had a full time job 145 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:12.040 lined up at a computer counsel or consulting firm. But 146 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:16.680 for now she was working at Ruth Chris's Steakhouse. That's 147 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:20.920 hard with the thhi, Yeah, Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. There we 148 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:25.279 go to pay the bills. You know that intermediate type position, right. 149 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:28.160 But this cruise, this was meant to be her last 150 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:31.079 little break before starting the next chapter in her life 151 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:35.199 where she dove into those more adult quote unquote things. Now, 152 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:38.199 Amy initially wasn't exactly thrilled about the idea of the cruise, 153 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:40.839 so she had she had this thing about deep water 154 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:43.720 and hated the idea of being far from land, and 155 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:46.480 didn't love heights of massive ships like the one they'd 156 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:49.439 be sailing on, the Rhapsody of the Sea. But her 157 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:54.560 dad had won these tickets this trip through work. Brad 158 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:57.079 was home from school and he was going to and 159 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:00.199 in the end, Amy figured, you know what, why not? 160 00:08:00.959 --> 00:08:03.560 And she decided she was going to go. And that's 161 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:05.759 when the anticipation of the excitement started to build from 162 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:06.879 her when she made that decision. 163 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:09.959 And honestly, I just have to say, I get it there. 164 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:12.560 I have about zero percent desire to go on a 165 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:13.120 cruise ship. 166 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:15.720 Well, there was also that other docuseries on Netflix that 167 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:17.879 you saw that the poop Cruise Cruise. 168 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:21.079 Oh my gosh. Yeah, after watching that and then this one, 169 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:23.079 I'm just like, no, thank you. But I already was 170 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:25.600 very much so like that, I have no interest. 171 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:29.639 I get it. So for her though, for Amy, it 172 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:31.720 was a chance to chill with her family, soak up 173 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:34.639 some son, maybe even enjoy herself before diving into this 174 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:37.000 new job and whatever, you know, life was about to 175 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:40.679 throw at her. So Amy she was very bold. She 176 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:44.000 was funny and unafraid to speak her mind. A natural 177 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:47.440 leader too. Friends described her as someone who could light 178 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:50.759 up a room or shut down a jerk in one sentence. 179 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:54.200 Flat you know, that's awesome. She had strong opinions, a 180 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:56.919 sharp sense of humor, and a whole lot of love 181 00:08:57.120 --> 00:08:58.759 for the people she cared about. 182 00:08:59.120 --> 00:08:59.279 Now. 183 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:02.720 Amy also had had had come out to her family 184 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:05.919 not long before the trip. She told them that she 185 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:09.200 was in fact gay, and it hadn't exactly gone over 186 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:13.279 super smoothly. Her ex girlfriend later said Amy's parents were 187 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:17.039 a little bit disappointed, quote unquote, and her dad even 188 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:19.799 admitted in interviews that it wasn't what he would have 189 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:21.799 chosen for her. But at the end of the day, 190 00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:25.200 that all didn't matter. They all agreed one thing. They 191 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:26.320 loved her no matter what. 192 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:29.840 Yeah, they're very close family, which is nice. And the 193 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:31.799 fact that they all went and took the time to 194 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:34.759 spend together on this cruise was like lovely exactly. 195 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:37.519 You know what, they might have opinions, differing in opinions, 196 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:39.960 you know, different ways of living their life, but that 197 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:42.320 in the end, it didn't matter. They were family and 198 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:45.240 they loved each other no matter Yeah. Now the cruise 199 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:47.120 was going to be a celebration, It was going to 200 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:50.480 be a memory maker, a one last family vacation before 201 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:55.080 life starts officially pulling them all in different directions. So 202 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:59.320 on March twenty first, nineteen ninety eight, the Bradleys boarded 203 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:03.440 a massive Word Caribbean Cruise ship heading for Curisow Now. 204 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:06.559 Curisau is a small island in the Southern Caribbean Sea, 205 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:10.120 just off the coast of Venezuela, known for its colorful 206 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:13.799 Dutch colonial buildings, crystal clear waters, and it's laid back, 207 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:18.279 tropical vibe. Let's say it's a popular stop for vacationers 208 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:20.639 looking to soak up the sun and the culture. 209 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:21.639 Now. 210 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:24.480 The cruise ship was named the Rhapsody of the Sea, 211 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:28.879 and it was huge, sleek and luxurious, and it packed 212 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:33.960 on over two thousand passengers. There were pool decks, nightclubs, 213 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:37.399 dining rooms, live bands, the whole deal right, and for 214 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:40.720 many it was the dream vacation. I mean for Amy, 215 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:44.519 she was excited, but it was still quite overwhelming. The 216 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:50.000 ship had thirteen decks, thirteen decks tall, was towering above 217 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:53.279 the water. Amy had always been uneasy around that deep 218 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:56.200 ocean and didn't love the idea being surrounded by it 219 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:58.840 for days, but she pushed those nerves down and made 220 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:00.559 sure that she was going to have fun. She was 221 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:03.879 still excited, after all, she was there for her family 222 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:06.240 and she was determined to make the most of it. Plus, 223 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:08.000 her brother Brad was there, and the two of them 224 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:10.919 they were pretty close and when they were together things 225 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:13.879 usually felt a little bit lighter. Now, the first couple 226 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:17.720 of days went as you'd expect, sunbathing, exploring the ship, 227 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:21.399 meeting other passengers, making friends, checking out the night life. 228 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.360 Amy wasn't the type to sit still for too long. 229 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:27.840 She quickly found herself on the ninth floor disco, where 230 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:31.399 a band called Blue Orchid played every night. She seemed 231 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:33.519 to click with the band, especially one of the members, 232 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:37.759 a guy named Alistair Yellow Douglas now Brad and Amy 233 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:41.159 ended up spending the evening of March twenty third dancing 234 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:44.399 and drinking at the ship's disco party. It was lively, 235 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:47.440 packed with music and flashing lights, and for a moment, 236 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:52.480 everything felt carefree. The cruise ship photographer even snapped a 237 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:55.480 few photos of Amy on the dance floor with the 238 00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:59.879 band's bass player, Yellow. Video footage shows her laughing, dancing, 239 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:02.840 blending in like any other twenty something year old on 240 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:06.960 a vacation. Right. It was around one am when Yellow, 241 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:08.919 I'm going to continue calling him Yellow for the record 242 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:12.799 said he called it a night, But Amy and Brad 243 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:16.399 they stayed longer, riding up that vacation high and living 244 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:18.799 that night life on the cruise, And it wasn't until 245 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:21.639 about three thirty five am that Brad finally decided he 246 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:24.960 was heading back to the family cabin. Amy followed only 247 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:28.440 a few minutes later. Behind, and once she entered the room, 248 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:31.039 she joined her brother out on the balcony for a 249 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:36.240 little bit, chatting quietly and enjoying a cigarette. The ocean 250 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:39.960 stretched out endlessly beneath them, black and still in the 251 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:43.519 early hours of the morning. Brad eventually went to bed 252 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:45.679 and Amy stayed out just a little bit longer behind 253 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:50.639 her brother. By five point fifteen am on March twenty fourth, 254 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:55.159 the ship was quiet, most passengers were still asleep. In 255 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:59.679 the Bradley family suite, Ron was just waking up, not 256 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:01.879 for the morning, but he just kind of opened his 257 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:04.919 eyes and glanced towards the balcony and through the glass 258 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:08.480 door he could see his daughter. There were Amy's legs 259 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:12.000 stretched out in the lounge chair, still and peaceful. She 260 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:15.559 most likely had fallen asleep outside, and Brad had went 261 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:19.600 to bed. So he dozed off once again, knowing that 262 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:22.879 his kids were both in the room and safe. But 263 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:26.840 then something woke come up just after six am. Whether 264 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:29.279 it was his internal clock telling him it's time to 265 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:31.759 get up, or something else that drove him to wake 266 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:34.720 in that moment, we don't really know. Ron himself even 267 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:37.039 said he's not sure what will come up, but something 268 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:39.720 did and as he opened his eyes he saw that 269 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:43.240 chair where Amy was sitting not more than maybe even 270 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:47.120 fifteen minutes ago, but it was now empty. There was 271 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:49.559 no sign of Amy on the balcony or in the 272 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:52.120 small cruise ship room that they were in. She was 273 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:56.679 just gone. Now. At first, Ron didn't panic. Maybe she'd 274 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:59.120 gone to grab coffee or take a walk around the deck. 275 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:02.120 It's about six am, after all, it wasn't like Amy 276 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:05.279 to disappear without saying something. But it was early, and 277 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:06.840 she was independent. 278 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:09.000 Well, and she probably didn't want to wake him up exactly. 279 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:11.279 It could have been her leaving the door that even 280 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:12.919 like woke up her dad or something. 281 00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:15.200 You all, it's possible. It's possible, now, I do you 282 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:18.879 want to mention that the balcony door was left open 283 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:21.919 approximately a foot and a foot and a half. Ron 284 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:26.519 specifically mentions that. But still, as the minutes ticked by 285 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:29.600 and there was no sign of Amy, Ron's concern began 286 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:32.639 to grow. She started checking the common areas on the 287 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:35.840 cruise ship, you know, the pools, the buffet, the lounges. 288 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:39.720 But still there was nothing. By six point thirty, he'd 289 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:42.159 woken up the rest of the family, and that's when 290 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:45.480 things started to shift from concerned to a little bit 291 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:49.080 more dread Amy wasn't the type to vanish. She was 292 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:52.360 always careful, always aware of her surroundings, and she'd had 293 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:54.759 no reason to go off on her own without saying word. 294 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:57.039 She would have at least told someone where she was 295 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:59.120 going if she was heading off for a while. It 296 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:02.120 was unlike her not to leave a note or something. 297 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:07.120 But something wasn't right. The ship was now already docking 298 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:10.679 in Curasau and passengers were getting ready to disembark. The 299 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:13.679 Bradleys raced to the pursuer's deck and begged the crew 300 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:16.720 to make an announcement to keep everyone on board to 301 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:20.919 search the ship before before it was too late, But 302 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:24.679 they were told it was too early. The cruise ship 303 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:27.000 workers didn't want to bother the rest of the passengers 304 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:29.919 at seven am. In fact, in the documentary, one of 305 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:33.799 the workers from the ship is quoted saying, quote, we're 306 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:37.159 not going to stop everybody's cruise because there's a missing girl. 307 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:40.919 That's one family's unfortunate incident. But we still have twenty 308 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:43.759 four hundred people who paid a lot of money, And 309 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:46.519 as cold as that sounds, that's the reality. 310 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:50.480 Yeah, I mean, it does sound really cold, but she 311 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:53.360 had hadn't been missing long, so I think everyone at 312 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:55.679 that point was just assuming like they'd find her, you know, 313 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:57.120 really quickly. 314 00:15:57.399 --> 00:16:00.600 That's true, But and I totally get it, because that's 315 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:02.799 the thought that I had as well. But my counter 316 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:05.279 argument to that is, how many times do we cover 317 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:10.320 a case where someone reports a missing person and authorities 318 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:12.039 don't take it seriously at first? 319 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:14.799 Yeah? Well, I was just going to say too, because 320 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:19.679 any if she wasn't found, any evidence or whatever's also disembarking, you. 321 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:23.200 Know, exactly. And so of course with missing persons, you know, 322 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:26.559 the longer things go by, the less chance of finding him. 323 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:29.279 And in this case, you are literally, if you let 324 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:33.639 these passengers off, opening the floodgates for any potential person 325 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:37.039 who did something to Amy, for Amy herself, for any evidence, 326 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:41.440 all of it to just go away. Yeah, forever. Yeah, 327 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:45.240 And in all honesty, I'm willing to bet that that's 328 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:47.840 what the ship wanted, to wash its hand clean of 329 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:49.679 any incident or even potential incident. 330 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:52.720 Well, I mean, if they didn't let people off, though, 331 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:57.200 I mean they would have people would get very unhappy, true, 332 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:59.759 But I mean, and at that point they didn't know 333 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:03.519 if a crime or whatever had been committed. So it's 334 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:06.240 I find that part, that part's a little tough. 335 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:11.119 But here's here's one thing. They're willing to like announce, 336 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:14.319 we are parked, We are willing to disembark. You can 337 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:18.039 now like head off onto land. But they're not willing 338 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:22.680 to announce Could Amy Bradley please come to service task? 339 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:24.960 Yeah, because it's too early. 340 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:29.920 Right, So now the crews began letting the passengers off 341 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:34.200 the ship without securing anything and looking for Amy. In fact, 342 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:37.400 the announcement for Amy to finally contact the front desk 343 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:41.680 didn't go out until seven fifty am, well after hundreds 344 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:46.000 of passengers had already left. By then, Amy and perhaps 345 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:50.759 whoever could have possibly taken her or known something was 346 00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:55.960 long gone, because let's be honest, there's there's some countless 347 00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:58.599 things that could have escaped in that hustle and bustle 348 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:01.000 of people. Not even to say that someone else is 349 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:05.200 even responsible. Let's just say, for argument's sake, that Amy 350 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:07.920 slipped and hit her head and has amnesia and doesn't 351 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:10.119 know what's going on, and now she just walks off 352 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:15.200 the ship forever, right, Yeah, So who knows what that floodgate. 353 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:15.880 Let go. 354 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:21.000 Yeah, there's so many things. She could have been captured 355 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:24.480 in something that was being taken off, or she could 356 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:27.480 have been drugged or something like There's. 357 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:29.240 It could have even just been a witness who had 358 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:32.039 seen what had happened to her who left and departed 359 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:33.720 and just stayed there and never got back in the 360 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:37.680 ship and never got in contact with authorities. Yeah, but 361 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:41.720 let's continue now. Once the realization set in that Amy 362 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:44.960 was truly missing, the crew finally began to do something, 363 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:49.000 and they began a search. This search was initiated sometime 364 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:52.720 shortly after nine am, but the delay had already hurt 365 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:56.599 the investigation. For hours, passengers had been allowed to walk 366 00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:59.960 off the ship without being questioned, without bags being checked, 367 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:03.559 and without knowing a woman had been vanished or missing 368 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:08.400 at all. As the ship was scoured top to bottom, allegedly, 369 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:12.039 witness accounts did begin to surface, but they didn't all 370 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:15.920 line up now. Three passengers later claimed that they'd seen 371 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:19.519 Amy on an upper deck sometime between five thirty and 372 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:23.839 five forty five am, well after her father said he 373 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:28.000 last saw her. Now, according to them, she was with 374 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:32.400 Alistair Yellow Douglas, the same band member she had been 375 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:35.920 hanging out with the night before. They said she had 376 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:39.400 a camera and that Yellow handed her a drink and 377 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:43.519 apparently with some kind of dark liquid in it. Moments later, 378 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:46.319 the pair were seen stepping into an elevator together, and 379 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:51.119 then not long after, the same pair spotted Yellow once again, 380 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:55.200 and this time alone. 381 00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:57.240 Not very long after, really not very long after. 382 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:00.559 And here's the caveat with this sight is the two 383 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:05.960 individuals who saw Yellow and Amy together they were on 384 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:09.319 their way to the room, but they don't they can't 385 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:11.799 confirm that it was somewhere between five point thirty and 386 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:16.880 five forty five am, so it was the problem is 387 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:19.759 on the ship, there's key cards on the doors, and 388 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:23.200 those key cards they logged a time when someone opened 389 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:26.759 the door with the key card right to enter. Yeah, 390 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:30.319 these two forgot their key card, knocked on the door, 391 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:33.160 had someone in the cabin already let them in, So 392 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:35.759 the key card was never used, and that timeline could 393 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:37.119 not be confirmed. 394 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:40.759 Right, And then when you're leaving it's not confirmed either. 395 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:42.799 It's only when you're like swiping this. 396 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:47.880 Card exactly now. Yellow had claimed that the night before 397 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:50.599 he left the party around one am, well before any 398 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:53.319 of that had happened, but the cruise ship's own video 399 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:57.759 footage contradicts that timeline. He was clearly seen dancing with 400 00:20:57.880 --> 00:21:02.279 Amy well after one am, smiling and quite close. Not 401 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:06.079