It really burns my grits that someone would take advantage of a family in this situation!!! There's a special place in hell for someone like that. I'm so glad the employer had the good sense to send someone down there to investigate the investigator.
+Mrs. Torrie lebelesprit_ on ig I cannot even imagine how someone could sleep at night preying on this innocent family going through what no one should go through. Sickening. Also, adding "Burns my grits" to my vocabulary hahaha love it
Cause he wasn’t supposed to be there. If I were in that situation I would get her to the navy ship and tell my supervising officer that you had a gut feeling to be there and he’s prolly believe it
Hell yeah! He could have made up any excuse, said he walked by the bldg. and saw her, whatever. Could have called the FBI!? They don’t give a F why he was there!? I couldn’t live with myself.
I think it's professionally unethical for the ship captain to tell the family to leave the ship and go looking for her in Curacau, then to leave the family behind. It took the FBI involvement to get the ship searched again; only after the ship had time to sail off and port again somewhere else. What kind of captain would urge the family to de-board and go search an unfamiliar town? At least one family member could have stayed on the ship watching/looking for her. The captain should be on the list of suspects, or at least be recognized as someone who made some really bad and strange decisions. Who else on the ship's staff would have the power to confiscate all of the photographs taken and remove any with Amy in them? I wouldn't want a captain like that sailing a ship I was on.
+lauranorwar Yes, at the very least his actions present like someone who doesn't want to admit something bad can happen on his watch, therefore he herded the family off the ship. Maybe to get some time to figure out what to do or because he just didn't want to deal with the situation. Whatever the reason, his actions look suspicious.
Trace-Elementz13 I think Americans should boycott that ship line...hit them where it hurts until they do something to protect their passengers and be more responsible.
i dont trust the ships captain..he was in a good position to throw the family off the scent,whilst removing ami from the unsearched part of the ship.he could also have made her photos disappear..
this is very suspicious. someone on that crew was in on the abduction. that naval officer at the brothel not doing anything about the cry for help is a disgrace. he's a coward..
He could have said that he saw her being shuffled into the brothel, and for that reason went in to find out if it was her. Then he could have gotten a medal and the reward.
Matthew Stiller he tried to help her and told her to go back to his carrier at the docks for help but the men holding her came back at that moment and there was nothing else he could do.
Thank you so much for your opinion on this case! Last year I've read the first time about her disappearence and spend almost the whole evening collecting every piece of information. I believe the 2005 pictures are indeed Amy and with this whole context; the statements from the Diver and Naval officer, it's highly possible she was forced into sex slavery. Even after month, I still have this feeling, Yellow or Alister Douglas was involved in some kind of way. I remember visiting his facebook page, just starring at his picture and thought: "Just tell them what you really know". Sadly and you mentioned it, after 2005, no more information (besides the Jawbone) not one more sighting etc. happened. It's heartbreaking! I hope and wish that Amy is still alive and will come home..
I agree that was her in the pictures back in 2005 and I will never get on a cruise ship simply because of their shady reputations..We actually have one that docks in our city (Charleston,SC) and have been offered amazing discounts and job offers but I always say NO Thank You...
I heard about this case years ago and always felt that she was sold into slavery. There were just too many sightings. From what I've read so many girls end up that way. I hope the naval officer bears this horrible guilt all his life. I don't care what you're doing. She needed help in the worst way possible but he didn't want to get into to trouble. Better hope when he needs it people act better than he did.
+Christy Stracener He could have easily invented a cover story about spoting Amy in trouble and for that reason went inside to pretend to be a customer. What a creep.
I know craziness happens on land, but stories like these are why I'll never step foot on a cruise ship. People go missing so easily and the cruise ships always act shady. Not to mention the other horror stories like food poisoning, rape etc. I've watched her story a few times & I live in Alabama so the Holloway case is well known here. These poor families, their suffering is life long with cases like these. I hope something comes along to solve her case.
My conclusion is based solely on the content of this video. In my opinion, this girl was kidnapped and sold into sex slavery. It appears the ship's photographer in particular was directly involved. This kidnapping operation was preexisting. In other words, the photographer, prior to this particular cruise, had been instructed to be on the look-out for attractive, young women. Once spotted, he would take several pictures of the potential victim and provide them to whoever made the decision to abduct her based on the photos. Because she went missing before the ship reached port, someone else aboard the ship (most likely another crew member) was also involved. More than likely, she was drugged, bound, gagged and stashed in an area of the ship that the initial search purposely did not encompass. Once the guests and family went ashore, it would not be difficult to secret her off the ship possibly hidden in a crate or sack. It's common for ships to offload and load supplies when they make port. This type of activity would not have raised suspicion. Because every photo the photographer had taken of her was missing, this is my theory.
Yeah I'm really curious why law enforcement/armed forces/private agents don't just go to brothels, pay for time with someone, and asked if they're being sex trafficked. And if they say yes, get them out...? I mean. I know they don't have the legal right to shut down brothels in other countries. But I feel like a well-supplied small group could still rescue a person or two.
The two sightings woman in the bathroom and sailor have been discredited. The woman took $8,000 for her information and appearance. I got this information from Generation Why podcast. I also think traffickers take very young vulnerable girls, who often don't speak English. Unfortunately, they have many to choose from and the girls are rarely reported missing. The last thing traffickers want is a fuss and investigations. I have now come to the conclusion she disappeared on the ship and in the waters. Very, very sad.
I didn't believe the woman's story because she claimed to be frightened in a bath stall because two men entered with Amy, and had conversations. Yet when she was out of the stall she took her sweet time talking with Amy.
In every report written and discussed about this case, her father clearly states something woke him up. I believe he heard her fall, in some way she made a sound and it startled him awake. I’m not trying to debunk the kidnapping theory, but logically, the time element must be looked at above all. Her father saw her legs on the balcony “about thirty minutes” before he was awoken by “something”. If she left the room and that’s what he heard, why wouldn’t he encounter her in the hallway or nearby, since he states he immediately began searching for her? How could she be kidnapped and whisked away in broad daylight when everyone is getting ready to disembark? That’s risky. And if you say someone hid her body first, then how did they incapacitate her so quickly and hide her away within such a small window of time? Why would she leave to go meet this guy at such a time in the morning when she knew she needed sleep before the trip to to the mainland? A hookup before breakfast, when she could have just stayed with him all night? Doesn’t make sense. Another big clue: she didn’t take her shoes. That tells me she never left the cabin/ balcony. I highly doubt she’d leave the cabin without shoes. Personally, I think she may have been sick, as I’ve read that she told her brother she wasn’t feeling well. She may have needed to vomit over the side rail, leaned to far in order not to hit the deck below, and fallen overboard. Simple, I know. I may absolutely be wrong. But the conspiracies don’t make sense long term. I do pray for the family.
What an amazing story- My heart is with the Bradleys. I feel that this photo is authentic proof of her being alive. I feel there is still hope Amy can return home. I could not imagine the family living with this knowledge that their only daughter is not only alive, but living a life of sexual slavery; It seems like something more could be done to track down Amy Bradley - I guess I'm naive in how many of these islands are in existence, and how often she is shuffled around to different locations- I just wish that with both the Canadian and naval officer sitings, authorities would have been contacted immediately. It's unreal to think that we are approaching 20 years of this girl being missing; I hope her family gets answers, closure, but most importantly, that they get their Amy again. I never believed she fell overboard; and that Yellow guy knows alot more than he's stated. I truly feel that FBI should requestion him and get answers- I would feel that a light complected white American female with piercing green eyes would definitely stand out in this part of the world. When the escort photos of possible Amy Bradley surfaced on that Caribbean website, it was interesting to note that her hair and body positioning were all strategically placed to hide her many tatoos. From what Iva said about the layover of the photos, all the peircings, ear shape, eye brow to forehead length, there were too many similarities to show it was Amy. I truly would love to see this girl return to her family
What happened to Jennifer Kesse-is i truly believe what happened to Amy Bradley. Sex Trafficking-by the same sex ring. Jennifer vanished while living in Florida. It seems there is a special sex trafficking ring that supplies american women who has international clients who want women who are not street prostitutes/runaways-but more middle class/upper class young women., who can be used in the more "upper class" escort sex business...with some of those forced into this business serving as "madams".Clients pay very high prices for these american women-and it is a million dollar business..and those running these sex escort businesses-handle it as such-and are very dangerous-it's an organized crime ring-and they will not hesitate to kill anyone who seeks to find these women-and do everything to protect these women from any attempt at rescue-and do everything to keep these women from escaping. These women like Amy Bradley and Jennifer Kesse and Beth Holloway-are usually kept addicted to drugs and brainwashed by threats to their life-to keep them from attempting an escape. Why doesn't the Bradley family have a facebook page for Amy Bradley's case? Is there a sex trafficking special task force-ithat works on these cases- that go into websites that are sex traffick websites-especially overseas-who literally do deals on women who are forced into these sex trafficking rings-and are literally put up for sale on these sex trafficking websites? Can't they pose as clients-to find possible those like Amy and Jennifer and Beth?? Out of curiousity-i actually have ventured on some of these porn-like/sex traffciking sites-and it's scary-and i'm sure well run sites what are very careful on screening who may be a legit client and who isn't.! Right? Have no doubts whomever has Amy and Jennifer and Beth-frequently check for any updates/news on them on the internet, etc;!
I hit the "like" more than 10 times,then it dissapears. When we watch through our mobile's the You Tube does not want to count us cause we receive little or no ads. I am trying in every video at least 6-7 times,their policy needs to change.
+GeekenDorx you deserve every view and 'like'.... They really should do something,it is unfair for all of you,the creators,thank God they accept our comments,your views are much higher,they do not count the views that they do not receive ads,they don't accept hitting the "like" button,in many vids I watch. You Tube became mean business.
John, you might try emailing the reporter on the jawbone story and see if they know of any follow up. Also, the woman, Amy, was 5'6" and 115 pounds. That is really thin, I think. Maybe you're right about her possibly going to try to score something at the club and getting kidnapped. Sad story. I hope she gets found alive.
Your channel is great and you are highly talented. Did you ever do a Searchlight on Natalie Holloway? She is from my home town....just curious. She may have been too mainstream media and I know a lot has been said and written. So sad these people that vanish without a trace. Almost wonder if the families would prefer them to be deceased thank to not have that closure.
John, you would not believe the ad I just sat through for 4 minutes to support your channel. I have never been happier to hear your intro start playing. At least I'm feeling a lot less bad about not being a patron yet now.
The band member "Yellow" allegedly told Amy's brother that he (yellow)is sorry to hear about your sister's disappearance. This was before anyone knew about Bradley's disappearance.How did yellow know about her disappearance? He (yellow) was questioned by the FBI about this, but of course he denied making such a comment to Bradley's brother.
I feel so bad for this family; I saw the Dr. Phil show covering Amy's disappearance. I think she may have met that band member at some point and something happened but no matter what- this is such a sad and frustrating case. Vacations are meant to be fun and I could tell this is a close family. The photo found on the Internet looks a lot like Amy (her hair would be all grown out after all this time). I hope and pray she can be found and reunited with her family.
if she did fell over the ship I think they have sensors to know a human body fell off the ship im not sure if they had that sort of technology back in 98 but it's kinda disturbing I been on the Royal Caribbean and this can happen to people 0_0
You sir are one of the good guys, thank you for all your research and to bring awareness to all this sad sad stories. This one is terrifying, I wonder if alive how much of the old Amy is still there, these people, man, the suffering they must go through, I wonder if any of these people ever leave a normal life if rescued or escaped... the scariest thing in the world for me is certainly human trafficking. The way these people disappear, one can tell the people behind it must be really rich and powerful... no way someone in this cruise-ship was not involved, telling the family to go out into the town to search, leaving them behind, erasing the photos, damn they should have all been arrested, those were the critical hours, after that it is almost impossible to get them back. Will never forget the Rui Pedro case a little boy that disappeared from his village after going for a walk with an older friend that wanted to take him to a prostitute and was never seen again only years later a photo on a pornographic site was found and experts said it was him, just like in this case, which means he was sold to human trafficking. His parents are a complete wreck, he disappeared also in the nineties and until today they search for him, it is a baffling case, hope one day you can cover it. Congratulations on your work. It is priceless!
I've seen very little information about the so-called 'member of the navy' who claims to have seen Amy Bradley in the brothel. What kind of coward fails to IMMEDIATELY report a potential American citizen being held captive? Who is this person? Is this account supported with any evidence, or is it just another clown trying to draw attention. If their account is certified accurate, that person should live in shame for the remainder of their existence.
Hi John, I have a suggestion for a Brainscratch video....considering the amount of info that you were able to dig up surrounding the Elisa Lam case, I would love to hear/see what kind of video you could do on Jonbenet Ramsey. The case is addictive considering that it seems so simple, yet NO ONE has solved it. Thanks!
kind of strange but here is Alister Douglas's facebook, looks like the guy, lots of pictures playing bass, I guess that's just a joke that it's called cheaponlinetravel, someone posted this on web sleuths, he's apparently found God facebook.com/cheaponlinetravel
Thanks for looking into this case, John. I think that pic of the woman on the bed is her. Notice how the pic of the woman (whether it's her or not) is NOT SMILING! Also the sailor who claimed he saw her at the brothel- I think his story is credible. There is no way he could have known about the tattoos Amy had. I'm not sure what time frame that pic of the woman (who is most likely Amy) came from but I thought they said 2005. I could be wrong though. Again thanks for looking into this case.
you should dig around the fact that the mainstream media only airs maybe 3-5 missing person cases a year.. When around 700,000 - 1,200,000 people disappear in the USA alone. Kinda strange heh?
Definitely find out who deleted all of her photo's, that definitely seems criminal intent and everything else seems to point in the musician's direction. The captain does seem shady as well.
+Eva they did eventually go search, but I think the brothel had burned down or something to that affect? Unfortunately this Naval officer didn't report his sighting for months, out of fear of being punished for being at a brothel.
oh, That makes some sense I guess. It's just weird that he wouldn't report to the police immediately. It could have helped the whole investigation perhaps. Oh well :(
+Eva He apparently didn't go to authorities right away because being in the Navy and visiting a brothel- he'd likely have been punished. He was extremely selfish for not immediately doing something about it
If the naval officer was so concerned about being punished, he could've lied about why he was in there. He could've claimed he thought the place was a regular bar, he needed directions, or thought he heard someone screaming. Even if he didn't lie, you would think he would avoid punishment for saving a young woman's life.
(Dec 26th 2022 updates): An article I could find from this year states that "Once the jawbone was cleared of any connection to Holloway, the authorities ceased pursuing the lead - despite the fact that 9 other Caribbean vacationers were still currently missing. No DNA testing was done on the bone, but it was determined to belong to a Caucasian." Currently the FBI is offering up $25,000 for any info that could lead to closure in the case. The Bradley family offer $50,000 for info regarding her location & $250,000 for info that leads to her safe return. Outside of that there is no real update.
What is the story with the Naval officer that ran across her and she asked for help....I would think an officer would have grabbed her and left get to the authorities.....but that was it...he was approached she said who she was and then what?? Was there any other statements from him?......as always thanks John, your show is the best thing to come out of RUclips.
+iconforu2c I was looking to see if anyone else was going to say this. That was my first question. A naval officer is approached by a girl who says she's a missing girl who's been sold into sex slavery and he does....nothing?
Unless there is any security footage of her at all after the father stated he saw her on the balcony, I cannot come to any other conclusion other than she fell over board. She was seen on her balcony by her father one minute and the next she was gone. Her shoes were still sitting there. You cannot rely on eye witness testimony from strangers regardless of how many people came forward. Whatever happened it is a tragic story.
Thank you for covering this. I've seen this on a couple of smaller disappearance shows before, but nothing big. It's horrifying that she could still be out there- either way her family deserves closure. Great work again!
I just saw the case of Amy Bradley on Beth Halloway the missing. This case is one of those cases that you don"t forget. I was hoping you followed this case and you did. May God bless you in all that you do, and may your coverage of these cases make a difference.
I want to thank you so much for what you do. You really give your all and take your time to help shine the light on these sad cases of missing people. This case has always tugged at my heart and I think about it everytime I go on a cruise. This can happen to any of us at anytime. So Thank You Again. God Bless You.
Hey John, another great video. I remember seeing the Amy Bradley case on TV but it was years ago. I didn't know that there were such similarities with the Natalee Holloway case. Did you see the story on Yahoo recently that Vander-somethingorother (the guy who's doing time for her abduction/murder) is back in the news -- still milking that poor girls story! Anyway, back to Amy: I googled photos of her and it's chilling to see her cruise pics right next to the adult web site picture of her. Yeah, that REALLY looks like her, doesn't it!? God, she's missed her whole life, practically. I really began to tear up, man. And why didn't that serviceman ever DO anything when she begged him for help??? So many questions.....
+lucy girl Her mother is now in contact with me. If she gives me any new or updated info I'll be sure to post an update. I also can't believe that guy didn't try to help her.
first of all i want to thank you for what you are doing. i really think that this is admirable that you put out these question stirring videos. it helps keep tragic histories in the forethought of people today. so that maybe, just maybe, it wit scratch the brain of the correct person that just might know something, or have a peice of the puzzle. so for that i offer up a big bowl of kudos. and secondly that worthless scumbag that was heisting the family and giving them false hope should have been shot. not given prison. if you think of what he cause, and created with all those people involved, is unforgivable. prison is not at all justice. i truly hope that asshole gets what he has coming to him. forgive my language, but thats as toned down that i can get it. thank you for all you do. and thank you for all the info on Elisa Lam, i can only imagine how many nights you stayed up looking into that particular case. thank you.
Hey, John. I was doing some research of my own on this case and came across an article that said that they did testing on the jawbone, but when they realized it didn't have a connection to the Natalee Holloway case, no further testing was done. I'm not sure how accurate the article is, but I hope that isn't true! I think it would be a shame to just give up on a piece of evidence and not do anymore testing on it whatsoever. As the article mentions, there are obviously others they could've compared the jawbone to, but it apparently didn't happen. Anyway, it also mentioned that the jaw bone was that of a "younger female". Not sure if they mean younger than Natalee or just "younger" in the broad sense of the term. It's sad either way! m.ranker.com/list/facts-about-amy-lynn-bradley/philgibbons
Thank you for adding the info about the scam investigator. I thought I'd heard that he had just taken off with their money. Glad to hear that justice was served. I wish so much that this maddening case would be solved with a positive outcome for Amy. ❤️❤️
The murderer of Natalee Holloway was found and convicted, though. He is a Dutchman called Joran van der Sloot, and was most likely a bit too young in 1998.
Suggestions for other cases such as these (as if you don't have a huge running list) the disappearance of Rebecca Coriam, a cruise ship worker for Disney Cruises Cruise ship disappearances in general. My impression is that with disappearances/deaths of people on cruises there are so many loopholes and snarls in the law that these things (even more than in the other cases you've done on land where law enforcement appears incompetent and victim-blaming) get dropped like a hot potato.
Man it seems that a person (or persons) was using their job with this Cruise line as an opportunity to sell people into trafficking. It seems like someone took her pictures to show a buyer. I think she was picked out and led to some piece of garbage. Yellow knows where she went. He may not know where she is now but he knows what happened. I know this is just my opinion but why would someone take her pictures? I think it was to show her to a potential buyer...
Wow I wasn't aware of Natalee Holloways case but I just googled and they were both seen at the same bar not long before disappearing?!? That is so suspicious..
There is a second picture from the escort site that shows a reasonably clear shot of her left shoulder blade and I don't see a tattoo there. Aside from that I would bet my life that it's her though.
THIS IS SO SAD AND ABSOULUTLEY DEVESTATING!..You go on vacation with your family, your kids and one of your kids disappears!..I am a Mother of two amazing kids and I cant even imagine how I would feel if one of my kids just wasn't there anymore and not know what happen or THE TRUTH of what happen!..So many young woman and even young girls get taken and forced to sell themselves..THE DEVIL!..Woman and young girls taken from there families and put through what NO PARENT should EVER EVER go through!..WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD?..and THE PEOPLE IN IT???..There are more EVIL than GOOD!..I am so devastated that my children, especially my daughter who has to grow up in a HORRIBLE, NON-TRUSTING, and EVIL world like we all live in today!..I pray everyday that God will protect my kids and keep them safe and I pray that God will bring home Amy and keep her safe! God, I come to you and ask for your protection around this family and Amy!..I ask that you keep her family safe, that you give them the strength that they need to get thru this devastating time and that you bring home Amy safely and that who ever has her that you Father God don't let go unpunished and that you let Amy know that you are with her by herside every moment wherever she is and that you let her know that its going to be ok and that she IS strong enough to NEVER GIVE UP, love her Father God and Please bring her home!..In the Name of Jesus Christ Amen!
If she was kidnapped off the ship to be trafficked how would they have gotten her off the ship? The would have had to hid her in something. She didn't walk off the ship because security tracks everyone going on and off the ship at ports.
If you have not done so yet (througout your whole channel), could you feature The Sodder Children on Searchlight. I find this case to be very interesting.
He can maybe do the Sodder Children on Brain Scratch but he wouldn't cover them for Searchlight I doubt because the purpose of Searchlight is to raise awareness for missing people to hopefully bring them home or bring closure to their family. If the Sodder a Children survived the house fire, none of them would still be alive to this day, so they wouldn't be on Searchlight.
They would actually be in their 70s and 80s by now so they would possibly still be alive. Also their were no remains found in the house so they likely did survive the house fire.
Let’s apply common sense and logic: it’s tough to carry a grown human being any distance, let alone off of a cruise liner with out attracting attention.
I read a free romance book (Amazon prime) that had to of been written by a person who knows this true life story, it's nearly identical to what happen this young woman. Hopefully Amy will be found. Dare we ask what happens to the sex slave women when they 'age out' or are no longer wanted?
The deck accessibility is something that should be further explored bc that really Makes the difference between her being taken against her will by whoever or her going somewhere on the boat willingly To perhaps meet someone. If that deck she was sleeping on was accessible to others outside of their private room then hell yes I think she was abducted right from there.
I think that even if she were kidnapped and forced into sex slavery then isn't there normally a time stamp for how long they're kept in? If she was captured when she was 23 and is in her 40's now....then there's noway they'd keep a woman for that long. They'd just scout younger, prettier girls. Therefore I think she's probably dead
Hi John, I'm a relatively new subscriber to your channel after finding you through looking up information on the Elisa Lam case. I've been working my way through your other videos and cases as I am throughly enjoying them (which is the wrong expression considering the subject matter, but I hope you know what I mean :) ). I admire the amount of work, research and logical way you approach each case and want to thank you for bringing attention to many cases that in most instances would be ignored. I was browsing RUclips earlier and came across a short video clip on another channel posted fairly recently about a Mum who had gone missing with her children but then later discovered she was dead in their car whilst the children although alive were very dehydrated. I was wondering if you or any of your viewers knew anything about this case as the wee bit of research I've done am finding hard to uncover anything...maybe it's still early days in the case??? I just thought I would mention it here as I find it intriguing and of course so very sad. Hopefully the link to the video will post for me.......
+IrishCol1only I just heard about this case today.. I will certainly look into it further and may cover it. Thank you so much for your kind words about my work. It's always great to meet new people from my families homeland! I have almost a dozen aunts and uncles in Ireland. :-) Take care, John
Amy told her brother she was "getting off the ship to buy cigarettes." I believe she left the ship of her own choice, for whatever reason... On the island, I believe Amy met some dangerous people. Possibly wandered into the wrong shop, at the wrong time. ~~~~It only takes 15 seconds for a 180 pound man to overpower a 120 pound woman. ~~~~~Fifteen seconds. Carry pepper spray, Please.
great video john! as always :) I understand that they cropped the photo but do u have any information about the whole photo? looks like she is wearing a dress or so and skin is showing, so wouldn't we be able to see some of her tattoos to identify her?
+Anna Klein I did check the complete pics.. unfortunately you cannot see her tattoo areas. Her mother is now in contact with me, so we may have an update very soon!
+GeekenDorx woooow awesome!!! this is so amazing that you are in contact with more and more families. your show really makes a difference and you are doing a great job!
11.50 „why would she take her cigarettes and a lighter?! That’s a mystery“ hmmmm. I know this may sound unrealistic, but maybe she was going to smoke a cigarette ?!? Excuse my irony...
The man was in the NAVY and he didn't come forward with the information until he retired because he would have gotten in trouble for hiring a prostitute. It's a shitty excuse and he should be ashamed of himself.
OK...apparently Carlos'n Charlie's is a chain of Mexican casual dining restaurants located in Mexico and the Caribbean with three restaurants currently located in America. Apparently the Carlos'n Charlie's in Aruba closed in 2008, three years after Natalie disappeared. And Amy implied desire to visit a chain restaurant....hmmmm. I would do a background check on the people who worked at the Aruba Carlos'n Charlie's between 1998 and 2005. Someone must have seen something and it would be useful to know if any of the band members had connections with Carlos'n Charlie's in Aruba.
Please keep them coming! I'd love to see you investigating the case of Arnold Archambeau and Ruby Bruguier, another case first seen on Unsolved Mysteries (on the bizarre crimes dvd set). Their case is baffling!
+Mrs. Torrie lebelesprit_ on ig Amy's aunt was actually the first one who said that the woman on the picture is absolutely her. On the documentary you can also hear her mother saying that she was also convinced from the very first moment that its her daughter.
+GeekenDorx I wonder why they didn't try and set up a date with her by someone undercover. If this was advertising her services, that would be the logical thing to do--keep mum and arrange for someone to try and schedule a date. At least they could have rescued her even if they don't catch the people who enslaved her.
+msvick66 The FBI contacted the owner of this website. His response; " The pictures of the woman on our page comes often from magazines or other sources!" - Of course not. I'm pretty sure they were aware of every single woman on this page. Since that, nothing more heard about Amy. Coincidence?! Not sure.
Have you done or will you if you haven't brianna maitland with everything I've been able to dig up even through a doc. Series crawlspace I believe u would do a amazing job thanks for what u do :)
There's pics missing and Yellows daughter just happens to mention he had pics of Amy, her mom would get upset about it, bc he was "obsessed " with her and the pics and his daughter also said that the ship was shady, and he knows what happened to her. I think she's drugged too, at this point, and not seasick like her dad said. I think bc of Aruba and the Carlos and Charlie's bar, they used ghb in drinks, that's how Jordan drugged natalee. Mixed w alcohol which is what they think happened to Natalee, was that there was too much ghb Mixed with alcohol or the other way around or both. It caused it to be fatal. They talked about it on the show her dad was on. She looks drugged and not drunk. But they are dancing....kind of sexually, she's all up on him at one point...I don't know if this is a case of he raped and killed her or the sex slave theory...but maybe he got the wrong impression from dancing that she was down to F- and she denied him and he got mad...I don't know. It seems in these countries there's a very very very high rape rate. If it was crew members from that country or any other one I'd think uh oh bc you don't know if she was dancing on him bc she was drunk or bc she was drugged. Either way, if his daughters saying that, and he's the last person to see her, and his lie detectors test was not conclusive/showed deception, only thing I can't get around is the fact that her dad sees her sleeping on the patio around 5:30 am I think, then he wakes back up at 6 and she's gone...you would think he'd have heard her come in. And she would have had to, bc after being seen around 6-6:30ish am I think w yellow handing her a drink, he exits, but she never comes back out... so it's either he raped and killed her or the sex slavery. But then you also have to fit in this she was outside before that even happened but didn't make any noise coming in? It was half an hour. What about her saying she was going to go get cigarettes to her brother, and that was all that was missing, her cigarettes and lighter... I just don't think that it can fit together until you know what 9 hrs they erased on the cameras, and that's long gone. Not checking the ship good enough or right away... really hurt the case. I don't think she went overboard bc she's not seen leaving after yellow leaves by himself. And that's after the patio according to the timeline.. the pics look exactly like her, same ear piercings, I get stuck on the 80s look though, if it's 2005 when they're taken, then why does she look like the 80s? It's odd. The bed is odd. If you were advertising wouldn't you want sheets? I don't understand... make it look exactly like she got trafficked bc that's what it looks like. But like I said unfortunately like Magdalena Zuk, Nara Pech, George Smith(just throwing him in bc of the cruise, we know who did it, very obvious)...that very odd disappearances and deaths seem to happen in other countries with Americans..natalee too, but we know who killed her. I think Magdalena was in a similar situation whether getting raped by a bunch of men, oddly with all M names, or was going to be taken into trafficking... but bc she was in such a bad mental state, they just killed her. But you'd think she'd leave blood like George Smith from falling if she went over. Or in the water if she got chopped by the propeller. Again, I just don't know, bc one shows she's on the patio, another she is with yellow, doesn't come out on camera. And then there's trafficking/pics on the escort site... what happened the night before and why are the fbi suddenly interested in that? Did she leave? They said she'd have to swipe a card, or she wouldn't be able to. So, why does her brother say she was saying she's gonna go to the island for cigarettes? How? I think they'd have released it if she was logged as leaving the ship. What happened on the missing 9 hrs of tape they erased?
I read about her case a few years ago. Someone saw her picture too, if i am not confusing it with someone else...in a Brazilian porn site, or something. Interesting. I am sure she was taken, a lot of these cruises have people being taken just to sell in countries like Brazil or Mexico. Shame.
I went to Aruba on a cruise around that time, and Carlos and Charley's was part of an "excursion." The tour group took us to a topless beach, and then Carlos and Charley's. It was described as the "only Americanized bar" on our 4 stop tour. It's definitely a tourist attraction.
How awful for her family. What's the rest of the story with the Naval officer? Did he at least try to help her? Also, I went on a couple of cruises years ago and remember everyone recommending Carlos and Charlies, so they are pretty well known. I wonder how many young women have disappeared from cruise ships and vacation spots. Our group never gave it a thought when we went on cruises. How naïve of us back in the 80's.
+Lovin'Life2016 The naval officer was afraid to come forward with the info because of where he was, so he took a few years before speaking about it publicly.
+Lovin'Life2016 He was a damn coward from what I've been able to research. "He said he had decided not to report the incident at that time, fearing that he would get into trouble with the Navy for having been in a brothel, and only contacted Amy's family after he had retired and saw her picture, and perhaps information of a reward, in a magazine." That makes me so angry. He was more afraid of "getting in trouble" than actually helping someone.
Oh wow, this is a case that hits close to home. I've been on many cruises, and last year I was in Curacao. She is definitely still alive, and definitely was sold into a human trafficking/sex slavery ring. The captain and cruise ship officials should have used the ship wide intercom system way sooner than they did and should not have docked the ship and let people off. I'm going on a cruise this summer, and this case will definitely be in my mind.
This one I saw yrs ago,,hit me so hard by the end felt like she was my sister where I was looking up RUclips videos of the dude from the band..there videos of him older a women you can tell is on vacation and her post stop.weird shit
she fell to ocean from the cabin balcony. (Bradley's father, Ron, saw her asleep on the cabin balcony. ) this is most easy case in us history .Why she fell off to the ocean , either accident or pushed by somebody , cabin balcony is private deck come face the ocean ,
My very first thought was that this was human trafficking. What I don't understand, is if she begged the Navy guy to help her, did he even try to help her? I didn't see any info on that, only the mention that she asked him for help. If she asked him for help, and he did nothing for her when he certainly could have, I would have an extremely difficult time justifying his non-action. As compassionate as I try to be, part of me wishes for a special punishment in hell just for him. That so called "investigator"? Good Lord, what is wrong with people? I just don't understand people who can take advantage of families in distress like he did! He gets a seat next to the Navy guy! Ok, I'm done venting...for the moment. :) My biggest concern is that, now that she's over 40yr old, and if indeed she is in the sexual slavery, which I believe she is, she may not be alive anymore. I don't want to even imagine what that kind of hard life would do to someone and their "value" in the trade. If they no longer see her as profitable, they may kill her. I pray that's not the case.
Carlos and Charlie's is a really common tourist bar all over the Caribbean. I don't think its anything more than a coincidence that both girls were at the same bar.
so why didn't the FBI book "jazz" the girl that look like Amy to find out if it's really her and plan a rescue mission? it seems like instead they decided to go public with the pictures and information.
John there is another photo of a woman who looks like Amy sitting up looking to the side of the bed & it shows alittle more of her face. This case is baffling very sad, heartbreaking & I pray her family gets closure someday.
It really burns my grits that someone would take advantage of a family in this situation!!! There's a special place in hell for someone like that. I'm so glad the employer had the good sense to send someone down there to investigate the investigator.
+Mrs. Torrie lebelesprit_ on ig I totally agree. It's sick to prey on people in distress like that.
"burns my grits" 😩😂
+Nadia Moguel lol Im seriously southern
+Mrs. Torrie lebelesprit_ on ig I cannot even imagine how someone could sleep at night preying on this innocent family going through what no one should go through. Sickening. Also, adding "Burns my grits" to my vocabulary hahaha love it
krisscouture One rule, you have to use it tomorrow.. Lol
Anyone else find it difficult to compute why the navy guy didn't do anything to help the woman at the brothel?
ruby08ish yes!!!! Why?? I want to shake him
Fuck his reputation!
yeah, hope he can live with himself
Cause he wasn’t supposed to be there. If I were in that situation I would get her to the navy ship and tell my supervising officer that you had a gut feeling to be there and he’s prolly believe it
Hell yeah! He could have made up any excuse, said he walked by the bldg. and saw her, whatever. Could have called the FBI!? They don’t give a F why he was there!? I couldn’t live with myself.
I think it's professionally unethical for the ship captain to tell the family to leave the ship and go looking for her in Curacau, then to leave the family behind. It took the FBI involvement to get the ship searched again; only after the ship had time to sail off and port again somewhere else. What kind of captain would urge the family to de-board and go search an unfamiliar town? At least one family member could have stayed on the ship watching/looking for her. The captain should be on the list of suspects, or at least be recognized as someone who made some really bad and strange decisions. Who else on the ship's staff would have the power to confiscate all of the photographs taken and remove any with Amy in them? I wouldn't want a captain like that sailing a ship I was on.
Sounds like a captain who was complicit in the crime--his actions seem to go beyond mere negligence.
+lauranorwar Yes, at the very least his actions present like someone who doesn't want to admit something bad can happen on his watch, therefore he herded the family off the ship. Maybe to get some time to figure out what to do or because he just didn't want to deal with the situation. Whatever the reason, his actions look suspicious.
Trace-Elementz13 I think Americans should boycott that ship line...hit them where it hurts until they do something to protect their passengers and be more responsible.
i dont trust the ships captain..he was in a good position to throw the family off the scent,whilst removing ami from the unsearched part of the ship.he could also have made her photos disappear..
this is very suspicious. someone on that crew was in on the abduction. that naval officer at the brothel not doing anything about the cry for help is a disgrace. he's a coward..
He doesn't feel a thing, I promise you.
He could have said that he saw her being shuffled into the brothel, and for that reason went in to find out if it was her. Then he could have gotten a medal and the reward.
Matthew Stiller very much so a coward. He should be ashamed of himself
hope he can live with himself
Matthew Stiller he tried to help her and told her to go back to his carrier at the docks for help but the men holding her came back at that moment and there was nothing else he could do.
just because the brothel burns down, you can still find out who owns it
This whole case is creepy as hell but the removed cruise pictures is a detail that gives me cold sweats
Seriously!
Thank you so much for your opinion on this case! Last year I've read the first time about her disappearence and spend almost the whole evening collecting every piece of information. I believe the 2005 pictures are indeed Amy and with this whole context; the statements from the Diver and Naval officer, it's highly possible she was forced into sex slavery. Even after month, I still have this feeling, Yellow or Alister Douglas was involved in some kind of way. I remember visiting his facebook page, just starring at his picture and thought: "Just tell them what you really know". Sadly and you mentioned it, after 2005, no more information (besides the Jawbone) not one more sighting etc. happened. It's heartbreaking! I hope and wish that Amy is still alive and will come home..
I agree that was her in the pictures back in 2005 and I will never get on a cruise ship simply because of their shady reputations..We actually have one that docks in our city (Charleston,SC) and have been offered amazing discounts and job offers but I always say NO Thank You...
I heard about this case years ago and always felt that she was sold into slavery. There were just too many sightings. From what I've read so many girls end up that way. I hope the naval officer bears this horrible guilt all his life. I don't care what you're doing. She needed help in the worst way possible but he didn't want to get into to trouble. Better hope when he needs it people act better than he did.
+Christy Stracener He could have easily invented a cover story about spoting Amy in trouble and for that reason went inside to pretend to be a customer. What a creep.
I agree.
He could have at least tried to leave an anonymous tip.
I know craziness happens on land, but stories like these are why I'll never step foot on a cruise ship. People go missing so easily and the cruise ships always act shady. Not to mention the other horror stories like food poisoning, rape etc. I've watched her story a few times & I live in Alabama so the Holloway case is well known here. These poor families, their suffering is life long with cases like these. I hope something comes along to solve her case.
My conclusion is based solely on the content of this video. In my opinion, this girl was kidnapped and sold into sex slavery. It appears the ship's photographer in particular was directly involved. This kidnapping operation was preexisting. In other words, the photographer, prior to this particular cruise, had been instructed to be on the look-out for attractive, young women. Once spotted, he would take several pictures of the potential victim and provide them to whoever made the decision to abduct her based on the photos. Because she went missing before the ship reached port, someone else aboard the ship (most likely another crew member) was also involved. More than likely, she was drugged, bound, gagged and stashed in an area of the ship that the initial search purposely did not encompass. Once the guests and family went ashore, it would not be difficult to secret her off the ship possibly hidden in a crate or sack. It's common for ships to offload and load supplies when they make port. This type of activity would not have raised suspicion.
Because every photo the photographer had taken of her was missing, this is my theory.
Yeah I'm really curious why law enforcement/armed forces/private agents don't just go to brothels, pay for time with someone, and asked if they're being sex trafficked. And if they say yes, get them out...? I mean. I know they don't have the legal right to shut down brothels in other countries. But I feel like a well-supplied small group could still rescue a person or two.
IDRATHERBREADINGMYDX l completely agree. Well said.
Omg your theory is chilling and what makes it worse is it does make sense. I think you could be right and it might have happened this way. So awful.
I agree as well! I think as time went on, the kidnapers probably killed her.
...all pictures of her disappeared... equals cruise ship employees involved.
The sea is the way to forever hide a body and these cruise boats a field trip for predators.
the fact that the photos of Amy taken by the cruise ship photographer were missing is a shock to me! it is definitely a red flag!
The photos were used to show the perspective buyers what she looked like. This is a real life version of "Taken".
The two sightings woman in the bathroom and sailor have been discredited. The woman took $8,000 for her information and appearance. I got this information from Generation Why podcast. I also think traffickers take very young vulnerable girls, who often don't speak English. Unfortunately, they have many to choose from and the girls are rarely reported missing. The last thing traffickers want is a fuss and investigations. I have now come to the conclusion she disappeared on the ship and in the waters. Very, very sad.
Marion Keenan I, unfortunately agree with you.
I didn't believe the woman's story because she claimed to be frightened in a bath stall because two men entered with Amy, and had conversations. Yet when she was out of the stall she took her sweet time talking with Amy.
In every report written and discussed about this case, her father clearly states something woke him up. I believe he heard her fall, in some way she made a sound and it startled him awake. I’m not trying to debunk the kidnapping theory, but logically, the time element must be looked at above all. Her father saw her legs on the balcony “about thirty minutes” before he was awoken by “something”. If she left the room and that’s what he heard, why wouldn’t he encounter her in the hallway or nearby, since he states he immediately began searching for her? How could she be kidnapped and whisked away in broad daylight when everyone is getting ready to disembark? That’s risky. And if you say someone hid her body first, then how did they incapacitate her so quickly and hide her away within such a small window of time? Why would she leave to go meet this guy at such a time in the morning when she knew she needed sleep before the trip to to the mainland? A hookup before breakfast, when she could have just stayed with him all night? Doesn’t make sense. Another big clue: she didn’t take her shoes. That tells me she never left the cabin/ balcony. I highly doubt she’d leave the cabin without shoes. Personally, I think she may have been sick, as I’ve read that she told her brother she wasn’t feeling well. She may have needed to vomit over the side rail, leaned to far in order not to hit the deck below, and fallen overboard. Simple, I know. I may absolutely be wrong. But the conspiracies don’t make sense long term. I do pray for the family.
Raising The Reeps I have to say I totally agree with you here.
I think you are completely wrong.
@@lighttheway5088 that’s totally your right! 😀
This case is one I think of often..... very weird
What an amazing story- My heart is with the Bradleys. I feel that this photo is authentic proof of her being alive. I feel there is still hope Amy can return home. I could not imagine the family living with this knowledge that their only daughter is not only alive, but living a life of sexual slavery; It seems like something more could be done to track down Amy Bradley - I guess I'm naive in how many of these islands are in existence, and how often she is shuffled around to different locations- I just wish that with both the Canadian and naval officer sitings, authorities would have been contacted immediately. It's unreal to think that we are approaching 20 years of this girl being missing; I hope her family gets answers, closure, but most importantly, that they get their Amy again. I never believed she fell overboard; and that Yellow guy knows alot more than he's stated. I truly feel that FBI should requestion him and get answers- I would feel that a light complected white American female with piercing green eyes would definitely stand out in this part of the world. When the escort photos of possible Amy Bradley surfaced on that Caribbean website, it was interesting to note that her hair and body positioning were all strategically placed to hide her many tatoos. From what Iva said about the layover of the photos, all the peircings, ear shape, eye brow to forehead length, there were too many similarities to show it was Amy. I truly would love to see this girl return to her family
+Brock Willis Really well said Brock. I've had some contact with her mother, and they are still working hard to try to bring her home.
Shouldn't they have maintained leads to the Guitarist?
What happened to Jennifer Kesse-is i truly believe what happened to Amy Bradley. Sex Trafficking-by the same sex ring. Jennifer vanished while living in Florida. It seems there is a special sex trafficking ring that supplies american women who has international clients who want women who are not street prostitutes/runaways-but more middle class/upper class young women., who can be used in the more "upper class" escort sex business...with some of those forced into this business serving as "madams".Clients pay very high prices for these american women-and it is a million dollar business..and those running these sex escort businesses-handle it as such-and are very dangerous-it's an organized crime ring-and they will not hesitate to kill anyone who seeks to find these women-and do everything to protect these women from any attempt at rescue-and do everything to keep these women from escaping. These women like Amy Bradley and Jennifer Kesse and Beth Holloway-are usually kept addicted to drugs and brainwashed by threats to their life-to keep them from attempting an escape.
Why doesn't the Bradley family have a facebook page for Amy Bradley's case?
Is there a sex trafficking special task force-ithat works on these cases-
that go into websites that are sex traffick websites-especially overseas-who literally do deals on women who are forced into these sex trafficking rings-and are literally put up for sale on these sex trafficking websites? Can't they pose as clients-to find possible those like Amy and Jennifer and Beth??
Out of curiousity-i actually have ventured on some of these porn-like/sex traffciking sites-and it's scary-and i'm sure well run sites what are very careful on screening who may be a legit client and who isn't.! Right?
Have no doubts whomever has Amy and Jennifer and Beth-frequently check for any updates/news on them on the internet, etc;!
He probably knew how to beat the detector.
thank you for this.This case hunts me,my thoughts to her family,such a torture,actually for all the families that they are searching their loves one.
I hit the "like" more than 10 times,then it dissapears. When we watch through our mobile's the You Tube does not want to count us cause we receive little or no ads.
I am trying in every video at least 6-7 times,their policy needs to change.
+L. R. Trump they do not count us as viewers through mobile devices which is unfair for the creators.
+L. R. Trump I tried again is ridiculous,it is my tenth attemt... God I do not have my lap top with me,it is unfair for John.
+SeaBlue1976 Thanks so much for trying!! Means a lot to me. :-)
+GeekenDorx you deserve every view and 'like'....
They really should do something,it is unfair for all of you,the creators,thank God they accept our comments,your views are much higher,they do not count the views that they do not receive ads,they don't accept hitting the "like" button,in many vids I watch.
You Tube became mean business.
John, you might try emailing the reporter on the jawbone story and see if they know of any follow up. Also, the woman, Amy, was 5'6" and 115 pounds. That is really thin, I think. Maybe you're right about her possibly going to try to score something at the club and getting kidnapped. Sad story. I hope she gets found alive.
Your channel is great and you are highly talented. Did you ever do a Searchlight on Natalie Holloway? She is from my home town....just curious. She may have been too mainstream media and I know a lot has been said and written. So sad these people that vanish without a trace. Almost wonder if the families would prefer them to be deceased thank to not have that closure.
excellent episode and very informative. I've heard of this case before, but not some of the specifics you mentioned.
This is such a mysterious and scary case, thanks so much for covering it! I can't forget it since I saw the Vanished-episode some time ago.
John, you would not believe the ad I just sat through for 4 minutes to support your channel. I have never been happier to hear your intro start playing. At least I'm feeling a lot less bad about not being a patron yet now.
that pic of the girl on the bed is classic style 1987-1993 definately not post 1999
How can you know that for sure?
yeah I think that photo was created. People do it with celebrities all the time
Also it may have been Amy but an older picture from when she was first sold and trafficked possibly 1999-2000
That photo was posted in 2005 but that doesn’t mean it isn’t an old photo of her
if she begged the military guy in the brothel, why didnt he help her?
The band member "Yellow" allegedly told Amy's brother that he (yellow)is sorry to hear about your sister's disappearance. This was before anyone knew about Bradley's disappearance.How did yellow know about her disappearance? He (yellow) was questioned by the FBI about this, but of course he denied making such a comment to Bradley's brother.
Kidnapping can get you life in prison in the US but they weren't in the US. They were in the 3rd world.
Wait, the two college girls knew, too. How did they know?
I feel so bad for this family; I saw the Dr. Phil show covering Amy's disappearance. I think she may have met that band member at some point and something happened but no matter what- this is such a sad and frustrating case. Vacations are meant to be fun and I could tell this is a close family. The photo found on the Internet looks a lot like Amy (her hair would be all grown out after all this time). I hope and pray she can be found and reunited with her family.
if she did fell over the ship I think they have sensors to know a human body fell off the ship im not sure if they had that sort of technology back in 98 but it's kinda disturbing I been on the Royal Caribbean and this can happen to people 0_0
Amanda Florez very few ships have that even today. I’m certain none had them in 1998
Hi, are there any updates on Amy? The whole saga is so tragic for the family, I really hope they find her..
Ah, the good olds days when John was in front of the computer.
I'm re-watching some oldschool Brainscratch, and I keep thinking about how John recently broke the 100,000 barrier. :-)
This case always haunts me
If she was last seen on the deck didn't she just fall off into the ocean?
You sir are one of the good guys, thank you for all your research and to bring awareness to all this sad sad stories. This one is terrifying, I wonder if alive how much of the old Amy is still there, these people, man, the suffering they must go through, I wonder if any of these people ever leave a normal life if rescued or escaped... the scariest thing in the world for me is certainly human trafficking. The way these people disappear, one can tell the people behind it must be really rich and powerful... no way someone in this cruise-ship was not involved, telling the family to go out into the town to search, leaving them behind, erasing the photos, damn they should have all been arrested, those were the critical hours, after that it is almost impossible to get them back. Will never forget the Rui Pedro case a little boy that disappeared from his village after going for a walk with an older friend that wanted to take him to a prostitute and was never seen again only years later a photo on a pornographic site was found and experts said it was him, just like in this case, which means he was sold to human trafficking. His parents are a complete wreck, he disappeared also in the nineties and until today they search for him, it is a baffling case, hope one day you can cover it. Congratulations on your work. It is priceless!
I've seen very little information about the so-called 'member of the navy' who claims to have seen Amy Bradley in the brothel. What kind of coward fails to IMMEDIATELY report a potential American citizen being held captive? Who is this person? Is this account supported with any evidence, or is it just another clown trying to draw attention. If their account is certified accurate, that person should live in shame for the remainder of their existence.
Cruise ships have cameras everywhere...odd they cannot trace her steps.
Hi John, I have a suggestion for a Brainscratch video....considering the amount of info that you were able to dig up surrounding the Elisa Lam case, I would love to hear/see what kind of video you could do on Jonbenet Ramsey. The case is addictive considering that it seems so simple, yet NO ONE has solved it. Thanks!
me too
i too am stumped as to why it was never solved! what is the police hiding and why!
@@michaelnitsch4431 I'm going with incompetent police in CO...the effed up 6 ways to Sunday. Moved the body a few times, for starters. :)
kind of strange but here is Alister Douglas's facebook, looks like the guy, lots of pictures playing bass,
I guess that's just a joke that it's called cheaponlinetravel, someone posted this on web sleuths,
he's apparently found God
facebook.com/cheaponlinetravel
Thanks for looking into this case, John. I think that pic of the woman on the bed is her. Notice how the pic of the woman (whether it's her or not) is NOT SMILING! Also the sailor who claimed he saw her at the brothel- I think his story is credible. There is no way he could have known about the tattoos Amy had. I'm not sure what time frame that pic of the woman (who is most likely Amy) came from but I thought they said 2005. I could be wrong though. Again thanks for looking into this case.
When you said all the pictures with her in them are missing, my heart literally sunk. How horrible. I hope this ends well
I can't wait for the day to come when one of these episodes leads to the discovery of the missing individual.
+Mahoney D I second that. I truly believe it's only a matter of time.
you should dig around the fact that the mainstream media only airs maybe 3-5 missing person cases a year.. When around 700,000 - 1,200,000 people disappear in the USA alone. Kinda strange heh?
Definitely find out who deleted all of her photo's, that definitely seems criminal intent and everything else seems to point in the musician's direction. The captain does seem shady as well.
What about that man who claimed she contacted him in a brothel and said she needed help? Why did he not get more attention by the police? :0
+Eva they did eventually go search, but I think the brothel had burned down or something to that affect? Unfortunately this Naval officer didn't report his sighting for months, out of fear of being punished for being at a brothel.
oh, That makes some sense I guess. It's just weird that he wouldn't report to the police immediately. It could have helped the whole investigation perhaps. Oh well :(
+Eva yeah, or if he had just taken her out of there.
+Eva He apparently didn't go to authorities right away because being in the Navy and visiting a brothel- he'd likely have been punished. He was extremely selfish for not immediately doing something about it
If the naval officer was so concerned about being punished, he could've lied about why he was in there. He could've claimed he thought the place was a regular bar, he needed directions, or thought he heard someone screaming. Even if he didn't lie, you would think he would avoid punishment for saving a young woman's life.
All these witnesses are highly suspect.
(Dec 26th 2022 updates):
An article I could find from this year states that "Once the jawbone was cleared of any connection to Holloway, the authorities ceased pursuing the lead - despite the fact that 9 other Caribbean vacationers were still currently missing. No DNA testing was done on the bone, but it was determined to belong to a Caucasian."
Currently the FBI is offering up $25,000 for any info that could lead to closure in the case. The Bradley family offer $50,000 for info regarding her location & $250,000 for info that leads to her safe return.
Outside of that there is no real update.
What is the story with the Naval officer that ran across her and she asked for help....I would think an officer would have grabbed her and left get to the authorities.....but that was it...he was approached she said who she was and then what?? Was there any other statements from him?......as always thanks John, your show is the best thing to come out of RUclips.
He didn't report it because he would've been court marshaled for using prositutes
+iconforu2c I was wondering the same...
+amethystwyvern that's correct, he later said he was scared of punishment. Probably could have saved her.
my thoughts exactly,so sad....
+iconforu2c I was looking to see if anyone else was going to say this. That was my first question. A naval officer is approached by a girl who says she's a missing girl who's been sold into sex slavery and he does....nothing?
Unless there is any security footage of her at all after the father stated he saw her on the balcony, I cannot come to any other conclusion other than she fell over board. She was seen on her balcony by her father one minute and the next she was gone. Her shoes were still sitting there. You cannot rely on eye witness testimony from strangers regardless of how many people came forward. Whatever happened it is a tragic story.
Thank you for covering this. I've seen this on a couple of smaller disappearance shows before, but nothing big. It's horrifying that she could still be out there- either way her family deserves closure. Great work again!
I just saw the case of Amy Bradley on Beth Halloway the missing. This case is one of those cases that you don"t forget. I was hoping you followed this case and you did. May God bless you in all that you do, and may your coverage of these cases make a difference.
Could she have fallen overboard?
Yes, it is the most obvious answer. But of course sexual slavery is a lot more exciting, despite the odds against it.
I want to thank you so much for what you do. You really give your all and take your time to help shine the light on these sad cases of missing people. This case has always tugged at my heart and I think about it everytime I go on a cruise. This can happen to any of us at anytime. So Thank You Again. God Bless You.
I’ve seen the special on this, I believe the band members is paid to look for women that can be taken, in to trafficking,
Hey John, another great video. I remember seeing the Amy Bradley case on TV but it was years ago. I didn't know that there were such similarities with the Natalee Holloway case. Did you see the story on Yahoo recently that Vander-somethingorother (the guy who's doing time for her abduction/murder) is back in the news -- still milking that poor girls story! Anyway, back to Amy: I googled photos of her and it's chilling to see her cruise pics right next to the adult web site picture of her. Yeah, that REALLY looks like her, doesn't it!? God, she's missed her whole life, practically. I really began to tear up, man. And why didn't that serviceman ever DO anything when she begged him for help??? So many questions.....
+lucy girl Her mother is now in contact with me. If she gives me any new or updated info I'll be sure to post an update. I also can't believe that guy didn't try to help her.
Go to AmyBradley dot net and click the Contact Us link. You should find everything you need there.
Thanks Moongold7,
John
first of all i want to thank you for what you are doing. i really think that this is admirable that you put out these question stirring videos. it helps keep tragic histories in the forethought of people today. so that maybe, just maybe, it wit scratch the brain of the correct person that just might know something, or have a peice of the puzzle. so for that i offer up a big bowl of kudos. and secondly that worthless scumbag that was heisting the family and giving them false hope should have been shot. not given prison. if you think of what he cause, and created with all those people involved, is unforgivable. prison is not at all justice. i truly hope that asshole gets what he has coming to him. forgive my language, but thats as toned down that i can get it. thank you for all you do. and thank you for all the info on Elisa Lam, i can only imagine how many nights you stayed up looking into that particular case. thank you.
Hey, John. I was doing some research of my own on this case and came across an article that said that they did testing on the jawbone, but when they realized it didn't have a connection to the Natalee Holloway case, no further testing was done. I'm not sure how accurate the article is, but I hope that isn't true! I think it would be a shame to just give up on a piece of evidence and not do anymore testing on it whatsoever. As the article mentions, there are obviously others they could've compared the jawbone to, but it apparently didn't happen. Anyway, it also mentioned that the jaw bone was that of a "younger female". Not sure if they mean younger than Natalee or just "younger" in the broad sense of the term. It's sad either way! m.ranker.com/list/facts-about-amy-lynn-bradley/philgibbons
Thank you for adding the info about the scam investigator. I thought I'd heard that he had just taken off with their money. Glad to hear that justice was served. I wish so much that this maddening case would be solved with a positive outcome for Amy. ❤️❤️
The murderer of Natalee Holloway was found and convicted, though. He is a Dutchman called Joran van der Sloot, and was most likely a bit too young in 1998.
Suggestions for other cases such as these (as if you don't have a huge running list)
the disappearance of Rebecca Coriam, a cruise ship worker for Disney Cruises
Cruise ship disappearances in general. My impression is that with disappearances/deaths of people on cruises there are so many loopholes and snarls in the law that these things (even more than in the other cases you've done on land where law enforcement appears incompetent and victim-blaming) get dropped like a hot potato.
Man it seems that a person (or persons) was using their job with this Cruise line as an opportunity to sell people into trafficking. It seems like someone took her pictures to show a buyer. I think she was picked out and led to some piece of garbage. Yellow knows where she went. He may not know where she is now but he knows what happened. I know this is just my opinion but why would someone take her pictures? I think it was to show her to a potential buyer...
Wow I wasn't aware of Natalee Holloways case but I just googled and they were both seen at the same bar not long before disappearing?!? That is so suspicious..
+Casey Jane There's a movie about Natalee Holloway, it's very interesting www.imdb.com/title/tt1307456/
+ninadjambova thanks for that will defiantly check it out!
+ninadjambova thanks for that will defiantly check it out!
+Casey Jane You're welcome :)
+Casey Jane why would you do it defiantly? o_O
I am shocked that none of the witness's went straight to security or police at any of these sightings.
Does make you wonder whether they are just attention seeking or reward hunters.
There is a second picture from the escort site that shows a reasonably clear shot of her left shoulder blade and I don't see a tattoo there. Aside from that I would bet my life that it's her though.
She was going to see that band player. For you to walk barefoot with a cigarette she had to be on her way to see someone she was comfortable with
THIS IS SO SAD AND ABSOULUTLEY DEVESTATING!..You go on vacation with your family, your kids and one of your kids disappears!..I am a Mother of two amazing kids and I cant even imagine how I would feel if one of my kids just wasn't there anymore and not know what happen or THE TRUTH of what happen!..So many young woman and even young girls get taken and forced to sell themselves..THE DEVIL!..Woman and young girls taken from there families and put through what NO PARENT should EVER EVER go through!..WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD?..and THE PEOPLE IN IT???..There are more EVIL than GOOD!..I am so devastated that my children, especially my daughter who has to grow up in a HORRIBLE, NON-TRUSTING, and EVIL world like we all live in today!..I pray everyday that God will protect my kids and keep them safe and I pray that God will bring home Amy and keep her safe!
God,
I come to you and ask for your protection around this family and Amy!..I ask that you keep her family safe, that you give them the strength that they need to get thru this devastating time and that you bring home Amy safely and that who ever has her that you Father God don't let go unpunished and that you let Amy know that you are with her by herside every moment wherever she is and that you let her know that its going to be ok and that she IS strong enough to NEVER GIVE UP, love her Father God and Please bring her home!..In the Name of Jesus Christ Amen!
Amen!
Amen!
If she was kidnapped off the ship to be trafficked how would they have gotten her off the ship? The would have had to hid her in something. She didn't walk off the ship because security tracks everyone going on and off the ship at ports.
Susan Smith They might put her somewhere until everyone was gone
If you have not done so yet (througout your whole channel), could you feature The Sodder Children on Searchlight. I find this case to be very interesting.
He can maybe do the Sodder Children on Brain Scratch but he wouldn't cover them for Searchlight I doubt because the purpose of Searchlight is to raise awareness for missing people to hopefully bring them home or bring closure to their family. If the Sodder a Children survived the house fire, none of them would still be alive to this day, so they wouldn't be on Searchlight.
They would actually be in their 70s and 80s by now so they would possibly still be alive. Also their were no remains found in the house so they likely did survive the house fire.
+Kathleen Young There is now an episode of regular BrainScratch on the Sodder Children.
Let’s apply common sense and logic: it’s tough to carry a grown human being any distance, let alone off of a cruise liner with out attracting attention.
Yeah I'm a little confused about that. If no one saw her leave, I think it's possible she fell from the ship. It happens a fair amount actually.
I read a free romance book (Amazon prime) that had to of been written by a person who knows this true life story, it's nearly identical to what happen this young woman. Hopefully Amy will be found. Dare we ask what happens to the sex slave women when they 'age out' or are no longer wanted?
The deck accessibility is something that should be further explored bc that really
Makes the difference between her being taken against her will by whoever or her going somewhere on the boat willingly
To perhaps meet someone. If that deck she was sleeping on was accessible to others outside of their private room then hell yes I think she was abducted right from there.
I think that even if she were kidnapped and forced into sex slavery then isn't there normally a time stamp for how long they're kept in? If she was captured when she was 23 and is in her 40's now....then there's noway they'd keep a woman for that long. They'd just scout younger, prettier girls. Therefore I think she's probably dead
Hi John, I'm a relatively new subscriber to your channel after finding you through looking up information on the Elisa Lam case. I've been working my way through your other videos and cases as I am throughly enjoying them (which is the wrong expression considering the subject matter, but I hope you know what I mean :) ). I admire the amount of work, research and logical way you approach each case and want to thank you for bringing attention to many cases that in most instances would be ignored. I was browsing RUclips earlier and came across a short video clip on another channel posted fairly recently about a Mum who had gone missing with her children but then later discovered she was dead in their car whilst the children although alive were very dehydrated. I was wondering if you or any of your viewers knew anything about this case as the wee bit of research I've done am finding hard to uncover anything...maybe it's still early days in the case??? I just thought I would mention it here as I find it intriguing and of course so very sad. Hopefully the link to the video will post for me.......
Thank you for taking the time to read this, from a new fan in Ireland!!! :)
+IrishCol1only I just heard about this case today.. I will certainly look into it further and may cover it. Thank you so much for your kind words about my work. It's always great to meet new people from my families homeland! I have almost a dozen aunts and uncles in Ireland. :-)
Take care,
John
Amy told her brother she was "getting off the ship to buy cigarettes."
I believe she left the ship of her own choice, for whatever reason...
On the island, I believe Amy met some dangerous people. Possibly wandered into the wrong shop, at the wrong time.
~~~~It only takes 15 seconds for a 180 pound man to overpower a 120 pound woman.
~~~~~Fifteen seconds. Carry pepper spray, Please.
SHE WAS WITHOUT SHOES, how she could think to get into the island barefoot
great video john! as always :)
I understand that they cropped the photo but do u have any information about the whole photo? looks like she is wearing a dress or so and skin is showing, so wouldn't we be able to see some of her tattoos to identify her?
+Anna Klein You can find this kind of pictures of Amy just by google her. I think
John chosen the cropped one out of respect, which is appropriate :-)
+Anna Klein I did check the complete pics.. unfortunately you cannot see her tattoo areas. Her mother is now in contact with me, so we may have an update very soon!
+GeekenDorx woooow awesome!!! this is so amazing that you are in contact with more and more families. your show really makes a difference and you are doing a great job!
I think the crew of that ship had a deal with them. Meaning the people that took her.
And how would that work?
11.50 „why would she take her cigarettes and a lighter?! That’s a mystery“
hmmmm. I know this may sound unrealistic, but maybe she was going to smoke a cigarette ?!?
Excuse my irony...
ah im glad you decided to do an episode on amy. i was one of probably many people who suggested it :)
So a woman says she is Amy Bradley and wants help and the man just ignores it and doesn't contact police ?!!
The man was in the NAVY and he didn't come forward with the information until he retired because he would have gotten in trouble for hiring a prostitute. It's a shitty excuse and he should be ashamed of himself.
OK...apparently Carlos'n Charlie's is a chain of Mexican casual dining restaurants located in Mexico and the Caribbean with three restaurants currently located in America. Apparently the Carlos'n Charlie's in Aruba closed in 2008, three years after Natalie disappeared. And Amy implied desire to visit a chain restaurant....hmmmm. I would do a background check on the people who worked at the Aruba Carlos'n Charlie's between 1998 and 2005. Someone must have seen something and it would be useful to know if any of the band members had connections with Carlos'n Charlie's in Aruba.
Have ever did age progression picture of Amy Bradley
Please keep them coming! I'd love to see you investigating the case of Arnold Archambeau and Ruby Bruguier, another case first seen on Unsolved Mysteries (on the bizarre crimes dvd set). Their case is baffling!
What did the parents say when they saw the picture? I wonder what kind of gut feeling they had about it being or not being her.
+Mrs. Torrie lebelesprit_ on ig Amy's aunt was actually the first one who said that the woman on the picture is absolutely her. On the documentary you can also hear her mother saying that she was also convinced from the very first moment that its her daughter.
***** Thanks for that insight. I wonder how far theyve gotten on looking into that.
+Mrs. Torrie lebelesprit_ on ig The mother squinted her eyes at the pic (at the aunts request), and was certain it was her daughter.
+GeekenDorx I wonder why they didn't try and set up a date with her by someone undercover. If this was advertising her services, that would be the logical thing to do--keep mum and arrange for someone to try and schedule a date. At least they could have rescued her even if they don't catch the people who enslaved her.
+msvick66 The FBI contacted the owner of this website. His response; " The pictures of the woman on our page comes often from magazines or other sources!" - Of course not. I'm pretty sure they were aware of every single woman on this page. Since that, nothing more heard about Amy. Coincidence?! Not sure.
Have you done or will you if you haven't brianna maitland with everything I've been able to dig up even through a doc. Series crawlspace I believe u would do a amazing job thanks for what u do :)
There's pics missing and Yellows daughter just happens to mention he had pics of Amy, her mom would get upset about it, bc he was "obsessed " with her and the pics and his daughter also said that the ship was shady, and he knows what happened to her. I think she's drugged too, at this point, and not seasick like her dad said. I think bc of Aruba and the Carlos and Charlie's bar, they used ghb in drinks, that's how Jordan drugged natalee. Mixed w alcohol which is what they think happened to Natalee, was that there was too much ghb Mixed with alcohol or the other way around or both. It caused it to be fatal. They talked about it on the show her dad was on. She looks drugged and not drunk. But they are dancing....kind of sexually, she's all up on him at one point...I don't know if this is a case of he raped and killed her or the sex slave theory...but maybe he got the wrong impression from dancing that she was down to F- and she denied him and he got mad...I don't know. It seems in these countries there's a very very very high rape rate. If it was crew members from that country or any other one I'd think uh oh bc you don't know if she was dancing on him bc she was drunk or bc she was drugged. Either way, if his daughters saying that, and he's the last person to see her, and his lie detectors test was not conclusive/showed deception, only thing I can't get around is the fact that her dad sees her sleeping on the patio around 5:30 am I think, then he wakes back up at 6 and she's gone...you would think he'd have heard her come in. And she would have had to, bc after being seen around 6-6:30ish am I think w yellow handing her a drink, he exits, but she never comes back out... so it's either he raped and killed her or the sex slavery. But then you also have to fit in this she was outside before that even happened but didn't make any noise coming in? It was half an hour. What about her saying she was going to go get cigarettes to her brother, and that was all that was missing, her cigarettes and lighter... I just don't think that it can fit together until you know what 9 hrs they erased on the cameras, and that's long gone. Not checking the ship good enough or right away... really hurt the case. I don't think she went overboard bc she's not seen leaving after yellow leaves by himself. And that's after the patio according to the timeline.. the pics look exactly like her, same ear piercings, I get stuck on the 80s look though, if it's 2005 when they're taken, then why does she look like the 80s? It's odd. The bed is odd. If you were advertising wouldn't you want sheets? I don't understand... make it look exactly like she got trafficked bc that's what it looks like. But like I said unfortunately like Magdalena Zuk, Nara Pech, George Smith(just throwing him in bc of the cruise, we know who did it, very obvious)...that very odd disappearances and deaths seem to happen in other countries with Americans..natalee too, but we know who killed her. I think Magdalena was in a similar situation whether getting raped by a bunch of men, oddly with all M names, or was going to be taken into trafficking... but bc she was in such a bad mental state, they just killed her. But you'd think she'd leave blood like George Smith from falling if she went over. Or in the water if she got chopped by the propeller. Again, I just don't know, bc one shows she's on the patio, another she is with yellow, doesn't come out on camera. And then there's trafficking/pics on the escort site... what happened the night before and why are the fbi suddenly interested in that? Did she leave? They said she'd have to swipe a card, or she wouldn't be able to. So, why does her brother say she was saying she's gonna go to the island for cigarettes? How? I think they'd have released it if she was logged as leaving the ship. What happened on the missing 9 hrs of tape they erased?
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I read about her case a few years ago. Someone saw her picture too, if i am not confusing it with someone else...in a Brazilian porn site, or something. Interesting. I am sure she was taken, a lot of these cruises have people being taken just to sell in countries like Brazil or Mexico. Shame.
I went to Aruba on a cruise around that time, and Carlos and Charley's was part of an "excursion." The tour group took us to a topless beach, and then Carlos and Charley's. It was described as the "only Americanized bar" on our 4 stop tour. It's definitely a tourist attraction.
How awful for her family. What's the rest of the story with the Naval officer? Did he at least try to help her? Also, I went on a couple of cruises years ago and remember everyone recommending Carlos and Charlies, so they are pretty well known. I wonder how many young women have disappeared from cruise ships and vacation spots. Our group never gave it a thought when we went on cruises. How naïve of us back in the 80's.
+Lovin'Life2016 The naval officer was afraid to come forward with the info because of where he was, so he took a few years before speaking about it publicly.
Did he tell her family at the time it happened, anonymously?
I don't believe so. :-(
+Lovin'Life2016 He was a damn coward from what I've been able to research. "He said he had decided not to report the incident at that time, fearing that he would get into trouble with the Navy for having been in a brothel, and only contacted Amy's family after he had retired and saw her picture, and perhaps information of a reward, in a magazine." That makes me so angry. He was more afraid of "getting in trouble" than actually helping someone.
Oh wow, this is a case that hits close to home. I've been on many cruises, and last year I was in Curacao. She is definitely still alive, and definitely was sold into a human trafficking/sex slavery ring. The captain and cruise ship officials should have used the ship wide intercom system way sooner than they did and should not have docked the ship and let people off. I'm going on a cruise this summer, and this case will definitely be in my mind.
If I had connections to any former/retired Spec. Ops. members, my plan to find out what happened to Amy could be carried out.
i,m following this case since 2011 i really hope she is alive but she is 41 now and the captors might have killed her which breaks my heart......
This one I saw yrs ago,,hit me so hard by the end felt like she was my sister where I was looking up RUclips videos of the dude from the band..there videos of him older a women you can tell is on vacation and her post stop.weird shit
she fell to ocean from the cabin balcony. (Bradley's father, Ron, saw her asleep on the cabin balcony. ) this is most easy case in us history .Why she fell off to the ocean , either accident or pushed by somebody , cabin balcony is private deck come face the ocean ,
I wonder why the guy in the Navy didn't help her?
Probably because he invented the story after seeing shows on her, his motive was likely the reward money.
My very first thought was that this was human trafficking. What I don't understand, is if she begged the Navy guy to help her, did he even try to help her? I didn't see any info on that, only the mention that she asked him for help. If she asked him for help, and he did nothing for her when he certainly could have, I would have an extremely difficult time justifying his non-action. As compassionate as I try to be, part of me wishes for a special punishment in hell just for him.
That so called "investigator"? Good Lord, what is wrong with people? I just don't understand people who can take advantage of families in distress like he did! He gets a seat next to the Navy guy!
Ok, I'm done venting...for the moment. :)
My biggest concern is that, now that she's over 40yr old, and if indeed she is in the sexual slavery, which I believe she is, she may not be alive anymore. I don't want to even imagine what that kind of hard life would do to someone and their "value" in the trade. If they no longer see her as profitable, they may kill her. I pray that's not the case.
Missing photos is indeed bizarre...
Carlos and Charlie's is a really common tourist bar all over the Caribbean. I don't think its anything more than a coincidence that both girls were at the same bar.
You're right
They never said Amy was there...
was Alister Douglas
Apparently Yellow's name is Alister Douglas. goldmonkey.org/smf/index.php?action=printpage;topic=2362.0
so why didn't the FBI book "jazz" the girl that look like Amy to find out if it's really her and plan a rescue mission? it seems like instead they decided to go public with the pictures and information.
John there is another photo of a woman who looks like Amy sitting up looking to the side of the bed & it shows alittle more of her face. This case is baffling very sad, heartbreaking & I pray her family gets closure someday.