And don’t they still have her packed luggage? I’m sure from that they can deduce which shoes were/were not missing. it wouldn’t take much to account for casual shoes she brought with her and assume she didn’t walk out of the room in heels. The parents seem odd to me and I agree they seem like they created an image of Amy in their heads that wasn’t real. Poor woman. She probably felt rejected by her family. Still I think this was accidental rather than suicide. |
I wonder if she planned to sneak off the ship quickly when it docked to buy drugs—perhaps Alistair knew a hookup—and hoped to be back on the ship before she raised any suspicion. These countries are dangerous and kidnappings are real. |
I feel that her parents are the type that, if they point out how pretty she looks in dresses (since they weren’t her style) or how much men paid her attention, she’s suddenly decide she wasn’t gay. |
Yeah, its a tragic story on a bunch of different levels. |
Finally finished the documentary. I think the theory she fell is the most likely. The shoes on the balcony and the table pushed up to the railing are the two biggest indicators to me. She probably packed 3 pairs of shoes at most (slip on sandals, a pair of sneakers, and something dressy for formal night) so it seemed odd not to point out that any of her shoes were missing from the room. As for the table, sure the cleaning crew had been through, but they usually clean around furniture. If they’d moved the table, it would have been to the standard balcony configuration, not pressed against the railing.
Now, to pull the thread on the theory she was trafficked, it was established that the ship was only logging key swipes via room entry. There was no reference to key swipes to get off or on the boat. Amy could have easily walked off the ship. Maybe Yellow gave her a contact for buying drugs and she thought it would be a quick transaction and she’d be back at the port before anyone noticed she was missing. This would be in line with the seaman’s account. It’s possible. As for the website hits, I think there are additional angles they were missing. One, the family has been scammed by false claims of finding Amy in the past. There’s more detail on the Wikipedia page for her case. The hits could easily be people researching Amy to build a con. Or, it could be “the children” who would presumably be teens-young adults at this point. I very much doubt Amy would still be alive if she was trafficked nearly 30 years ago. Last thing, the mother’s glee at the idea Amy might have had children was really troubling. I think the family has a real disconnect with the horrors of being abducted and forced into prostitution. They hope she’s alive, I get it, but if she is/was it would have be in horrific conditions. |
You are a disgusting human being. |
My guess is they think she's choosing to stay away at this point, a logical presumption if they believe she has internet access. I think the parents have a lot of grief related to having had two kids, but no grandchildren. It's just a fantasy at this point, the idea that she would come home healthy and well with a couple of (grown at this point) kids. |
The room had been cleaned, the FBI woman pointed out in the doc that the small table may well have been pushed to the edge of the balcony by the cleaners. So it was not able to be counted as evidence of anything. |
About the shoes. I read in an article that the taxi driver who said he saw her on Curacao mentioned she was barefoot. Don't know if this detail is confirmed anywhere, but interesting. |
Another point is the wallet left in the cabin. Apparently it was empty. Possible she just grabbed cash and stuck it in her pocket. I do that all the time. |
I truly do not know what to think. No one hypothesis works. Even getting sick over the side and falling seems far-fetched. Why would you climb up on a table as opposed to just going to the bathroom? Seems more likely the cleaners pushed the table aside while cleaning. Local experts believed the currents were such they would have found her body. Her leaving the room and shutting the door probably woke up her father. I lean toward finding the eyewitness sightings credible, and thinking she left the ship voluntarily to get drugs then got in trouble. But there are problems with that hypothesis too. Unfortunately I doubt we'll ever learn the truth. Too many gaps and unverifiable details. |
We don’t know which stateroom the Bradleys occupied, but some balconies on Rhapsody are angled like this: ![]() Is it possible she didn’t want to puke ON the railing, so she attempted to lean over even further? |
Look at the ledge that juts out on the other side of the glass. No way there wouldn't have been evidence if she had vomited there. Especially given the dynamics of a moving boat. |
If the design was similar to this pic, I agree. Not like the cleaners would have been able to clean the whole stretch of exterior where vomit would have hit. We know her camera was not on her. There is no evidence of suicidal ideation. To the contrary, seemed to be leaning into partying and having fun. Not seeing how the falling over theory works. |
Now I’m seeing old articles from when the incident happened that mention the father going down to the club at 2:45/3 in the morning to check on Amy & Brad and bring them back to the room. They aren’t mentioning this anymore at the time of the Netflix documentary, but it ‘s a huge difference. Did they come up unwillingly? Was there a fight back in the room? Amy’s key card was a few minutes later than Brad’s. Did she reluctantly come back to the room and leave soon after - and everyone was awake and knows that? I just feel I like that detail of the dad gong to the club to get them could make everything they’ve said happened back in the room total bullshit. No sleeping on the balcony, no waking up to see her leg. Nothing that they say happened in that room makes any sense to me. |