I don't know the dad wouldn't have let them be. But presumably everyone went to sleep at that point except Amy, who may or may not have napped on the balcony for a while. Not a super comfortable spot, so reasonable she would have gotten up again and either gone to bed or gone back out. My money's on go back out (especially if she had returned under duress in the first place), and the door closing woke her dad up. |
This does seem the most plausible scenario to me, but the trafficking piece is hard to wrap my head around. For all the reasons stated on this thread. |
I finally finished the documentary. I feel really bad for her family. After watching it, I still think she fell or jumped overboard. Some of the eyewitness sighting were compelling, but, eyewitnesses are notoriously inaccurate. I also don't think she was distinctive enough looking for folks to remember her accurately.
One thing that gives me pause, what is up with the FBI folks? They seem to really think she was trafficked, anybody know if this is the case, or if the documentary just spun it that way. |
FBI is pretty notorious for quickly calling things an accident/suicide. For them to continually put resources to this case for over 20 years makes me believe they have something. This isn't an area where investigators are sitting on their backside waiting for cases. The Caribbean is a hot bed of activity. |
But even then you needed ID to board the boat. Leaving with no ID is odd. |
Didn't the weird guy in room next door say he would talk to her over the balcony? |
Titanic was a very popular movie then. Maybe she was being KING OF THE WORLD on the table that was pulled over. |
If she was still drunk, may not have thought about that. Especially if she left with crew members. |
Agreed. I presume this is because they found at least some of the sightings credible, and also the experts' belief her body would have been found if she had fallen or jumped overboard. This was based on current and wind patterns, proximity to shore etc. All of the different pieces get a little confusing, but if I'm not mistaken two of the three sightings identified Alfred Cotten as one of the two handlers. He's a well known pimp. |
Left from WHERE with crew members? She was alone on the balcony at 6am. No cell phones. No knocks at the door. |
So she decided to leave the room alone after no sleep and shoeless, stumbled upon crew members who quickly convinced her to leave with them (again barefoot) knowing she had an early excursion planned with her family? |
The taxi driver who said he saw her looking for a phone on Curacao that day said she was wearing a white shirt, blue jeans, and was barefoot. That's the outfit her family said she was wearing. |
I think the Alfred Cotton connection is a big deal. Two of the sightings with handlers correspond to his description. How could that be coincidental? Even if he was with a girl who looked like Amy, he should be able to provide details about her identity to rule her out. One of the sightings with him was Aruba in 2007. A woman's jawbone washed up there in 2010. It hasn't been DNA tested for Amy, only Natalie Holloway. Why? |
Why did Yellow have the suitcase full of women's photos? Does he have a connection to Cotton? |
I don't think we have access to all the eyewitness sketches. The guy on the beach, who claimed he identified Amy's tattoos, supposedly also identified Yellow. I doubt this has been verified. Cotton was identified with Amy (or a lookalike) in San Francisco and Aruba. Until they release all the sketches, we can only speculate. I think only the San Fran sketches were released, and it sure looks like Cotton. He ran sex tourism operations in the Caribbean, now is in poor health. |