Amy Bradley is (nonetheless) lacking, however new proof could assist discover the now 51-year-old American, if she’s alive.
Netflix docuseries Amy Bradley Is Lacking from filmmakers Ari Mark and Phil Lott made an enormous splash with its July launch. The success of the sequence — it spent 4 weeks on Netflix’s High 10 — has helped put Bradley’s case within the nationwide highlight, bringing in a whole lot of recent results in the FBI and Bradley’s household. Three are “very important,” a supply near the manufacturing tells The Hollywood Reporter.
In 1998, 23-year-old Amy Bradley vanished in a single day from the Royal Caribbean cruise ship she and her household have been vacationing on. A full search of the ship discovered no hint of the current faculty graduate, main officers to consider Bradley possible jumped or fell overboard on the way in which to Curaçao. Her physique was by no means discovered, nonetheless, and within the ensuing many years a number of individuals have reported seeing Bradley alive on the Dutch Caribbean island (in addition to an alleged sighting in Aruba). Bradley’s household has at all times dismissed the concept that she fell sufferer to an accident or to suicide. Amy Bradley Is Lacking served up compelling proof that she could have as an alternative been trafficked off the boat, doubtlessly by crew members.
Now a supply near the manufacturing claims that further proof gathered after the manufacturing wrapped lends credence to that principle.
The supply says a feminine bartender onboard the cruise ship has come ahead to corroborate this model of occasions. On the night time Bradley went lacking, this supply says, the bartender was heard exclaiming to passengers and crew, “Señorita kidnapped! Señorita kidnapped!” The bartender doesn’t communicate a lot English, the supply, who spoke with THR on the situation of anonymity, continued.
“The safety individuals on the time have been like ‘Shut the hell up, what are you speaking about?’” the supply stated.
The witness and her story weren’t talked about in Amy Bradley Is Lacking as a result of her id was not identified on the time. However as a result of recognition of the documentary, the bartender has since come ahead and is at the moment being interviewed by investigators.
The Bradley household has an entire group in search of Amy. The docuseries influenced the FBI to reopen the case with a brand new agent, the supply stated. The FBI, whose actions have been considerably curtailed as a result of authorities shutdown, didn’t instantly reply to THR’s request for touch upon new developments.
In its most up-to-date assertion to THR in regards to the case, the FBI press workplace said, “We now have nothing additional outdoors of the looking for data poster.” (Hyperlink right here.) “Ideas may be submitted by way of 1-800-CALL-FBI or at ideas.fbi.gov.”
The Bradleys have additionally employed personal investigators by way of what our supply believes to be funds raised because of the Netflix present. A spokesperson flor the household declined to touch upon this story.
The FBI and the Bradleys’ PIs at the moment are in Curaçao “and different surrounding international locations,” the supply stated. It’s a giant step because the matter of jurisdiction has been a significant hurdle within the case — the FBI can not simply infiltrate a rustic and begin poking round.
The Amy Bradley “lacking particular person” poster.
FBI.gov
There has additionally been a brand new “extremely suspicious” hit to Amy Bradley’s missing-persons web site, our supply stated. The location is being professionally monitored for exercise with the thought being that Bradley herself could use it as a manner of feeling related along with her household — exercise within the Curaçao area has traditionally spiked round household holidays and events — or that her potential captors could use it to maintain tabs on the investigation. By geolocating, investigators have been capable of hint the suspicious hit to the IP tackle of a tool on a ship off the west finish of Barbados, we’re informed.
“Lots of trafficking of medication takes place on the water,” the supply stated, “in order that’s clearly extremely suspicious.”
There has additionally been a possible sighting of Bradley in Barbados, the supply stated. The FBI responded to the sighting and interviewed the witness.
Drug-running and sex-trafficking usually go hand in hand in that a part of the world. One main principle is that Bradley was smuggled off the cruise ship and compelled into a lifetime of prostitution. Intercourse staff are sometimes drugged as a method of management. The drugging may be ongoing and/or it may create a behavior inflicting the person to “willingly” proceed the drug use.
And at last, there may be new data surrounding a possible baby, the supply stated. The documentary flicked at that risk however new proof makes a extra compelling case that Bradley has at the least one baby. The supply believes the kid is greater than possible the results of Bradley being compelled into intercourse work and never a sign that she had settled right down to have a household.
Although imprecise (I do know greater than I can share), it’s the most vital piece of recent proof — if Amy Bradley has a baby, Amy Bradley didn’t die at sea.
