Vanished: What Happened to Amy Lynn Bradley?

The 23-year-old disappeared from onboard a cruise ship in 1998, but credible sightings suggest she may be alive. Many fear she was sold into sexual slavery.

Victoria Suzanne
Crime Scenes

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Amy Bradley missing person poster available to download at FBI.gov

Few missing person cases are as enigmatic as that of Amy Bradley. The young American vanished from the balcony of a cruise ship — but investigators don’t believe she fell overboard.

Years later, photos bearing an uncanny resemblance to the missing woman appeared on an escort website, while a US Navy officer claims he spotted her in a brothel. Was she trafficked into the sex trade?

An all-American girl goes missing

Amy Lynn Bradley was born on 12 May 1974 in Virginia, USA, to parents Iva and Ron. She was the archetypal all-American girl; outgoing and athletic, she attended the local Longwood University on a basketball scholarship.

Amy was also a strong swimmer and trained lifeguard, but despite this, she had a strange quirk — she was terrified of the ocean. That’s why, Iva said, Amy was initially unenthusiastic about joining her family on a cruise to Puerto Rico.

Amy had recently graduated, making it the perfect time for the family to get together for a holiday. In…

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Victoria Suzanne
Crime Scenes

NCTJ-qualified journalist and editor. Follow my true crime publication @Crime-Scenes.