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.
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…