After March 24, 1998, four separate accounts placed Amy Bradley alive — on a beach in Curaçao, in a department store restroom in Barbados, and in a photograph on an escort website that an FBI forensic analyst concluded matched her facial dimensions. In Episode 7, three witnesses speak in long form for the first time: Lori, who watched Amy and Alistair Douglass go up in the glass elevator and never come back down together; David Carmichael, who saw a woman on a beach in Curaçao five months later and independently described a blue-faced watch that had never been publicly disclosed — a watch Amy’s boyfriend Tom gave her before the cruise; and Judy Maurer, who in March 2005 was backed into a wall in a Barbados restroom by a woman who said her name was Amy. Each account evaluated carefully and honestly. A 12-part investigative series from Midnight Mystery Archive, produced in cooperation with the Bradley family.

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Episode 7; "Seen" (12-part Amy Bradley Series)

MAY 7, 202635 MIN
Midnight Mystery Archive

Episode 7; "Seen" (12-part Amy Bradley Series)

MAY 7, 202635 MIN

Description

Multiple accounts. Multiple people who say they saw Amy Bradley after she disappeared from the Rhapsody of the Seas on March 24, 1998. None of them have been corroborated to the standard that would close the case. None of them have been definitively ruled out. Episode 7 examines each — in the order they occurred, with three witnesses speaking in long form for the first time, and the science of eyewitness memory applied honestly underneath every account. Lori — March 24, 1998, the Rhapsody of the Seas Lori was 18 years old, sitting on the pool deck in the early morning hours, when she watched Amy and Alistair Douglass go up in the ship's glass elevator together. Minutes later, Douglass came back down. Alone. She reported it to ship security after the missing person flyer went up — Thursday afternoon, two days after Amy disappeared. The FBI dismissed her account. She has carried the glass elevator for 28 years with 100% certainty. David Carmichael — August 1998, Playa Porto Marie, Curaçao Carmichael was on a dive trip on an isolated beach — five people total — when three strangers approached. A woman in the middle, a man on each side. She heard him speak English and her pace picked up. She was within arm's reach. Then the man beside her stared Carmichael down and moved her away. Carmichael noted her tattoos. He noted a watch — blue faced, silver, large for her wrist, catching the sunlight. He had no knowledge of Amy's case. What he didn't know: the watch was a blue-faced Dos Equis watch given to Amy by her boyfriend Tom before the cruise. That detail had never been released publicly. Carmichael described it independently. His friend, sent a photo without any context, identified the same woman from the beach without prompting. Carmichael's conclusion: she got off that ship. The evidence he has carried for 28 years — without knowing its full significance — confirms it. Judy Maurer — March 2005, Bridgetown, Barbados Seven years after Amy disappeared, Judy Maurer was shopping in Barbados when she noticed a woman on a ramp accompanied by several men — one stationed outside, watching the door. When Judy went to the restroom in a department store nearby, she heard men's voices inside. One was on a phone: the deal's at 10 o'clock, you better be ready, and tomorrow we make our way back to Curaçao. When the men left, the woman was there. Judy asked her name. She looked away, like she was going back in time. Then it came out softly: Amy. She then backed Judy into a wall — not threateningly, but to silence her. When they emerged, four men surrounded the exit in a horseshoe formation and walked the woman out through the back door as a unit. Judy had never heard of Amy Bradley. The Jaz Photograph — 2005 An anonymous tip led the Bradley family to an escort website operating across Venezuela and the Caribbean. A woman listed as "Jaz." FBI forensic analyst Wesley Neville concluded her facial dimensions were consistent with Amy Bradley's. FBI Special Agent Erin Sheridan stated publicly that the analyst believed it was Amy. The website went dark. The trail ended. Together, these accounts place Amy in a consistent geographic arc across the Caribbean over seven years. The evidence does not definitively prove that. But it does not contradict it either. And then there is the watch. If you have information about Amy's disappearance — 1-800-CALL-FBI or tips.fbi.gov. Tips can be submitted anonymously. The FBI reward is now $100,000. 100% of Invisawear commissions go to the Bradley family's GoFundMe. 10% off through the link in the show notes. Support the show at no extra cost through our Amazon link. amybradleyismissing.com | Amy Alerts petition | tips.fbi.gov | 1-800-CALL-FBI | Invisawear | Bradley family GoFundMe #AmyBradley #AmyLynnBradley #AmyBradleyIsMissing #Seen #DavidCarmichael #JudyMaurer #Lori #AlistairDouglass #Yellow #RhapsodyOfTheSeas #RoyalCaribbean #CruiseShipDisappearance #Curacao #Barbados #JazPhotograph #WesleyNeville #FBIReward #MissingPersons #MissingPersonsAwareness #MidnightMysteryArchive #TrueCrimePodcast #InvestigativePodcast #ColdCase #BradleyFamily #RonBradley #IvaBradley #BradBradley #DocumentarySeries #TrueCrimeDocumentary #InvisaWear #UnsolvdCases