Amy Bradley alive claim: Bombshell evidence emerges 27 years after cruise disappearance

Amy Bradley vanished from the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas on Mar. 24, 1998—a 27-year disappearance that haunts America. Now, sensational new evidence suggests the 51-year-old American could still be alive. A private investigator claims he was told just last year that Amy is breathing. The Netflix documentary sparked hundreds of leads, three marked “very significant.”

The Cruise Ship Disappearance That Captivated America

Amy Lynn Bradley was a recent Longwood University graduate celebrating her sports psychology degree. Her father had won an all-expenses-paid cruise from his employer. On the fatal morning, Ron Bradley glimpsed his daughter sleeping on the balcony around 5:30 AM. He dozed off. When he woke 30 minutes later, she’d vanished.

Her yellow shirt lay folded over a chair. Her sandals sat on the balcony. No body emerged. No trace was found. Despite a four-day search by Netherlands Antilles Coast Guard, officials found nothing. The mystery deepened—this wasn’t a simple overboard fall.

“I’m 100 per cent certain she was taken. She was taken—watched, selected, delivered and sold.”

Private Investigator Jim Carey, a retired American police officer, spent four years retracing Amy’s final hours. He examined security logs, key-card records, and witness accounts. His conclusion shocks investigators: Amy was systematically abducted for human trafficking. Not suicide. Not accident. A calculated crime.

The Netflix Effect: Hundreds of Leads, Three “Very Significant”

When Netflix dropped “Amy Bradley Is Missing” in July 2025, the response overwhelmed authorities. The three-part docuseries spent four weeks in Netflix Top 10. Within weeks, hundreds of new leads flooded the FBI. Among them: three leads marked “very significant” by sources close to the production.

The first breakthrough involves a female bar server who worked aboard the cruise ship. She came forward post-documentary and corroborated trafficking. On the night Amy disappeared, this server exclaimed to passengers: “Señorita kidnapped! Señorita kidnapped!” A bartender allegedly told her to shut up and took her to the back. She’s now cooperating with investigators.

Significant evidence #2: A mysterious “highly suspicious” hit on AmyBradleyIsMissing.com traced to an IP address off Barbados. The device sat on a boat in active waters. Drug-running and sex-trafficking corridors operate there regularly. Investigators believe this signals either captors monitoring the investigation or Amy herself.

A Bombshell Admission and New Questions

Key Suspect	Details	Status
Alistair Douglas (“Yellow”)	Band member on cruise ship; seen dancing with Amy night of disappearance	Inconclusive polygraph; no charges filed
Herman Goilo	Curaçao police clerk; claimed sightings of Amy; demanding ransom	Admits Amy alive “but very different woman, hooked on drugs” (2024 interview)
“Dechi”	Taxi driver; allegedly told family Amy on island; passed along locations	Deceased (cancer) last year; took secrets to grave

The most explosive revelation: Herman Goilo, a clerk at Curaçao police station, insisted to investigators in October 2024 that Amy is still alive. When confronted, Goilo looked investigators “straight in the eye” and stated: “Yes she is, but a very different woman. They got her hooked on drugs.”

He claimed the last contact with Amy was 2016. She was with “a very dangerous man, a drug dealer with a long reach on this island.” Goilo has since refused further cooperation. He didn’t respond to Daily Mail inquiries.

The Invisible Network Operating in Plain Sight

Carey believes Amy was moved through a sophisticated trafficking corridor snaking between Dutch Caribbean islands and Venezuela. Reports mention a 2005 Caribbean escort website featuring photos of a dark-haired woman matching Amy’s appearance. A forensic analyst said the images “could depict her.” The website trail went cold.

Credible sightings include a 1998 Canadian diver spotting a frightened young woman on a Curaçao beach. Another in 2005 Barbados: a woman whispered to an American tourist, “My name is Amy. I’m from Virginia.” Both accounts remain unverified but plausible.

Around Christmas and Thanksgiving yearly, a mystery user logs into AmyBradleyIsMissing.com from Bridgetown, Barbados. This pattern matches historical Amy sightings. It suggests either captors tracking the investigation or—most hopefully—Amy herself, seeking connection with her family.

Will the New Evidence Finally Solve America’s Longest Cruise Ship Mystery?

Jim Carey and his son Brodie (fluent in Papiamento dialect) work alongside former Virginia state attorneys, sharing intelligence with U.S. and island authorities. They operate unpaid, sustained by GoFundMe donations.

The FBI reopened the case with a new agent after the Netflix documentary. However, government shutdown constraints have limited activities. Official FBI statement: “Tips can be submitted via 1-800-CALL-FBI or tips.fbi.gov.”

The Bradley family’s private investigators are now stationed in Curaçao and surrounding countries—a massive development given longstanding jurisdiction obstacles. The FBI cannot simply “infiltrate” foreign nations. Now they have legal cooperation frameworks.

Will 2025 finally yield answers for the family after 27 years of anguish? Could Amy Bradley still be found alive? The evidence suggests she’s out there—changed, possibly traumatized, but possibly alive. Every clue points investigators closer. The question isn’t whether she disappeared. The question is whether the world is finally ready to find her.

Sources

• Hollywood Reporter – “Amy Bradley Investigators Uncover New Evidence” (October 2025)
• Daily Mail – “I Have New Evidence Amy Bradley Is Alive” (November 2025)
• Netflix – “Amy Bradley Is Missing” Documentary (July 2025)