MY THOUGHTS: DISAPPEARANCE OF AMY BRADLEY

Again, I highly recommend the Netflix documentary on Amy Bradley. With a 3 part series I was sure there were gonna be some twists and turns, but my initial conclusion upon hearing the facts did not change at any point throughout the episodes.

Here’s what most likely happened to Amy: she falls asleep on the balcony after telling her brother she’s feeling sick. Dad wakes up and sees her legs shortly later. After that, she wakes up and realizes she’s going to throw up. She opens up the slider to take off her shirt so she doesn’t get puke on it, takes off her shoes, then pushes the table towards the ledge so she can lean over without getting puke blowback in her face or on the balcony. Then, she falls. It’s the equivalent of falling off a multi story building so she likely died instantly, and given the time of day, height, noise from the ocean and ship, it’s likely no one saw or heard it.

If there was definitive proof she left the room, I would feel differently. But all we know for sure is the last place she was seen alive was on the balcony of a ship, and then she disappeared in a 30 minute window. It’s very sad, but there’s not much of a mystery here.

RE all the eyewitnesses, I’m sure a few of them truly believe they saw her. If anyone watched the McStay case play out in real time, there were multiple sightings of not one person, but an entire family (including a boy with a unique birthmark on his face), footage of them supposedly crossing the border, testimonials from people who knew them about how disappearing off to an island was something they’d do… only for them to be found buried in the desert a few years later, shortly after they disappeared. Not to mention, the series online about photographers who find complete strangers that look like identical twins.

It happens, people look alike, people misremember stuff, or people make things up. It’s still exponentially more likely Amy was gone shortly after she disappeared than all of this stuff happening PLUS her never having the chance (or desire) to contact anyone she knew at any point in nearly 30 years.

It’s very sad and my heart breaks for her family and loved ones. But not having closure can be more painful than knowing - with closure you can try and move on as best as possible, but not knowing has kept the whole family stuck in this sad 1998 limbo. My wish for everyone that knew her is that they can look back on her memory as a blessing and find peace...