Everything The Amy Bradley Documentary Didn’t Cover

If you’ve watched anything in the past week or so, you’ve probably watched new Netflix documentary, Amy Bradley Is Missing.

The three part series details the disappearance of then 23 year old Amy, who went missing from her stateroom on a Royal Caribbean cruise in 1998.

While some believe that Amy either fell or jumped from her balcony, her family are adamant that she is alive, either after being trafficked or kidnapped from the ship.

The series focuses on the family’s theories, their work in finding Amy, and their unwavering hope that she is still alive, living somewhere else, unable to make contact with them.

It is, however, impossible to include every bit of information in a docu-series three episodes long.

Amy’s brother Brad has since praised the series, but said that they would need “10 seasons” to cover everything that has happened over the years in the case.

Here are six things that the documentary left out.

1. The sex worker photo

The most disturbing part of the documentary has got to be the moment that Amy’s parents are sent a photo of a woman, who looks like Amy, from a sex work website based in the Caribbean.

Viewers questioned why the photo wasn’t used as evidence, and whether it could ever be confirmed to be Amy.

Director Ari Mark said that when making the series, he was puzzled by the photo too, but has since said that the FBI did a lot to try and source the image.

“They really did chase that down. They analyzed the bed frame, tried to figure out where it was made,” he said.

“They sent an operative down there to actually scope it out. And they did look into that website, and they brought in that trafficking expert — it’s hard to ignore.”

2. Dead in absentia

Amy Bradley was actually declared dead in 2010, despite the possibility that she may still be alive.

The Social Security Administration of America declare a person dead in absentia if there has been no sign of them for over seven years.

This declaration can be reversed, however there must be tangible proof that the person is alive.

3. The jaw bone

Over a decade after Amy’y disappearance, a jaw bone washed up on a beach in Aruba – an island where the Royal Caribbean cruise carrying Amy and her family would have been travelling by.

At the time it was thought the bone belonged to another missing girl, Natalee Holloway, who disappeared from the island in 2005.

After testing, however, the remains were found to not be Natalee’s. They have never received further DNA testing.

4. Last words

Amy’s brother Brad speaks at length in the documentary about his struggle to find his sister. He recently gave an interview to WWBT, where he shared the last words Amy ever spoke to him.

“She said, ‘I’m going to stay out here on the chaise lounge and a lot of fresh air and wind. I don’t want to go in a closed room right now’. So, I told her I loved her.”

Brad last saw Amy sitting on the balcony outside their room, before he went to bed.

5. The website

AMYBRADLEYISMISSING.com was set up by an internet sleuth almost two decades after Amy disappeared – and is still active to this day.

Those looking for Amy remain hopeful that a renewed interest in the case will lead people to the site, eventually confirming what happened to Amy.

The website can be accessed here, with new threads being posted most weeks.

6. Hope

Amy’s parents Iva and Ron have been searching for their daughter for almost 30 years, and with this new series brings renewed hope.

So much so that director Marks said that Iva called him everyday during production, saying that all of her eggs are now in his basket.

“That’s quite a responsibility. So the hope is that having this be on a platform like Netflix brings them one step closer. And I really believe it will,” he said.

“I’ve kind of gotten to the point where I have to believe she’s alive.”