Family’s 27-year quest for answers after woman disappeared on ship

WHAT was meant to be a fun-filled family vacation turned into a nightmare for a family who, almost three decades later, are still frantically searching for their beloved daughter.

- KARISHMA DIPA

It all started in 1998 when 23-year-old Amy Lynn Bradley went on a cruise to the Caribbean island of Curaçao aboard the "Rhapsody of the Seas" with her family.

The American youngster, who had recently graduated from college at the time and was accompanied by her parents Ron and Iva Bradley and her younger brother, Brad Bradley, spent the first few days enjoying the festivities. They had feasts and made incredible memories as they partied it up.

But two nights into the trip, just as they were about to disembark onto the island, Amy vanished into thin air.

According to loved ones and passengers, she was last seen in the early hours of March 21, 1998, dancing at the ship's nightclub.

Amy then returned to the room she shared with her family and spent some time chatting with her brother on the balcony of her cabin. Brad then decided to go to bed, leaving Amy alone outside and by the time her father went to check on her, she had vanished, leaving no trace but a polo shirt and a pair of sandals.

Every nook and cranny of the 10-floor cruise liner, which was one of the biggest during the late '90s, was allegedly searched but still, Amy could not be located.

Despite an FBI investigation and her family's exhaustive efforts which continue 27 years later, Amy has never been found.