AMY BRADLEY AND NATALEE HOLLOWAY CONNECTED?

On March 24th of 1998, the Bradleys -- Ron and Iva -- were enjoying a pleasant vacation cruise in the southern reaches of the Carribean. They had just finished visiting Aruba and were bound for Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles. With them were Amy Lynn Bradley and their son, Brad.

The cruise ship they were aboard was on schedule to dock at approximately 6:00 AM local time, which means that the Rhapsody of the Seas entered Antilles' territorial waters at least an hour or more, earlier, or 5:00 AM local. Mr. Bradley reports that he awoke at about 5:30 AM and noticed that Amy was sitting on the balcony of their cabin, probably having a cigarette. He returned to bed and fell asleep for another half of an hour or so.

When he awoke, at or slightly after 6:00 AM, Amy was no longer in the cabin or on the balcony. She had apparently changed clothes and gone for a stroll, barefoot, taking only her cigarettes and lighter with her. Within that time frame, the Rhapsody had docked and was officially in port: they had not been in international waters, for more than hour prior to that 6:00 AM figure.

The Bradleys soon discovered, that morning, that Amy Lynn was nowhere to be found. They have never seen her since that time. The owners of the cruise ship itself have never provided much help to the Bradleys, despite the fact that their daughter was a passenger on their Rhapsody of the Seas. Here is a crucial comment from the Bradleys, as posted on a site providing pictures and information about Amy Lynn's disappearance.

There are many unanswered questions that require answers. Why would a multi-million [dollar] cruise line not help in the search for Amy? To this date Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, owners of the cruise ship, have not cooperated at all with the Bradley family by way of information or assistance or cooperation.

The disappearance of Natalee Holloway of Alabama bears some striking similarities to the case of Amy Lynn Bradley:

1. the Bradleys had just visited Aruba and were enroute from there to the Netherlands Antilles;

2. on the evening of the 23rd, there was a "limbo dance" contest held on the cruise ship, complete with a band -- known then by the name of Blue Orchid -- Amy Lynn and her brother entered the limbo contest and she took the first prize, he took the second prize;

3. as often happens on cruise vessels, members of the crew and members of this band were very friendly to the passengers they were serving and entertaining;

4. Natalee Holloway was at the end of an extended visit to Aruba, arranged for the benefit of graduating seniors from her high school, where she was an honors graduate;

5. Natalee had gone to Carlos & Charlie's pub or tavern, with a group of her friends from the high school, and she too had gotten friendly with some of the locals on Aruba;

6. Both Natalee, 18, and Amy Lynn, then 23, were extremely attractive and vivacious young women, with above average intellectual abilities and warm personalities;

7. Both young women disappeared without explanation, and in both cases there were delays in getting any kind of an investigation going.

After the fact of Amy's disappearance, the spokesman for the cruise line stated that she had gone missing while the ship was international waters. That was an outright lie.

After the fact of Natalee's disappearance, the Aruban authorities noted that three young local men had claimed to be the ones to escort her to the Holiday Inn ... and confusion set in when an apparently false statement was made, which implicated two security guards who were or had been employed at a local hotel which was under renovation. These two men were detained for several days and questioned extensively, while the three young men in question were not placed under arrest until later.

COINCIDENCE ??

One of the band members of Blue Orchid, which was providing music and entertainment aboard the Rhapsody when Amy Bradley went missing, was nicknamed "Yellow." The fourth person to be named as a suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway is a Disc Jockey for music entertainment aboard a "party barge" which operates from Aruba, a man named Croes, who was previously involved with a band named "Yellowjacket".

According to the Bradleys, a young visitor to Aruba, a fourteen year old boy, went missing last year after taking out a rented jet ski -- and has never been seen or heard from since.

It is worth noting that there is a long history of trafficking in white children along what was once called "the Spanish Main" or the northern coast of South America, which includes Venezuela. Aruba is very close to Venezuela physically and there are many boats going to and coming from the mainland.

In the early 1700s, and especially in the 1720s, groups of kidnappers known as "Spirits" worked the streets of London, England, finding and abducting homeless or poor children for the white slave traffic on the Spanish Main.

THE BRADLEYS BELIEVE, MOST FERVENTLY, THAT AMY LYNN IS STILL ALIVE AND MAY BE HELD IN AN ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROLLED BORDELLO IN VENEZUELA: THE REWARD FOR HER SAFE RETURN IS $ 250,000 US.