Amy Bradley: A Woman in a Barbados Restroom Said Her Name Was Amy | Witness Wednesday

In March 2005, seven years after Amy Bradley disappeared from the Rhapsody of the Seas, Judy Maurer was on a Caribbean cruise with her husband. The ship docked in Bridgetown, Barbados. She went souvenir shopping.

She had never heard of Amy Bradley.

In a souvenir shop on the main shopping street, Judy noticed a woman on a ramp above her — accompanied by several men, one of whom was stationed outside watching the door. The woman kept staring at her and listening to every word she said.

Then Judy went to use the restroom in a nearby department store. And everything changed.

In this Witness Wednesday episode, Judy Maurer joins host Kevin Hall for her most complete account to date — longer and more detailed than anything she shared on Vanished with Beth Holloway or in the Netflix documentary Amy Bradley Is Missing. Details that prior televised formats edited out are heard here for the first time.

This interview covers:

— The souvenir shop: the woman on the ramp, the men surrounding her, the one stationed outside watching through the window

— The restroom: men's voices in a women's restroom, someone checking through the crack in the stall door, and what Judy did to hide

— The phone call she overheard: the deal's at 10 o'clock, you better be ready, and tomorrow we make our way back to Curaçao

— The woman: what she looked like, how she appeared, and what Judy noticed about her demeanor when the men weren't in the room

— The name: Judy asked her what her name was. The woman looked away — like she was going back in time, Judy says — and then it came out softly: Amy

— Being backed into the wall: the woman moved toward Judy and pressed her into the corner — not aggressively, but deliberately. Judy's interpretation: she was trying to protect her. Keep her quiet. Keep her safe.

— The exit: four men surrounded the door of the restroom in a horseshoe formation. The man who had been on the phone put his arm through the woman's arm. Another man did the same on the other side. One went in front. One went behind. They walked out through the back door as a unit.

— How Judy connected what she saw to Amy's case — and what she felt when she did

— What she has carried since March 2005 and why she agreed to speak about it now

The man on the phone said tomorrow we make our way back to Curaçao. The same island Amy disappeared from seven years earlier. The same geographic corridor where David Carmichael saw a woman he identified as Amy on a beach five months after she vanished.

Judy had never heard of Amy Bradley. She had no reason to fabricate what she saw. And she has never stopped believing the woman in that restroom told her the truth.

If you have information about Amy's disappearance — 1-800-CALL-FBI or tips.fbi.gov. Tips can be submitted anonymously. The FBI reward is now $100,000.

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