"The more you look into this the more it smells rotten; the more it smells like a crime has taken place", he told the Echo the year of his election. Rebecca would contact her parents on a regular basis via Facebook and Skype. Rebecca Coriam was a 24-year-old woman from Chester, England, who began working for Disney Cruise Lines in June 2010. [12], Ronson reported that at the time his article was published, the Coriams had received no further updates from Disney or the RBPF on the progress of the investigation. In June 2010, a 23-year-old British citizen named Rebecca Coriam was interviewed in London for a shipboard position with Disney Cruise. One of the items was a flip flop that was discovered at the edge of Deck 5. Sea mystery: British cruise worker Rebecca Coriam went missing from a Disney ship in the Caribbean 13 days ago. After Rebeccas parents went back to Britain, they discovered that Rebeccas bank card had been used after she disappeared. Let me guess your a church going saint. Rebecca. The detective also told them that he had interviewed only a few crew members, and none of the passengers. Throughout her entire life, she had a knack to be self motivated and successful. rebecca-coriam.comDisney has always maintained that it was a rogue wave that swept Rebecca Coriam away. Rebecca liked to regularly exercise to keep herself in shape, however, that area of the ship is very well covered by security cameras. Everything here is taped. If so, why would Disney refuse to disclose what the phone call was about? She was described as a happy-go-lucky person with plenty to live for. Before joining the Disney Wonder, Rebecca had studied childhood studies, psychology and philosophy at Liverpool Hope University. Rebecca Coriam, 24, had been working as a childminder when she disappeared from the Disney Wonder vessel in March 2011 as it sailed near Puerto Vallarta in Mexico. Ship head of security Mark Rotherham said Miss Coriam was told the only way to be with her girlfriend was to have a threesome by Mr Hyde. The primary piece of physical evidence in Rebeccas disappearance is the CCTV footage of her talking on an internal phone line at the time of her last known sighting. Now it has been claimed she had a threesome with colleagues on the ship which left her 'traumatised' just hours before she was last seen. All That's Interesting reports Coriam was using an internal phone line and was "visibly distressed" during the call. In 2010 she was hired to work on the Disney Wonder Cruise. Rebecca's uncle, John, told her parents that her password had been changed from her original one. Private investigators going over the video think she may have been heading to the medical unit on Deck 1 where she was seen on the phone. What I say in this video is knowledge I found from all over the internet. Missing Disney cruise ship girl's threesome with love rat dad and bisexual. The 24-year-old student from Chester was reported as missing from the Disney Wonder vessel as it sailed in Mexican waters in March 2011. Rebecca Coriam (born 11 March 1987) was a British crewmember on the cruise ship Disney Wonder who disappeared from the ship 22 March 2011. [1], But all crew members who spoke with him insisted that Coriam had gone overboard from the crew pool. She then walks away, pushing her hair back and putting her hands in her back pockets, mannerisms her parents say were common for her. He spent one day aboard the Wonder once it returned to port, interviewing six of the 950 employees and zero of the 2,000-plus passengers. Earlier this year the Coriams, Mr Anderson, and Roy Ramm - the former Commander of Specialist Operations at Scotland Yard, and the family's private detective, visited policing minister Brandon Lewis at his Home Office HQ in London. She was 24, from Chester, and had recently graduated from a. Definitely deserves to be murdered. Came back and Rebecca and (male crew member who was in a relationship with the American woman) chatting. After high school, she attended Plymouth University at Exeter and studied sports science. In her adolescence she worked at Chester Zoo, an occupation that family . The newly emerged notes revealed that Coriam was caught up. According to the accounts of crew members, family, friends, and members of law enforcement, Rebecca Coriams case was a botched investigation. It was very clear she loved children and the outdoors. The only thing that was upsetting her was pressure being placed on her to have sex with somebody she didnt want to. OBrien told her shed talk to Traci in the morning as she was usually the peacekeeper when the couple was arguing. The Bahaman police officer assigned to the case never returned Ronson's calls. Coriam was born on 11 March 1987 in Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester, England. He also noticed speciously mounted security cameras that could have been placed in the pool area after the incident. They reviewed the ship's security camera and found just one appearance of her at 5:45 AM. The investigators also analyzed the flip-flop shoes given to her parents and concluded they did not belong to Rebecca, giving further doubt to Disneys theory that she fell from Deck 5. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Liverpool EchoThe last moments of Rebecca Coriam captured on CCTV camera. 05:17 EDT 05 Aug 2017. There's no way someone can go off a ship and it not be recorded. "[W]e wish we knew what happened as much as anyone Rebecca's disappearance has been difficult and heartbreaking for everyone. These plans, as well as her continuing Facebook exchanges with her mother, argue for them against suicide. Chester MP Mr Matherson, who was coordinating the private investigation, declared that there was a real possibility that Rebecca was murdered and thrown overboard.4, In 2017, notes from the officer in charge were released which hinted that Rebecca had sex with a male crew member in front of her girlfriend, Tracie Medley, who also worked on board. [1], The crew searched the ship for her. In 2015, the Coriams settled a lawsuit with Disney for an undisclosed sum and an agreement that they would not publicly discuss the case. He said a friend of his had to get someone inside in similar conditions, and the offence of being outside on the pool deck in such conditions was serious enough that Disney sent that person home from the cruise. Her parents had this to say: Everything was staged by Disney. A young man then comes into the frame He approaches Rebecca and asks if she is okay to which she replies: Yeah, fine, before walking away. To this day, Rebecca is still listed as being missing at sea. A lot of the crew had been told to say it never happened or that they dont know anything if asked about Rebecca's disappearance. Nationality British Occupation Cruise ship crew Parents Inside her cabin, these tickets were found. At 5:45am, Rebecca was seen speaking on the phone in the crew area. I cant find any information if anything has been posted on her profile after the password had been changed. 24-year-old Rebbeca or "Becks", as she was known to friends and family, disappeared on March 22nd, 2011. The video that recorded Rebecca's last moments on the ship show her in some sort of distress. [1], Penning responded by announcing that the Marine Accident Investigation Branch would investigate all deaths or disappearances of British citizens from vessels anywhere in the world, paralleling similar legislation signed by U.S. President Barack Obama that gives the Federal Bureau of Investigation that authority in the event of the death or disappearance of any American citizen. He also says that any wave capable of taking her off the ship would have caused visible damage to it as well. In his investigations, Ramm retrospectively discovered that the CCTV footage had been cropped to hide the timestamp and location. However other crew members and close friends to Rebecca on the ship paint a more nuanced version of her character than her parents and media. Her family fear she was murdered after being sexually assaulted while Disney said it was more likely she was swept overboard by a freak wave'. Family and friends from England have vigorously denied that Rebecca took her own life. Regina Marie Bos was a local Lincoln, Nebraska woman who went missing without a trace in 2000. Under the Flags of Convenience system, jurisdiction of the case fell to the country of the ships registration, which in this case was the tax haven of the Bahamas. During her interview with The Sun, Medley also suggested Coriam's family was "ashamed that she was a lesbian. [8] "It really stirred things up," the woman recalled. She then returned to the cruise ship which was setting sail from Los Angeles to Mexico. At this time, Rebecca's parents were on a plane heading toward the ship, as was a detective from the Royal Bahamas Police Force to investigate the ship after it returned to port in Los Angeles. Melissa said that while bubbly, Rebecca was also a risk taker and loved being on Deck 5. Inside his pocket were two cryptic notes. All That's Interesting is a Brooklyn-based digital publisher that seeks out stories that illuminate the past, present, and future. The last theory I could find was another big one. Disney has always maintained that it was a rogue wave that swept Rebecca off of Deck 5 sometime between the hours of 6 and 9 a.m., March 22. Even with the Wonders numerous surveillance cameras, it is still possible for Rebecca to find a blind spot in such a large ship. Unsatisfied with Disneys account of their daughters disappearance, the Coriams hired private investigator Roy Ramm, a former specialist of Scotland Yard, and sought the aid of Chester MP Chris Matheson and former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott. As reported by Mirror, Rebecca Coriam, a British citizen, joined the crew of the Disney Wonder cruise ship in June 2010. Police gave Rebeccas parents some items of clothing back that they claimed belonged to Rebecca. The captain and Disney claim she just went overboard after a freak wave hit the side of the boat she was on. Ramm also discovered the footage of Coriam on the telephone was missing the timestamp and location. On March 21, 2011, cruise ship employee Rebecca Coriam sent her parents a text message, letting them know that she would call them the following day. In 2011 Rebecca Coriam disappeared aboard the cruise ship where she worked, the Disney Wonder. [5], Since the Wonder is registered in the Bahamas, a detective from the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) flew to the ship to investigate once it had returned to Los Angeles, three days after the disappearance. We were taken in a car with blacked-out windows, on the boats back entrance, as passengers disembarked from the front. Some people say she was always very kind and bubbly but had an underlying sadness about her. Disney has always maintained that it was a rogue wave that swept Rebecca Coriam away. She visited all its ports of call on the Mexican Riviera and went through the Panama Canal. In March 2014, the Coriams sued Disney for failing in their duty to care and keep their daughter safe. It was taped. A few weeks later, Rebecca's parents got an email from her bank saying there had been some activity on her account. Joseph Curtis For Mailonline Danny Croteau was just 13-years-old when he was bludgeoned to death. A crew member decided to trawl the CCTV footage from the past 24 hours to see if he could spot Rebecca. Why did they lie about where the phone call took place? She confided in her that they asked her to do a threesome but she didn't want to, so OBrien told her to not go back to them and just go to bed. Tracie Medley told The Sun that she and Coriam spent the evening of March 21, 2011, withMedley's boyfriend Deven Hyde who was a bartender on the ship. Rebecca maintained regular contact with her family via . When Rebecca was seen on the CCTV she was wearing mens clothing and was seen holding her head and looking very distressed. Liverpool student and cruise ship worker Rebecca Coriam disappeared on March 22, 2011, from . Another notable piece of physical evidence provided by Disney was that of a sandal allegedly discovered on Deck 5 that belonged to Rebecca. One crew member disclosed, Disney knows exactly what happened That phone call she had? Weve never believed she simply disappeared overboard and drowned. Thats so cruel and uncalled for. "She was in a relationship, and there were problems, and it was upsetting her," "Melissa" told Ronson. Last November private investigators disclosed their belief that 'criminal activity' was behind her vanishing. Miss Coriam was said to be in an intense and passionate relationship with Miss Medley and became upset when she became close to Mr Hyde, according to staff on the ship. He believes Rebecca was thrown overboard rather than having fallen. "It was just an email but it seemed legitimate," said her uncle. After it became evident that Rebecca was missing from the cruise ship, the Mexican coastguard was contacted to search the surrounding waters. Rebecca Coriam was born on March 11, 1987 in Chester England. That phone called she had? The ship was just off the coast of Mexico bound for Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas. [1], Many were circumspect. a story they found implausible because of the high protective walls around it. More than seven years later, friends and family are still searching for answers to the same nagging questions. I told her not to go back to them and to go to bed. In the video of her on the telephone, she is evidently upset about something and is wearing mens clothing. Her body was never found and although suicide has been suggested as a theory, her parents Mike and Ann Coriam say they do not believe she killed herself as she had bought them tickets to go to Disneyland Paris, which they say is evidence she was 'looking forward to the future'. In 2017, Tracie Medley, Rebeccas girlfriend and co-worker aboard the Wonder broke her silence on the events of March 22, 2011. Although she has been accused of being involved in Coriam's death, Medley said she "never did anything to physically harm" her friend. With the Coriams' permission, he wrote about it in The Guardian. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Her family disagreed. They deny this sort of thing would ever be possible; because of this, many people believe that Disney knows for a fact that human trafficking happens on their cruse ships but they have always covered it up. Her story is a little different as Rebecca was a crew member aboard the ship. Melissa thinks she might have been on the phone with her partner and that was why she was so distraught around the time she went missing. Nothing was clear. And that train of events is supported by the allegations of rape or sexual assault, campaigners added. After she was accepted and hired on, she went to the company's Florida theme park for four days of training. He had interviewed only a handful of crew members and none of the passengers on the ship. He discreetly asked questions to crew members who were on the cruise at the time Rebecca went missing. Her job was to watch the kids aboard the ship when the parents wanted some time off. This area had low railings that could have allowed an accident to happen. She was not in her room or anywhere else on the ship, and did not respond to pages over the ship's public address system. Everything here is taped. Lost at Sea The Disappearance of Rebecca Coriam, The Death of an Altar Boy Danny Croteau, The Locked Room Murder Mystery Isidor Fink, Intricate suicide? It was also found out that the person she called on the phone was Tracy OBrien, who also worked on the cruise. He explained that it was likely Rebecca had been swept off of Deck 5 by a rogue wave. Massive, floating self-sufficient cities headed towards exotic destinations have been a huge draw for vacationers for several decades now, with no signs of that draw waning. Garnell Monroe Moore was a young boy in Maryland who disappeared in August of 2001, but the police didn't start looking for him until 2006. The railings there were low enough for that accident to happen, and she regularly kept herself in shape that way. Her parents, Mike and Ann Coriam from Chester England, know no more today than in March when the cruise line told them their daughter was missing from the cruise ship. He told The Sun: Rebecca was very, very uncomfortable with it but she did it anyway. The Coriams and their lawyer say they never received a copy of the final report as they were promised by the Bahamanian police; British detectives who did receive it have refused repeated Freedom of Information Act requests for a copy on the grounds that it contains restricted personal information. After this, her parents were given Rebecca's personal belongings. Additionally, he states that the Navy and Coast Guard teams were given incorrect coordinates and likely searched the wrong area of the sea. They also disclosed that they had heard Disney had sent some additional footage to the FBI for enhancement, but could not say what that footage might contain. [14], "In other corporations, police get involved," said Kendall Carver, an American who founded the lobbying group International Cruise Victims after his own daughter's 2004 disappearance from the Celebrity Mercury. Furthermore, they claimed she went overboard at Deck 5 which has a large 6-foot wall preventing people from falling overboard. [1], He shared this theory with a deck worker, who told him he was mistaken. 04:53 EDT 05 Aug 2017 Three days after Coriams disappearance, Disney contacted the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) to conduct an investigation. The following day, the Coriams watched from shore as the Disney Wonder left port to set sail on its next cruise. He was reported to have undertaken "several days of onboard investigations". While the Bahamas police dont believe there was any foul play, they claim she may have committed suicide or an accidental death by the freak wave. Rebecca Coriam -- often referred to as Bex -- was born on March 11, 1987, in Chester, England. Two of the Liverpool student's best friends visited the Coriam parents after she went missing, and said their friend had voiced fears of being raped or sexually attacked while on the ship. "[They have told] us the investigation is still ongoing. Medley said that Coriam left Hyde's room in the early morning hours of March 22, 2011, and she never saw her again. My worst fear is Rebecca Coriam was murdered.'. She worked at the Chester Zoo, as had her relatives in the past, and participated in outdoor events. When Coriam failed to report for her 9 a.m. shift, Disney staff were alerted to search the ship for her, but to no avail. After several days of stalled communication, Disney flew out Rebeccas parents, Mike and Anne Coriam, to meet with the detective and ships captain in Los Angeles. In 2015, Chester MP Chris Matheson who had been coordinating the investigation believed there is a possibility of murder. [9][10], In October 2011, journalist Jon Ronson took the Wonder along the same route and made discreet inquiries while aboard. Rebecca Coriam's family and friends in England do not believe she was capable of taking her own life. Her parents reached out to social media to plead for her safe return. He had defensive wounds. According to MP Matheson, I believe theres sufficient evidence to indicate a crime may well have taken place.. Published: 21:48, 4 Aug 2017 BY day, Rebecca Coriam was a smiling and patient children's entertainer on a Disney cruise ship. According to Medley, Rebecca had been distraught over their fiery and passionate relationship in the weeks prior. As the search on the ocean was underway, Rebeccas parents were en route to the Disney Wonder. In the never-seen-before notes of Superintendent Paul Rolles, sent by the UKs Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Rebeccas parents Mike and Ann, it shows how Rebeccas final movements centred on her sexual relationships with two crew members on board. She appears distraught. Possible robbery or gang activity could be involved, but nothing solid has ever been announced. [4], She joined the British Army cadets in her teens and attended Plymouth University at Plymouth, where she studied sports science. At the time of her disappearance, Rebecca Coriam was a 24-year-old Chester, England native who worked with children aboard the Disney Wonder cruise ship. Her parents say these aren't her shoes as they have someone elses name written on the side with a different cabin number. The United States Coast Guard and Mexican Navy were then contacted to perform a search of the surrounding ocean, but also came up short of clues as to Coriams whereabouts. By "Disney knows exactly what happened", one said. [1], Since Rebecca was not found on the ship despite a thorough search, investigators concluded that she went overboard, possibly as a result of a rogue wave. Mum and dad Mike and Ann Corium, from Chester, fear their "beautiful" daughter may have been. After high school, she attended Plymouth University at Exeter and studied sports science. the man said. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. The events are supported by the allegations of rape or sexual assault and Mr. Matheson said he believes there is sufficient evidence to indicate a crime had taken place. They weren't her style. 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Although the case has largely gone cold, closure and answers are still needed. [12] John Anderson, a private investigator who has worked with both the Coriams and Matheson, says records show the seas around the Wonder were normal that night, casting doubt on Disney's "rogue wave" claim. However, she was still "in turmoil." Very few people know that when they board a cruise ship that they are so poorly protected. [13] Penning, too, was critical of Disney, saying the company was "more interested in getting the ship back to sea than in investigating the case of the missing member of their crew". She nods and then walks away from him. The main theory is that it was an accidental death. The Disappearance of Rebecca Coriam. This further solidified the belief that Rebecca had been sexually assaulted. "Bex was a bit of a risk taker," she said. Its suspected that he was murdered while attempting to walk home, but he has never been found. Why are you smearing the reputation of this crew member? One year after her disappearance, Rebecca's father got an email from a woman who claims she had seen Rebecca with a dark-haired man in Venice, Italy during the previous August. Rebecca Coriam, 24, vanished from Disney cruise ship in 2011 near Mexico Her family fear she was murdered while Disney say she was swept overboard Investigators 'told she was left distraught. Disney has the tape." She would sometimes climb over the large steel wall to sit on the edge of the boat and she may have done so that night/morning to clear her head and didn't realize she had made a mistake until it was too late. All That's Interesting reports the rogue wave would have had to be approximately 100 feet tall to have reached Coriam and swept her off the deck. [4], She returned to Chester for two weeks during this period when her grandfather died. While the family considered that something sinister had happened to their daughter, they still held onto the hope that their daughter could potentially still be alive. Shortly before she disappeared, Rebecca had purchased tickets for her parents to go on vacation to Disneyland Paris. It has also been suggested that Rebecca Coriam may have committed suicide. [1], Coriam's disappearance remains under investigation, and her whereabouts since the phone conversation have not been established. Their spokesperson refused to comment on specifics about whether a tape of the phone call or additional security-camera video exists. After touring the areas of the ship open to passengers, he decided that Coriam had probably slipped and fallen while jogging on the Deck 4 jogging track. They have not shared a timeline with us, either." They even tried to page her over the ships public address system but she never showed up. Six weeks later, on 21 March 2011, the day the ship left Los Angeles, she sent what would be her last message to her parents via Facebook, saying she would call the next day. They also gave them a pair of flip-flop shoes that they claim were Rebecca's and had been found at the edge of Deck 5, the crew pool area. In 2011, Rebecca Coriam disappeared from a Disney cruise ship. There has been no record of her presence anywhere since then. The Bahamian police claimed there was no foul play in her disappearance. Following his murder, it would be discovered that the priest had been molesting young boys, including Danny's brother Who killed Isidor Fink and more perplexing, how? She was last seen on CCTV wearing mens clothing at around 6am on the day of her disappearance and was pictured holding her head and looking distressed. According to Disney, that CCTV footage was shot inside on Deck 5, near where Rebecca was allegedly swept overboard. "Why [we]re they putting them there? Rebecca's family and friends say she would never want to kill herself and that she was happy with her job and her life. They decided to investigate further and uncovered a crew member on the ship had said Disney knows exactly what happened. "[W]henever we call anyone, all they say is, 'The investigation is ongoing,'" Mike Coriam said. Unfortunately they found nothing, so the Bahamas Maritime Authority, including the Royal Bahamas Police Force and FBI, were now involved. No stormy seas were recorded to support Disneys theory of a freak wave accident, and politicians have voiced their fears murder suspects remain at large. He did this and the railings around the pool is a steel wall thats high enough to block any view from the guests and Ronson said he couldn't understand how anybody would be able to jump or fall from that area. "[1] Miami lawyer Jim Walker, publisher of the blog Cruise Law News, which is highly critical of the industry, concurs. As reported by All That's Interesting, the investigator also discovered the sandal found on Deck 5 was labeled with the name and cabin number of another individual. 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. I think it was her first time sleeping with a man. "Everyone knows". Rebecca was a happy-go-lucky person with plenty to live for. Later she got a Staff Volunteer position within the cadets and participated in some outdoor events.