The Disney Wonder had been sailing off the coast of Mexico. It was bound for Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas, but it seemed that Rebecca had missed the start of her shift. The crew paged her, checked her room, and then proceeded to check the entire ship. Before long it became very clear that Rebecca was not on the Wonder. But if that was the case, where was she? Investigators began to look for clues…
Disney and the investigators began to review the security camera footage first. There was only one appearance of her timestamped at 5:45 am. In the video, Rebecca is talking on one of the ship’s internal phones in a crew area. She appears distraught afterward and is asked if she’s ok by another young, male crew member. She answered “Yea, all right.” and walks off, never to be seen again.
After it had been determined that she was no longer on the ship, members of the U.S. Coast Guard and Mexican Navy began searching the international waters the Wonder had sailed through. They also found nothing. Meanwhile, Rebecca’s parents were on their way to the scene, to help investigators in any way they could…
Mike and Annmaria Coriam, Rebecca’s parents, were flown out from England to meet with investigators and Disney officials. Yet even this friendly gesture seemed to be slightly off-putting. The Bahamian detective admitted that he had only spent one day aboard the ship and he only interviewed a few of the crew before he told them he that she had very likely fallen overboard while swimming in the crew pool.
Both of the Coriams were exhausted, suffering from extreme jet lag and emotionally drained. Because of this, they didn’t ask too many questions. Disney wouldn’t give them the chance to ask them the to ask any questions, not ti ask too many questions. Mike Coriam believed they would have another chance to do so later, but they never did. Afterward, they were taken to Rebecca’s room and presented with her belongings….
