Who Is Ann Evans? Cruise Ship Passenger Goes Missing in C...

By Marni Rose McFall

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Ann Evans, an American cruise ship passenger, has gone missing in the Caribbean after she did not return to her ship after a stop in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, on November 20.

Newsweek has contacted the Police Force of Sint Maarten and the Holland America Line for comment outside of regular working hours via email.

Why It Matters

Missing persons cases are often the subject of fascination, and specific instances of people going missing on cruise ships regularly spark public interest. Attention is often drawn in the U.S. when American tourists go missing.

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There are no official figures for people going missing on cruises, and instances of this happening are rare, though earlier this year, an American woman named Jessica Collins went missing after she did not return to her cruise ship after a stop in the Caribbean. It was later revealed that Collins was safe and did not want to be found.

The 2025 Netflix documentary titled ‘Amy Bradley is Missing’ about the 1998 case of a young woman vanishing without a trace while on a cruise may have increased interest in cases of missing persons on cruises.

What To Know

Evans is a 55-year-old American citizen.

According to a missing person’s alert issued by the Police force of Sint Maarten, Evans departed Holland America Line’s Rotterdam cruise ship while it was docked at around 10 a.m.

Evans then went on to join an organized bus tour of the island. She left the bus in Marigot, in the French side of Saint Martin, known as the Collectivity of Saint Martin.

However, she did not return to the bus or the cruise ship.

Law enforcement said in the missing persons alert that “Efforts to locate Ms. Evans are ongoing,” and that “law enforcement authorities on both the Dutch and French sides of the island have been alerted.

The island of Sint Marteen, or Saint Martin, is located in the Caribbean, some 190 miles east of Puerto Rico. Since the 1600s, the island has been divided between the French and the Dutch. The French portion of the island is larger, but the Dutch portion is more populated. Evans went missing on the French side of the island.

What People Are Saying

The Police Force of Sint Marteen, in a missing persons alert: “KPSM and the French Gendarmerie are urging anyone with information about Ms. Evans’ whereabouts to come forward. If Ms. Evans herself sees this message, she is kindly requested to contact her family, the Police Force of Sint Maarten, or the French Gendarmerie as soon as possible to confirm her safety.”