Dark Voyage

An Aspiring Actress Dies Under Mysterious Circumstances

(CBS)  Not knowing is not an option for Jamie. So she and her attorney press on with their own investigation. They traveled to Ensenada, Mexico to learn what they can from Mexican authorities.

On Jamie's fourth trip, Mexican officials spent several hours talking to Jamie about the case. "I know this case is still open. And I know they’re still investigating it, and … they care, and that just overwhelms me," she says.

But now, almost one year after Ashley's death, the puzzle pieces still don’t fit.

"I just don’t know if I can bear to think that I’m gonna have to forever not fit those pieces together. They’ve just got to come together," Jamie says.

"I wake up every morning wishing I could hold her just one more time. And I wake up every morning praying that no other mother ever has to live this nightmare," she adds.

But sadly, another mother is. "As time goes by it doesn’t get better. It gets worse because you don’t have that person in your life anymore," says Maureen Smith, who lost her son on a cruise in July 2005. George Smith was on his honeymoon with his new bride, Jennifer Hagel.

A few days into the cruise, George disappeared somewhere in the Aegean Sea. A blood stain was found on an awning beneath his room. The captain was quick to call it an accident, something Maureen never accepted.

The FBI is investigating that case but no one has been charged with a crime. "It’s not knowing what happened. That’s the killer. And I know that was what was going through Jamie’s mind," Maureen says.

Maureen heard about Jamie’s campaign for answers and reached out to offer support.

George’s story echoes Ashley’s in many ways: both couples spent time in the ship’s casino. The night George disappeared, he was there with Jennifer when they ran into a group of young men they met on the cruise.

Josh Askin was one of them – a college student traveling with this family.

When the casino closed, Josh says the manager Lloyd Botha suggested they head up to the disco. So they all piled into the elevator together.

"Lloyd the casino manager put his arm around Jennifer and—we thought—a little awkward moment," Josh remembers.

Asked if George see this happen, or had any reaction to this, Josh says, "I don’t know – what he was thinking at that time."

But later at the club, witnesses say George and Jennifer argued and that she left without him. A short time later, Josh and his buddies walked a very drunk George back to his cabin.

Back at the cabin, Josh says George's wife wasn't there and that he thought it was a bit odd, considering they were on their honeymoon.

They went out for a quick look around and didn’t find her. Josh says they returned George to his room.

"We just kinda said, 'You know, goodnight, man.' And he said, 'You know—thank you. Thank you.' And then we just left," Josh remembers.

But there’s more to the story.