Missing Sandrine Jourdan VII
For those who have read my previous blogs regarding the disappearance of my friend, Sandrine Jourdan, you will know well the person of interest that I consider to be the prime suspect, Bradley Ainsworth. Bradley Ainsworth was also known as Majic Mirra on FaceBook, although I have heard that he has changed the spelling on his profile since I began writing the Missing Sandrine Jourdan blogs.
This blog will explore Bradley Ainsworth’s behaviour around the time, and relating to, Sandrine’s disappearance for an insight into his activity and his personality. I have included previously unreleased dialogue and statements made by Bradley.
The quotes and conversations herein are all verifiable.
A quick revision
Sandrine Jourdan disappeared on Friday the 13th of July, 2012, at 5:30 pm from the suburb of Caboolture Queensland and has never been located. She did not have her car with her but had plans to go to a Buddhist retreat for the weekend with Bradley Ainsworth.
Bradley was angry with Sandrine the day she disappeared and had planned to confront her that day. He has a gap in his alibi of nearly seven hours on the day Sandrine disappeared and gave a false statement to the police about his whereabouts that day. He also told people that Sandrine was suicidal when she was not, on the day she disappeared.
The duplicitous nature of Bradley Ainsworth laid bare
The above photos are a factual representation of Bradley Ainsworth’s true nature; duplicitous. To be clear, I did not edit these photos, they are his own.
This is what the Merriam Webster online dictionary states about the word, DUPLICITOUS;
marked by duplicity: deceptive in words or action
Did you know?
The idea of doubleness is at the core of duplicity and duplicitous. Duplicity is the older of the pair; it comes from a Latin word meaning “double” or “twofold,” and its original meaning in English has to do with a kind of deception in which you intentionally hide your true feelings or intentions behind false words or actions. If you are being duplicitous there are two yous: the one you’re showing and the one you’re hiding. And—key to the idea of duplicity—you’re hiding the hidden you in order to make people believe something that’s not true.
Merriam-Webster definition of duplicitous
On the day that Sandrine disappeared she told her family that she had made plans with Bradley Ainsworth to spend the weekend at a Buddhist retreat with him for his birthday. Bradley was living at Chenrezig Buddhist Retreat at the time.
Sandrine was unaware that Bradley already had plans to attend the ‘Friends of the Forest’ retreat in a forest near Kilcoy, Queensland, to celebrate his birthday there. Bradley’s long weekend at the Kilcoy retreat should have begun on Thursday the 12th of July, as the messages below show.
Majic Mirra Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 6:17pm UTC+10
Hello lovely…you comin to Kilcoy?
Pieta Morgan Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 6:21pm UTC+10
When’s Kilcoy?
Majic Mirra Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 6:22pm UTC+10
Starts tomorrow lunchtime
But Bradley didn’t make it to the Kilcoy Friends of the Forest retreat at ‘lunchtime’ on Thursday the 12th of July as he had planned.
On the morning of the 13th of July 2012 Bradley messaged me, clearly furious with Sandrine saying he had planned to confront her that day.
I am gonna talk to Sandrine now and find out the WHOLE story once and for all.
I don’t think Sandrine had any idea how angry Bradley was or that he planned to confront her that day. According to her mother Sandrine was readying herself to spend a pleasant weekend with him at Chenrezig Buddhist retreat.
In the messages that Bradley and I shared on the morning of the 13th of July, Bradley told me he was no longer going to the Kilcoy retreat but was “goin to get professional help”.
Majic Mirra Friday, July 13, 2012 at 7:44am UTC+10
Not goin to Kilcoy. Goin to get professional help.
I had assumed at the time that he genuinely had intentions to seek help, because I thought the accusations he made against Sandrine that morning sounded paranoid, and I told him so. It turned out that Bradley did not seek help that day over his anger with Sandrine.
It was nearly a week later that I learned that Bradley almost missed his own birthday party on Friday the 13th of July 2012, arriving at Kilcoy ‘Friends of the Forest’ campground at 5 minutes before midnight. Considering that the camp was held for his birthday and that the drum retreats were so important to Bradley, being 36 hours late for a drum retreat was utterly out of character. Bradley would make sure that he arrived at camp earlier than most, any other time.
The birthday Cake
At 7:13 PM on the 13th of July Bradley posted a ‘thank you’ to his friends for the birthday wishes on his FaceBook page.
Hours later, as Bradley rushed into the Kilcoy camp Kitchen that night just in time for his birthday, at 5 minutes to midnight, he was greeted by a home-made birthday cake. One of the ‘Friends of the Forest’ group had made it for him. He blew out those candles at midnight on the 14th of July 2012.
This photo was taken at the Kilcoy camp kitchen at midnight on the 14th of July 2012 by one of the ‘Friends of the Forest’ group members.
Hours later, on the 14th of July, it appeared as though Bradley’s mother replied to his post. The post mentions a birthday cake, describing the confectionery on it.
On the 15th of July the picture of Bradley blowing out the candles on the cake was posted in the ‘Friends of the Forest’ FaceBook group.
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, the post from Facebook account ‘Glenda Noon-Ainsworth’, allegedly written by Bradley’s mother, described the same cake in laborious and contrived detail. It’s clear though that the post inferred it was his mother that made that cake, which she had not. The post also states that they had held a birthday party for him.
Bradley’s mother did not attend his Kilcoy birthday party and had not seen the cake that was made for him. I am certain that it was Bradley, using his mother’s FaceBook account to describe the cake, sending the Facebook post using his mobile internet dongle.
The significance of two mentions of the same birthday cake is that Bradley used that photo as an alibi. He told the police that he was at his parents house all day and that he had a party at their house on the afternoon of the 13th of July.
On Tuesday the 17th of July I received a phone call from a police officer asking if I knew where Sandrine was, as she had been reported missing by her brother. The first person I thought to contact after calling Sandrine’s number, was Bradley Ainsworth.
Pieta Morgan Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 11:17am UTC+10
Hey BRad, how are you? I’ve had the police calling about Sandrine.. her brother’s reported her missing.. have you heard from her at all?
Majic Mirra Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 12:33pm UTC+10
No I havent…been on camp all weekend. Will try and contact her now.
I waited for Bradley to call me or at least message me with news, but he didn’t. I was worried about Sandrine, but it wasn’t until later I realised that he was not worried about her at all.
Later I heard that Bradley had told people that Sandrine was suicidal at the time she disappeared. Of course, his assertion was a lie. The truth was, Bradley had attempted to coerce Sandrine into a suicide pact only two days prior.
My questions are; why would Bradley tell people Sandrine was suicidal when she was not? Is it a coincidence that Sandrine disappeared on the same day that Bradley told people that she might kill herself?
Below is a quote from one of Bradley’s friends regarding what he said about Sandrine on the afternoon of the 13th of July 2012, the day she disappeared..
He had stated Sandrine was unstable, and it wouldn’t surprise him if she’d kill herself. When asked why he said that, he said she was going crazy
I know why Bradley didn’t attempt to spin the same bullshit to me, because I would have known he was lying and I would have called Sandrine to check up on her.
He messaged me the next day, five days after Sandrine’s disappearance.
Majic Mirra Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 8:23pm UTC+10
Have you heard anything about Sandrine? I have tried everything I think of.
Pieta Morgan Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 8:26pm UTC+10
No I haven’t heard, I felt obligated, because her brother reported her as missing, to give the officer her number… but he asked about chenrezig, apparently at one time she was talking to her brother about staying there. The officer said he was looking into it and asked me if I knew anything.. She hasn’t returned my call either. Hope she’s ok, poor honey.
At this stage Bradley’s anger toward Sandrine the day that she disappeared played on my mind and I wondered how he could not have known Sandrine had plans to visit the place where he’d been living the day she disappeared.
I should have seen his behaviour as a huge ‘red flag’ but he was notoriously self-centred and self-obsessed and I had come to just accept that from him like so many in our group had. I tried to tell myself that that was just how he was.
It would have been appropriate for Bradley to tell me that he’d had plans with Sandrine the day she disappeared, but he did not EVER mention to me his plan to go to Chenrezig with her nor did he mention going to a “drum retreat” with her. Compare this with what he told the A Current Affair reporter 2 years later…
5 minutes 43 seconds
Reporter: “The day she vanished, her family say, Sandrine was suppose to be meeting up with another friend, Brad Ainsworth, and going to a retreat.
Reporter: “Going to meet with her and going to a retreat, weren’t you?”
Brad: “Yep, drum retreat.”
Reporter: “Didn’t see her that day?”
Brad: “Nope.”
I’m certain that Sandrine was not going to “meet” Bradley at a drum retreat, remember, she had no car that day. Bradley was less than a half an hour drive south of Sandrine that entire afternoon. It’s reasonable to deduce that Bradley had told Sandrine that he would collect her on his way north to Chenrezig Buddhist retreat, because otherwise she would have had to walk 47 kilometres to get there.
The next day, six days after Sandrine disappeared, Bradley wrote again…
Majic Mirra Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 12:51pm UTC+10
Any Sandrine yet?
Pieta Morgan Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 1:12pm UTC+10
Not yet, I’m beginning to worry..
Majic Mirra Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 1:13pm UTC+10
Me too…our last conversation was not the best 😦
Pieta Morgan Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 2:59pm UTC+10
When did you last speak to her?
Majic Mirra Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 3:22pm UTC+10
Would have been last tue or wed..
As you can see Bradley claimed to have last spoken to Sandrine on Tuesday the 10th or Wednesday the 11th of July. Please compare this statement to the one he made to the A Current Affair reporter 2 years later…
Reporter: “Can you tell us what happened to Sandrine?”
Brad Ainsworth: “Nah, I talked to her on the last day but that’s it.”
To view the A Current Affair video click here: A-Current-Affair-Sandrine-Jourdan.mp4
I find Bradley’s answer, that he “talked to her on the last day” to be an unnerving statement. How did he know it was her last day? Hopefully there’s a psychologist out there that can explain his answer. All insights are welcome.
July 30, 2012 at 12:00pm UTC+10
Pieta: Have you heard anything about Sandrine?
July 30, 2012 at 12:01pm UTC+10
Majic Mirra : I have heard nothing but if she turns up I’m gonna kick her ass! Worrying all these people..
Pieta: I really do hope you get the opportunity, not to kick her ass, but give her a hug like a true friend would. When I see you next we’ll talk.
As you can see, at this time, 17 days after Sandrine had vanished into thin air, Bradley was unable to hide his true feelings for her. He wanted to kick her ass? His message angered me.
Three days earlier he had messaged another of our mutual friends to say:
I dont know anything except that if Sandrine is alive i am pretty pissed off with her. I’ll tell you why I’m upset when I see you next. Wanna come to Generator this weekend..?
If Sandrine is alive Bradley is pretty pissed off with her. Chilling words.
“Generator” is a festival. This message proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Bradley had zero thought or care for Sandrine.
After I scolded Bradley for wanting to ‘kick Sandrine’s ass if she turned up’ he suddenly decided he wanted to help. He announced on his public Facebook page that he intended to search for Sandrine at the Kenilworth State Forest ‘overflow’ camp, inviting his FaceBook friends, and he messaged me personally.
Majic Mirra Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 9:22am UTC+10
I’m going out to Kennilworth today if ya wanna come?
The overflow, I have no idea if she will be out there but I just feel like I want to do something…still feeling bad that I didnt want to help her in that last phone call with her but she melted me down.
Gonna camp out there too….leaving caboolture at 11
Caboolture library is kicking me off the internet in 6 mins
Pieta Morgan Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 9:31am UTC+10
Ok, will try to get out there. Glad you decided to help 🙂 Best of luck 🙂
Bradley turned up at my house on the morning of the 1st of August 2012, uninvited and unexpected, to pick up his 3 large plastic barrels on his way to the Kenilworth State Forest.
I don’t think he expected to find me at home.
He had, until that point, quietly refused to provide information, would not reply to requests for photos for missing posters to find Sandrine, he had slandered her, and he had lied about his alibi to Sandrine’s sister. So, by the time Bradley arrived at my house I was certain he had something to do with Sandrine’s disappearance. I confronted him, accusing of being the prime suspect in Sandrine’s disappearance. This is a portion of that conversation…
Brad: “So you think that I’ve done something to Sandrine?
Pieta: “Yeah I do, I do.”
Brad: “Thank you friend.”
Brad: “Well if I’ve done something to Sandrine it will come out wont it.
Pieta: “It will. Most definitely. It will definitely.”
Brad: “Yeah. But I haven’t, I haven’t seen Sandrine.”
Pieta: “You say that but I know you’re a liar. So that’s why I am completely maintaining my right to withhold an opinion to anyone else. And I’ve got nothing to report to the police. But, personally, I don’t trust you anymore.”
Brad: “ Fine”
Bradley did not display any shock or hurt or dismay at my accusation, he didn’t display anger either.
He and his three large, blue plastic barrels left my house for Kenilworth State Forest where he had publicly invited his Facebook friends to join him to search for Sandrine.
That evening, the 1st of August 2012, Bradley sent Sandrine’s sister a text message.
At that time I called the Kenilworth police to ask them to search Bradley’s van, telling them that I thought he had something to do with Sandrine’s disappearance. They found a replica handgun in his van. I don’t know how thorough their search was otherwise.
From my perspective he’d faded into obscurity after that time as he’d blocked me on FaceBook.
But within 18 months Bradley, AKA Majic Mirra, had caused controversy once again, this time within the Drum Retreat that Sandrine loved so much and that our mutual circle of friends attended.
After many complaints against him from women in the Drum Retreat, some complaints being criminal in nature, he was expelled. His reaction to being removed from the group was stunning. Please see the slideshow below for some of the most startling comments made by Bradley as the saga of his expulsion unfolded. These quotes are a true insight into what lurks beneath.
With regard to the A Current Affair program that aired sometime in 2014, in my opinion Bradley’s answers were revealing, perhaps giving us more of an insight than he wanted to.
Reporter: “Brad Ainsworth says he was angry with Sandrine on the day she disappeared, and that’s why they didn’t meet.”
Brad: “Yeah I was actually really upset, I’m sorry but I was. You know, that doesn’t mean I did anything to her.”
Reporter: The family seem to think that you and maybe others have information that you’re not telling them.”
Brad: “I don’t have any information. I think under the circumstances, you know, if the police are talking to you, you take it pretty seriously.”
Sandrine thought she was going to Chenrezig Buddhist retreat in Eudlo for the weekend with Bradley, not a drum retreat in Kilcoy. Bradley didn’t elaborate or explain what came of his plans with Sandrine that weekend. When he was asked if he saw Sandrine that day he simply replied “NOPE’.
But wait, there was still time for him to complain about how hard-done-by he was.
Brad: “This has just devastated me, all of this @#$%^ has devastated me.”
Bradley has since claimed that “his voice was silenced by ACA” (A Current Affair) and that they “only played what they chose to play”.
Bradley’s Alibis
Bradley told the police he was at his parent’s house all day and had a birthday party there before leaving for Kilcoy.
He told Sandrine’s sister that he was at Kilcoy the day Sandrine disappeared.
But there’s more…
And I was at Mums all morning the day she went missing, At Dazs place all arvo and at Kilcoy all weekend after. The police had access to my FB Phone and van…coz I gave it. Not the actions of a guilty guy… They are more interested in Pieta Morgan.
Please note, in this statement Bradley did not mention being at his parent’s house celebrating his birthday.
I never said I was up at Kilcoy all day…I said I went up Friday night. I was
over at Daz’s place all afternoon and at Mums online in the morning….
Again, No mention of being at his parent’s house celebrating his birthday on the evening of the 13th of July but at least there is an accidental admission of a gap of nearly seven hours.
Brad: “Kilcoy, I was at my mum and dad’s all day”
Pieta: “You said you were at Kilcoy”
Brad: “Yeah I went to Kilcoy on my birthday, it was midnight. I got there about midnight.”
Pieta: “Yeah five to midnight, yeah I know.”
Brad: “Yeah, eh”
He did not mention that he was at Daz and Lish’s house in the afternoon of the 13th to me when I asked, and no explanation as to his whereabouts in that seven hours up until 5 minutes to midnight.
In conclusion
I wanted to share here the proof I have of the duplicitous nature of Bradley Ainsworth. If there were any questions about his intentions toward Sandrine on the day she disappeared hopefully the picture is becoming more clear.
Our goal is to find Sandrine, and I don’t think we can afford to gloss over the lies Bradley has told about his whereabouts on the day. The conflicting statements about how he felt about Sandrine and his history with other women are all relevant in her case.
If you have anything that was personally written by him and would like to help either eliminate or confirm him as a suspect as the author of the Rosetta Buntton letter, please contact Graeme Crowley by clicking on this link to his podcast series ‘Bring Home SANDRINE’.
I would like to finish by adding a quote by someone who knew Bradley Ainsworth AKA Majic Mirra, because I couldn’t have said it better, myself.
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