An American woman aboard a cruise ship touring the Caribbean mysteriously disappeared during an excursion to a remote island. Now, local police believe she just checked into a hotel.

Ann Evans, 55, was reported missing from a Holland America Line cruise on Nov. 20 after she vanished during a planned tour to Sint Maarten, the Dutch side of a Caribbean island.

Ann Evans, 55, was reported missing just four days into the cruise. Government of Sint Maarten

Both French and Dutch law enforcement agencies launched a frantic search for the missing American, who never returned to the ship following the island tour.

After a week of searching, the Police Force of Sint Marten announced a shocking twist in the case on Thursday. A woman matching Evans’ description used her passport to check into a

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