A major U.S. news network and British newspapers have now picked up the original CBC News story of a B.C. woman who vanished from a cruise ship off the coast of Florida Feb. 29 — but the boyfriend who was with her on the voyage is still refusing to speak publicly.

Fariba Amani, 47, of Port Moody, B.C., was last seen on board the Bahamas Celebration about 1 a.m. ET as it sailed from the Bahamas to Palm Beach, Fla., according to her companion, Ramiz Golshani.

Golshani, 46, notified authorities on board after he said he awoke hours later to find that Amani had not returned to their stateroom during the night.