I was going to say, doesn’t “science” “solve” this mystery every year?
“Okay, who wants to write the Earhart story for this year? Don’t forget to make use of ‘science.’”
“Not me! I did it last year!”
“I’ve written three already. If you make me do it again, I’ll introduce aliens. I swear!”
There’s a lot of evidence that she and Noonan were picked up by the Japanese and regarded as spies (which they likely were).
Noonan later died in captivity and Earhart was executed.
Several more recent books discuss this at length (and the supposed evidence, which is substantial).