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During countless interviews, Beth would describe her daughter as a “very smart but very naïve” girl. Natalee was a very positive person and she just brought light to everybody, including her own family. This made her mother proud of who she was.
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Nevertheless, the Aruba getaway was considered as a right of passage for all graduates of the school. What contributed to her decision to allow her was her second husband’s son, George, who had actually went on the same trip years before.