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Natalee and the whole class would board their flight and get all excited for the trip. Of course, they had every reason to. They were going to a place that had a very vibrant party scene and this was what they were looking forward to.

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Once they got off the plane and settled in their respective hotel rooms, the chaos was about to start. They had embraced the island’s party atmosphere and they could not wait until it was nighttime. Police Commissioner Gerold Dompig would later tell Vanity Fair, “I don’t want to demonize them. But the group really went far – very far – in terms of having a good time.”