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girls falling for bad boys. Borrador was a volatile, coke-addicted, drug-dealing Latino. She was a feisty, well-bred good girl, who inevitably became ensnared in the Bali underworld – watching their play up close, seeing the intricacies of the game, but not liking it.

But she loved her bad boy. Then one day they both vanished. Her dog's food had run out and her friends hadn't seen her for weeks. Kate's parents, Patrick and Liz, didn't yet know that when they sounded the alarm. A world away in the UK, they were worried that they hadn't heard from their daughter for more than a month, as she usually rang every 10 days. Their fears that something was rotten on the Island of the Gods turned to reality when Kate failed to call home on her birthday. Her parents were the first to alert authorities.

"The situation builds up gradually and suddenly you think, 'Crikey, what is going on?' when there is no contact," Mr Osborne said.

– The Times, 4 June 2003

'All sorts of terrible things go through your mind' – Mr Osborne.

– Daily Mail, 4 June 2003

None of Kate's Bali friends had reported her missing. Those dealing drugs obviously ducked for cover, but other expat friends also stayed quiet. Westerners were cynical of Bali police, with corruption so endemic that you had to sling cash even to get a police report written. The closest most came to the cops, unless busted for drugs, was being pulled over in a roadside blitz, sometimes for riding without a helmet, sometimes for nothing, but always being asked for a 50,000 to 100,000 rupiah (about $5–10) sling before being permitted to ride off. This

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