LOL - I guess it depends on the definition of "wild". A young attractive woman essentially alone (her friends and chaperones weren't there when needed), hanging out in hotels and booze-filled nightclubs, then going off alone with a guy or guys she knew at best for 2 days is kinda wild in my book. And no, not deserving of death and certainly not a high-school first. But maybe some parents will learn from Beth's experience and not think it's a good idea to leave their children in a foreign land to party. Poor judgment isn't a crime but it can make one more likely.
I am a very strict parent and wouldn't have let my daughter go there. But from what I've heard, Natalee did nothing that I would call "wild." While I don't think that she used the best judgment, that's a far cry from wild. I was a pretty tame teen-ager too, but I wasn't perfect and looking back, did things then that I would call not smart now. But not wild. And thankfully, I didn't run into a murderer or kidnapper. I just don't get it why we have to keep blaming the victim in these gut-wrenching cases.