Chuck Bryan
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It may be at the center of his disappearance.
We're not 100% sure.
But to kind of give you an idea of what kind of guy Lars Matank was, his dad had a stroke a couple of years before he disappeared.
And his mom had to take care of his dad full time.
Lars was an only child.
And he would come home, I guess, about 100 miles from where he lived and worked almost every weekend to help take care of his dad, which is...
Not every guy in their late 20s would do that, you know.
And apparently he was dedicated enough that his mom had to kind of encourage him to go along with five other friends of his to a week-long vacation at Golden Sands in Bulgaria in July, the end of June, beginning of July.
He wasn't going to go.
And his mom said, no, you should totally go.
You deserve a week off like this.
So he went.
Yeah, so it's a big party scene, like I said.
It is well known for young people from all over Europe going to take advantage of the resort deals, the all-inclusive places, the cheap booze, plenty of drugs to be had.
Lars was the life of the party, according to his friends.
I saw anywhere from three to five friends.
I know for sure two guys, and I think these were his high school mates who were most prominent, named Tim Schultz and Paul Roman.
But they were hanging out, going to the beach, playing soccer.