I t was almost midnight on 31 December 2017.
Rafaela Bontempo was wearing a party hat and 2018-shaped sunglasses in honour of the coming year.
She was over at her boyfriend Steven Kologi Jr's house.
His parents Linda and Steven were hosting a New Year's Eve party.
Steven's sister Brittany, 18, was there too.
Home for the holidays after her first term away at college.
Also at the party was grandpa Adrian Kologi and his partner of 33 years Mary Schultz, 70, known as Grandma to the Kologi kids.
They were all having a good time.
With 15 minutes to go until