In□□stigator□le□rnedthatthegrou□hadbeenfrie□□sf□r□ears□butrecentlythere□a□bee□tensio□amongthem.Rumorsofdisagre□mentsandarguments□uri□gth□tripb□gantosurfac□,lea□i□□aut□oriti□s□osp□culatewhet□□rfoulplaywa□i□vo□ved.Ea□hmemberofthe□roupha□adifferentstoryto□ell,andtheinconsist□nciesinth□iracco□□ts□nlyaddedtothemyst□ryo□themis□ing□□ne. □nvestigator□l□arne□thatthegroup□adb□enfr□en□sforyears,b□tre□entlyt□ereha□beente□sio□am□n□th□m.Rumor□□□d□sa□re□mentsandarg□mentsdurin□the□ripbega□tosurface,□ead□nga□thoritiestospeculatewhetherfou□pla□wasin□olved.Each□embe□□fthegr□uphada□ifferentstorytotell,an□t□einconsistenc□esintheiraccou□tsonly□ddedtothe□yster□o□the□issi□gnin□.<□p> Inv□stigato□slear□e□that□h□g□oupha□beenfriends□oryear□,b□tr□centlythereh□db□□nte□s□o□amongthem.Rumorso□disagreementsa□d□rgumentsd□ri□gthetripb□gantos□rf□c□,l□adingauth□ri□iest□□peculatew□ether□o□□p□ay□asinvol□ed□Eac□me□berofthegroup□□□□differentsto□yto□ell,andtheincons□stencie□□nth□iracc□□ntsonlyaddedtothemysteryofthemiss□ngn□n□.□> Investi□a□o□□le□rnedthatth□grouphadbeenfriendsforyears,butrecentlyt□e□ehadbeentensionamon□them.□□mor□ofdisag□e□mentsandarguments□uringt□et□ipbega□tosurface,leadin□a□thoritiestospe□□latewh□the□foul□l□ywasin□□lved.Eac□member□fthegrouphada□if□e□en□storyt□tell,a□d□□einconsistenc□e□intheiracc□untsonl□□dd□d□othem□ste□yofthemissingnine.