Investiga□orslearn□dthatth□grouphadb□e□frien□s□or□ears,butrecent□ytherehad□een□e□s□onam□ngth□m□□umorsof□isagreemen□□□□dargumentsdurin□thetripb□ga□□osurface,lead□n□authoritiest□speculatew□ethe□foulplay□asinvolved.Eachm□mber□fthe□rouphadadifferentstorytotell,□ndthe□nco□sistencie□□n□heira□co□ntsonlya□de□tothemyste□□ofthemiss□n□n□ne.□> Investiga□o□□l□arnedthatthegr□uphadbeenfriends□oryears,b□trecentlytherehadbeenten□ionamongthem□Ru□orsofdisa□reements□nd□rguments□uri□gthetr□pbe□□nto□u□fa□e,le□din□aut□o□iti□s□ospecul□tewhetherfou□playwasinvolved.Eachme□b□rof□h□grou□h□dadiffe□□ntsto□y□ot□ll,andtheinconsisten□ie□□ntheira□countsonlyaddedtothe□yste□y□fthemissingnine.<□p>□□>Investigatorsle□rnedth□tthe□r□uphadb□□n□riendsf□□y□□rs,bu□recentlyther□hadbe□n□ensio□amon□the□.Rumorsof□□□□greeme□tsa□d□rgumentsdurin□thetri□bega□tosu□fac□,l□□dingauthoritiesto□□eculatewhetherfo□lp□aywasinvolved.□achmemberof□hegrouphadadiffe□entstorytotell□□□d□h□inc□nsist□□ciesintheir□ccounts□nlyadde□tothem□ste□yofthe□issingn□ne. Invest□ga□ors□e□r□edthatthegro□phadbeenfriendsforye□rs,but□□c□ntl□therehadbeentensionamongthem.Rum□rs□fdisagreeme□tsandarg□mentsdur□ngthetripbegant□su□□ace,lea□ingauthorit□es□ospeculatewheth□rfoul□laywasinvo□ved.Eachm□mb□rof□hegrouphadadiffe□entstorytot□ll,andt□einconsistenciesintheir□ccountsonlyaddedtot□em□steryofthemissi□gnine. Inves□igator□lea□□ed□hattheg□□□phadb□enfrien□sforyears,□□tr□cen□□ytherehadbeen□en□□on□mongt□em□R□mors□□disa□□eementsandargumentsduringthetr□pbeg□n□□sur□ace□leadingauthorit□estospeculatewheth□rf□ulp□□□wasinv□lved□E□chmem□e□oftheg□oupha□adiffer□ntstor□totell,andtheinco□siste□ciesintheirac□ountsonlyaddedtothemyste□yoft□emi□singnin□.<□p>