Inves□igato□slearnedthatthegrouphadbeen□riendsfor□ears,□utr□centlytherehadbe□n□e□si□namong□hem.Rumorsofdis□greem□n□sandargument□d□ring□hetripbegantosurface,leadingauth□ri□iestospecul□tewhet□erfou□playwasinvolved.□achmemberofthegrouphad□diffe□□□□□tory□otel□□andth□inc□nsistenciesintheirac□ount□onlyad□edto□hemyst□r□o□t□em□ssingnin□□□/p> Inv□□tigatorslearnedthat□□egrouph□dbeenfriendsforye□r□□butre□entlytherehadbeentens□o□amongt□em□Rumorso□disag□eementsandargum□ntsduringthet□ipb□ga□□o□u□□a□e,lea□in□authori□i□stos□ecul□tewheth□rfo□lplayw□sinvolved.Eachme□be□o□thegrou□h□dadiffe□e□tstorytotell□andtheinconsistenci□sintheira□countson□□addedto□hem□steryof□hemissing□in□. I□ves□igat□rslearnedthatthe□□ouphadbe□n□□i□n□□foryears□b□trecent□yt□ereh□dbeenten□ionamong□h□m.Rumo□sof□is□greementsanda□gume□tsdur□□gthe□ripbegantosur□□ce□lead□ngauthoritiestospecu□atewhetherfoulpl□ywasinvolved.□achmembe□oft□egr□□phadadifferentstory□□te□l,andtheincon□i□tenciesi□theiraccountsonlyaddedtothemysteryofthemissingnine.□/p> Inve□tigat□rslear□edth□t□hegrouphadb□□nfri□ndsfory□□r□,□utrecentlythereha□beent□nsionamongthem.Rumorsofdi□agr□□ments□□dargumentsduringthetripbega□tos□rf□ce,le□□ingau□h□□i□iestospecul□tewhe□herfoulplaywas□□volved.Each□□mberoft□egrouphadadi□f□□e□tstorytotell,and□heincon□iste□□iesintheira□co□ntsonlyadded□□□hemy□te□yo□□he□iss□ngnine.<□p> Inve□tiga□o□slea□nedthatthegrouphadbeen□r□endsforyears,butrecentlyther□ha□beent□n□□ona□o□gthe□.□um□□sofdisagreementsan□argumentsd□ringthe□rip□egantosurface,lea□ingaut□ori□iestospec□latewhether□oulplayw□□in□ol□ed□Eachmemb□rofthe□rouphadadif□erentsto□□totel□,andt□einconsi□tenciesintheira□c□u□tsonlyad□edtothemys□eryof□hemissingnine.