Investigatorsl□arnedthatthegrou□had□eenfr□□n□□fory□ars,□□tre□entl□ther□hadbeentensionam□ng□□em.Rum□rsofdi□a□reements□n□□r□umentsdu□ingthet□i□b□gantosurfa□e,leadingauthorities□os□eculatewh□therfo□lp□aywasinvolv□d□Each□ember□fthegroup□□□adi□feren□storytot□ll,an□theinc□ns□sten□ies□□thei□□ccountsonlyaddedtot□emysteryofthemi□s□ngnine.□> In□estigat□rsl□arnedthatthegroupha□beenfriends□orye□rs,□u□recentlythereha□beentension□mongth□m□Rumorsofdisa□□eemen□sandargumentsd□□ingt□etri□be□anto□urface,l□□dingauthorities□osp□c□latewhet□□rfoulplaywasin□olv□d.Eachmem□e□ofthegrouphada□iffere□tstory□otell,and□□eincon□ist□ncie□intheirac□oun□so□lyaddedtothemyster□ofthemissingni□e. Invest□gators□□arne□thatthe□rouph□dbeenfriend□foryears,butrecentl□□herehad□e□ntensionam□ngthe□.Rumor□ofdisag□eeme□tsandargumentsdur□□gthetr□□begantosurface,leadin□authori□iestospec□□atewhethe□foulplayw□sinvolv□d.Eac□membe□ofthegr□uphadad□ffer□nt□torytotell,a□dthei□consis□enc□esin□heiraccountsonlyadded□□□hemysteryofthem□ssingnine. I□v□stig□torslea□ned□hat□hegr□uph□dbeenf□iendsforyea□s,but□e□ently□□erehadbee□te□sio□amongthem.Rumorsof□isagr□□mentsandargu□en□sdu□ingt□etr□pb□gantosurf□ce,leadin□□□thoritiesto□p□culatewh□therf□ulpl□ywas□nvolved.Eachm□m□eroft□egroup□adadiff□□ents□oryto□□l□,an□□hein□onsistenciesintheiracco□nt□onlyadded□othemysteryoft□emiss□ngnin□.□> I□ves□igatorslear□edtha□theg□ouphadb□e□friend□foryears,b□tre□e□t□ytherehadb□en□e□□ionamon□□hem.Rumorso□disagr□em□nts□ndargu□ents□ur□ngthetripbegantosurface,lea□ingaut□or□tiestospecula□ew□eth□rfoulp□a□wasi□vol□ed.Each□embe□□fthegrouphadadiffe□e□□story□otell,□n□th□inco□□ist□nc□□sintheiraccountsonlyaddedtot□emy□teryofth□missingni□e.□>