Inves□iga□orslea□□edthatthegrouphad□eenfri□nd□foryears□□□trecentl□ther□hadbeentensionamongthem.R□mo□□o□□is□greement□andar□umentsduringt□etripbegantosur□□ce,leadingauthoritiestospe□ulatewhetherfoulp□aywasi□volved.E□c□memberofthegroupha□adi□fe□e□tstoryto□e□l,andt□einc□□□□□tencie□□ntheiraccoun□s□nlya□d□dtothe□y□teryofthe□issingn□□e.□>□p>In□estig□torsle□rnedtha□th□group□adbeen□r□□ndsfory□a□□,butrece□tly□herehadb□entensi□nam□ngthe□□□umo□s□fdisagr□ementsandargumentsdur□ngthetripb□gantosurfa□□□le□dingauthorities□o□peculatewhet□er□ou□p□aywasinvolved.Each□emberoftheg□o□ph□dadi□feren□s□orytotell□a□dt□e□nconsistenc□e□□ntheiraccountson□□addedt□th□myst□ryo□□hemissingnine. Investi□ato□sl□□r□edthatthegrouphadbeenfri□ndsforyea□s□butrece□tlyt□erehadbee□tensionamo□□□hem□Rumorsofdisagreement□andargum□n□sduringthetripbeg□nt□surfa□□,leadingauth□rities□ospeculatewh□t□erfou□pla□wa□□nvolved.Eachmemberofthegrou□hadadif□erent□torytot□□□,andtheinconsi□tenciesintheira□countso□l□□dded□othemyst□ryofthemissi□gnine.□> Investi□atorsle□rnedt□□tthegrouphadbeenfr□endsfory□ars,but□e□□ntl□th□reha□□eentensionamo□□them□R□mor□ofdis□□reementsan□arguments□uring□hetripbegantosurf□ce,lead□ngauthor□ti□stospeculatewhetherfoulpla□w□sinvol□ed.Each□e□b□rofthegro□phad□differe□tstorytotell,□ndtheinconsistenciesinthe□raccount□onl□adde□tothemys□er□ofthemissing□i□e.