Investig□to□slearnedthatth□□rou□ha□beenfriendsforyears□butrecently□herehadbeenten□ionamongthem.Rum□rsofdisa□reements□n□a□gum□ntsdurin□thetripbeg□ntosurface,leadin□authoriti□stospeculatewhethe□□oulplaywas□nvol□ed.Ea□hm□mber□ft□□grouphad□diff□r□nts□ory□otell,□nd□□einc□nsistenc□esinthe□□a□countso□lyaddedto□hemys□eryofthemissi□gnine.□><□>Investig□torsl□arnedth□□t□egrouphadbeenfr□end□f□rye□rs,butr□cen□lythereha□beentension□mo□gthem.□umo□sofdisagreementsan□argument□du□ingthetripbegantosurfac□,□e□d□ngau□h□ritiesto□pecul□tewhe□□er□ou□playwas□nv□lve□.Eac□mem□eroft□egroup□a□adi□fer□ntst□ryt□te□l,andthe□ncons□stenciesi□□heiraccountsonlyad□edtoth□myster□□fthemi□singnin□.□□ Investigat□rs□earnedtha□thegr□uph□□b□enfriendsforyears,butrecent□ythereha□beent□ns□onam□ng□hem.□um□□so□di□a□reementsandargumentsdurin□thet□ipb□g□nto□ur□ac□,le□dingaut□orit□es□ospe□ulatewh□□her□oulpla□wasinvolved.Eachm□□beroft□egrouphadadiffe□entsto□□totell,andt□ei□□onsistenciesinth□□raccountsonly□d□e□t□themys□eryo□themissingni□e. Inv□□tigatorslearnedthatthegrouphad□eenfri□ndsf□ryear□,bu□r□centl□the□ehadbeentens□ona□ong□he□.□umorsofdisagreement□anda□□□me□t□d□ring□he□rip□egan□osurface,l□adin□au□□or□tie□t□speculatewhetherfoulpl□yw□sinvolve□□□a□h□emberoftheg□o□pha□adifferentstoryt□te□l,an□thei□consi□tenciesinth□iraccou□tsonlyaddedtothemysteryofthemissingnin□.