Investi□□torsl□ar□edthat□hegro□phadbeenf□iend□foryear□,but□ecentlytherehadbeen□ens□onamong□he□□□umorsof□isagreeme□ts□ndarg□me□ts□□ring□hetripbeg□ntosurface,leadingautho□itiestospeculatewhetherfoulpl□ywasin□o□ve□.Eachmemberoft□eg□□u□hadadifferent□torytot□l□□andt□einconsi□□e□ciesintheiraccoun□sonl□addedtot□em□st□ryof□h□missingnine. Inves□□gato□slearnedthat□h□g□ouphadbeenfr□endsfory□a□s,butrecentlythe□eh□dbe□n□ensi□namo□gthem.□umorsofdisa□reementsandargu□en□s□ur□ng□hetripb□g□ntosurface,l□□di□ga□□h□□itiestospe□u□atewhethe□foulplay□asi□vo□ved.□achmem□eroftheg□ouphada□iff□rentst□□yto□ell,and□hein□o□s□stenci□sin□h□iraccountsonlyad□□dtothemysteryofthe□i□□in□nine. Investigatorslearnedthatthe□□□uphadbe□n□ri□□d□□ory□□rs,butrece□tlyt□□□eh□d□ee□□□□sionamongthem.Rumorsofdisagreemen□sa□dargumentsdurin□□he□ripbegantosurfac□,lead□□gautho□i□ie□tospe□ulatew□etherfoulplaywa□invo□ved.Each□□mberof□hegro□phada□iffer□ntsto□y□o□ell,andtheincons□stenciesinth□iraccou□tsonlyaddedtothemysteryof□hemissingnin□.□/p□ □□>Investigatorslearnedthatthe□rou□h□dbeenfriends□oryears,butrecentlytherehadb□en□ensionamon□□hem.Rumorso□disagreements□ndar□□ment□during□h□tr□p□egantosurfa□e,l□a□ingauthoritiest□specu□atewhetherfoulpl□ywa□in□olved□□ac□membero□thegrouphada□if□e□ent□torytotell□a□dtheinconsis□□nciesi□t□eir□ccounts□nl□adde□□othemysteryof□he□is□ingnine. I□v□st□gatorslearnedthatthegr□up□adbeenfriends□ory□ars,butre□en□lytherehadbeentens□□namon□them.Rumorsofdisag□eemen□sandargu□entsduring□hetripb□ga□t□□□rf□c□,leadingauthor□□ies□ospe□ula□ewhetherfoulpl□ywasinv□lved.Ea□hm□mberofthegroupha□a□iff□□entsto□ytotell,a□dtheinconsis□en□iesi□□heira□countso□lya□de□tothemy□teryofthemissi□gnin□.□□p>