I□vestig□torslea□nedth□t□hegr□uphad□□enfrie□dsforyears,but□ecen□lythe□e□adbeen□e□sio□among□hem.Rumorso□disagre□mentsanda□gumen□sdur□ngthe□ripbegan□□su□fac□,leadingauthoritiestospec□latewhet□erfoulplay□asinvolved.Eachmem□er□f□hegrouph□□ad□ffere□tstor□□□tell,andthein□o□□is□e□□iesint□ei□acc□untsonly□d□edtothemysteryofthemissin□nine. Inve□tigat□rslearnedthatthegrouphadbeenfrie□dsforyears,butr□c□ntl□□hereh□dbee□tension□□□ngth□m.Rum□rsofdi□agreements□ndar□umen□s□uringthetri□beg□nto□urface,l□ad□□gautho□itiestospecul□□□whetherfoulplaywasinvolved□Ea□hmembe□oftheg□ouphadadiffer□nts□orytotell□□ndtheincons□s□e□□i□s□ntheir□c□ount□onlyad□ed□othem□□t□ryofthem□ssingn□ne.<□p> Investigatorslearnedthatthegrouphadbee□□ri□n□sfo□years,b□t□ecentl□t□erehadbeen□ensionamongthem.Ru□o□sofdisag□eem□n□sa□dargumentsd□ri□gthetripbegantos□rface,le□ding□uthori□iest□speculatewh□the□□oul□□aywasinvolved.Eachmemberof□hegr□□p□adadifferentstorytotell,andtheincon□ist□nciesintheirac□o□ntsonl□addedt□the□yst□r□ofthem□ssingnin□.□/p> Inve□tigatorslearn□dthatt□□grouph□dbeenf□iendsf□ry□□rs,butr□c□ntlytherehadbeentensiona□ongthem.R□mo□so□di□a□re□mentsan□a□g□me□tsdur□□gthetripb□ga□tosur□ac□,l□adingauthor□t□estospecul□tewhether□oulp□a□wasinvolved.Each□emberof□he□r□u□hadadifferentstorytotell,a□dtheinconsistenciesintheiraccountsonlyaddedt□themyst□ryofthe□□ss□ngn□ne.<□p> □n□es□iga□orslear□edth□tthegrouphadbeenf□iendsforyears,b□tr□centlytherehadb□entensionamong□hem.Rumorsofd□sagreementsa□□argumentsd□ri□gth□tr□pbegantos□rface,lead□ngauth□ritiestospe□ulat□whethe□foulplaywas□nvolve□.□achmemb□rofthe□rouphadadifferen□sto□□to□ell□andtheinc□nsistencie□intheirac□□u□tsonlyaddedtothemysteryof□hemissin□n□ne□<□□>