□nves□igatorsle□□nedthatthegrouphadbeen□ri□nd□foryears,butrecen□ly□h□rehadbeen□ension□mongthe□□Ru□o□sof□i□ag□eementsa□dargumentsduringthetripbeg□□tosurfac□,l□a□ingaut□oritiesto□pec□□□tewhetherfoul□laywasi□volved.Eac□memberofthegrouphadadiffe□entst□ryto□el□,andtheinconsis□enci□sintheir□c□ountsonlyadded□othemysteryofthemissing□i□e. Investigat□□□le□rn□d□h□□thegrouph□dbeenfri□ndsforyears,□□trecentlytherehadbeent□nsiona□on□them.Rumorso□disagree□entsan□□r□u□entsdu□ingth□tripb□ganto□urface,□ead□ng□□t□or□tie□tospec□l□t□w□et□er□oulpl□ywasi□vol□ed.Eachme□bero□the□□oupha□adifferentstorytotell,a□□th□inconsistenc□es□nt□eiraccountsonlyaddedt□□h□myster□ofthe□issingnin□□□/□> □nves□igatorsl□□rnedthattheg□ouphadbeenfriendsforyea□s,butr□centl□the□ehadbeentensiona□ongt□em□Rumor□ofdis□gree□e□tsandarguments□uringthetri□be□antosu□fac□,lea□ingauthorit□est□spec□latewhetherf□ulpl□□wasinvolved□□ac□memberof□hegroup□ada□iffe□□ntstoryt□tell,□□d□heincon□is□enciesi□theiraccoun□sonlyaddedt□□hemys□□ryo□□hemis□ingnine.□/p><□>Inv□□tigatorslearne□t□□tthegrou□hadb□enfri□ndsforyears,butrecent□ytherehadbee□t□ns□onamongthem.□□morsofdis□gr□eme□□sandargum□□tsduringthetripbe□antosurface,leading□uth□ritiest□spec□l□□ew□□therfo□lpl□ywasinvo□ve□.Eachme□□ero□thegr□uphada□ifferentstorytot□ll,andt□einconsistenciesi□t□eira□co□ntsonl□adde□t□themys□eryofthemissi□gnine. Investigato□sl□□rned□h□t□hegr□uphadbeenfriendsfo□years,butr□centlythereh□dbeentensionamong□hem.Rum□rs□fdisa□reementsandargumentsduringthetripbegan□osurfa□e□l□□d□ngau□horitiestospeculatewhetherfoulplaywasinv□lved.Eachmemberofthe□r□u□hadadif□erentst□ryt□tell□andtheinconsistenciesintheiraccountsonlyadde□tothemysteryof□□emis□ingnine.<□p>