Investigatorsl□arnedthat□hegr□□□h□db□enfriend□foryears,bu□re□entlythere□adb□ent□□sionamongth□m.Rumorso□dis□greements□ndargum□ntsdu□□ng□hetripbeg□ntos□r□□□e,leading□u□horiti□stospec□l□tewhether□oulplay□asinvolved□Eac□mem□□ro□the□rouphadadifferentstorytotell,□n□theinconsistenciesin□heiraccount□onl□ad□edtothemys□eryofthem□ssingnine.<□p> I□v□stigat□□sle□rn□dthatt□e□rouphadbeenfriend□fo□□ears,butrecentlytherehadbee□□ensi□namongthem.Rumorsofdisagree□en□sanda□gumentsduringthet□i□beg□ntosur□ace,lea□inga□th□riti□□tospeculatewhetherfoulplaywas□n□ol□e□.E□c□□emberoft□egrouphadadifferents□orytotel□,and□□einconsistenciesintheiracco□n□sonlyaddedtothemysteryofthemissingnine.□/p□ Inv□sti□at□rslear□ed□hat□hegrouphadbee□fri□ndsfo□years,bu□recentlythereha□b□entensi□nam□ng□hem.Rumor□ofdisa□□□ementsand□r□ument□duri□gthetripbe□an□osurface,leadi□□□□t□oritiestospeculat□□heth□rf□ulplaywasin□ol□ed.□□chme□b□ro□t□egrouphad□□iff□rentstor□totel□,andt□eincons□stenc□esint□□ira□counts□□l□addedto□hemyster□□f□hemi□singnine. Invest□ga□orslea□nedthatthegro□□had□eenf□ie□dsforyears,butrec□ntlyt□e□eh□dbeen□□nsionamongth□m.Rum□rsofdi□□greementsan□arguments□uringthet□□pbegantos□rf□ce,l□adinga□thoritiestos□□c□l□t□whether□o□□pla□wasi□v□lved.Eachmem□eroft□egroup□adad□fferent□toryt□te□l,□ndt□ei□□□nsis□□ncie□inth□iraccountsonlyaddedtoth□mysteryof□h□mis□ingnine.□/p> □nvest□g□torslearnedt□atthegro□p□adbeenf□iendsforyears,butrece□tlytherehadbeente□s□o□amongthem.Rum□rso□dis□greementsandargumen□sd□□ingt□etri□□egantosurfac□,leadingauthoritie□tos□e□□la□e□hetherfoul□la□wasi□vol□ed.Eachmemberofthe□ro□p□adadifferentstorytotel□,andth□in□onsist□□cie□□ntheira□countsonlyaddedtoth□myste□yo□them□ssingnine.□/p>