I□ve□tigators□earnedthatthegro□phadbeenfr□endsforyears,bu□rec□nt□ythere□□dbeente□si□namo□gth□m.Rumorso□□isag□eeme□tsa□dargum□□tsd□ri□gth□t□ip□□ganto□urfa□e□leadinga□tho□□tiest□speculatewh□therf□ulpla□wasinvolved.Eachmem□eroft□egrouphadadifferentsto□ytotell□andthe□ncon□istenciesi□theiracc□untsonly□ddedtothemys□er□o□them□ssingnin□.□> In□e□□iga□□rsl□a□n□dth□tthegr□upha□b□enfriendsfo□y□ar□,butrecentlyt□erehadbeente□sion□mongth□m.Rumor□ofdisagreement□andargumentsd□ri□g□het□ipbegantosur□a□e,l□ading□uthor□ti□stospeculatew□e□□erfoulp□aywasinvolved□Eac□me□b□rof□hegro□phadadif□erents□ory□□te□□□andth□inconsi□tenciesin□heiraccou□ts□n□y□dd□d□□t□emysteryofthemissi□gnine. I□vestigatorslearnedthatthegrouphad□eenfrie□dsf□ryea□s,butrecentlytherehadbeen□ension□□□ngth□m.□□□orsofdis□greem□□t□andargumentsduringthetripbe□antosurface,leadi□g□uth□ritiesto□pec□□atewhethe□□o□lplaywasi□volved.Ea□hmembero□the□roupha□ad□fferentsto□ytotell,andth□in□onsi□tencies□ntheira□countsonlyad□edto□he□yster□□fth□missing□ine□ Invest□gat□r□l□ar□edthatthegrouphadbeenf□iendsforyears,□utr□cen□lyth□r□hadb□enten□iona□ongthe□.Rum□rso□disa□reements□n□argume□tsduringthetripbegant□□urface,leadingauth□ritiestosp□□ulatewheth□rfoulpla□wasinvolved□E□chmember□ft□egrouphad□differentsto□yto□ell,□ndthei□consistenciesinthe□ra□counts□□lyaddedto□he□ysteryo□themissingnine□□/p> Inv□stigat□rs□□□rnedthatthe□r□u□hadbeenfr□e□□sf□r□ear□,butr□□ent□ytherehadbeenten□ionamongth□m.Rumor□ofdis□□reementsanda□gumentsduringthetr□pbegantosurface,leadingauthori□i□st□s□□c□latewhetherfou□play□□si□volv□d.Eac□mem□e□o□t□egro□phadadifferents□orytote□l□and□heinc□nsis□en□iesinthe□□accountsonlyaddedtoth□□□s□eryoft□emiss□□gni□e.