Investigatorslearnedthatthegrouphadbee□fr□e□dsforyears,b□trece□tlyther□h□□□eent□nsio□amongthem.Rumo□sofdisag□eementsandargumentsduringt□e□ripbegant□surf□ce□lead□ng□uthorit□e□tospe□u□a□ewhe□herfoulplaywasi□□ol□ed□Ea□hmemb□rofthegrouphada□ifferent□to□ytotel□□□ndtheinc□□si□tenciesinth□ira□count□onl□□□□edtothe□ysteryofthem□□singnine. Investigatorslearnedthatth□gro□phadbeenfriends□□ryea□s,butrec□ntlythe□e□adbeen□en□io□a□o□gthem.Rumorsofdisagreements□ndar□□mentsdu□□ngthetr□pbegantosurface,leadingauthori□□estos□ecul□tewhethe□fo□l□laywasinvolved.□achm□□□erofthe□rou□ha□adiffe□e□tstoryt□te□l,a□dtheinconsistenciesinthe□r□ccou□tsonlyadd□dtoth□myster□oft□emissin□nine□ I□ve□tigat□rslearnedthatthegrouph□d□eenfri□ndsfory□□r□,but□ec□n□lytherehadbeent□nsio□a□□ngthem.□umor□o□disagr□ement□and□rgum□□tsduringthetripbe□an□osurface,leadi□gauthor□ti□□tospeculate□h□therfoulplaywasinvo□□ed.Ea□h□ember□fthegrouphadadiff□rent□tory□o□ell,andth□i□□o□sisten□iesi□theirac□oun□sonlya□dedtothe□y□t□ryofthemissing□ine.□/p□ Inve□□igatorslearnedthat□hegr□□phadbeenfriends□or□ears,□utrecentlythereh□dbee□ten□ion□mongthem.R□morsofdisagreements□ndargumentsduri□gt□etr□pbegantosurface,leadingaut□oriti□stospeculatew□eth□rf□ulp□aywas□n□o□ved.□□c□m□mber□□thegrouph□dadiff□re□ts□oryto□e□l,andtheincon□ist□nciesint□eirac□oun□□onlyadde□tot□□□yste□yofthemissi□gnine□ I□□estigato□sl□arnedthatthegrouphadb□e□frie□□sfor□e□rs□butrec□ntlythe□ehadbeentensionam□ng□hem.R□morsofdisa□reementsandargumentsduringth□tripbegan□osu□fa□e,leadinga□thoritie□□ospecu□atewhetherf□ulplay□□sinv□lv□d.Eac□memb□rof□hegr□uphadadiff□rentstory□otell,andtheinconsistenciesintheiraccountsonlyad□edt□themyste□yofthemissingni□e.