□nvestigatorslearnedthatthe□□ouphadbeenfrien□sforye□rs,but□ece□tl□therehadbeent□ns□□namongthem□R□m□rsofdisagreem□□tsand□rgum□n□sduringt□etripbegant□sur□ace,lea□ingauth□ritiestosp□cu□□□ewhethe□f□ulplaywasinv□lved.Eachmemberofthegrou□hadadifferentsto□ytotell□and□he□nconsi□te□ciesintheirac□ount□o□ly□d□ed□othemys□eryofthemissingnine.□/p□ Inve□t□ga□ors□earned□hatt□egroupha□be□nfriends□□ryear□,□utrece□tly□her□had□□□ntensionamongth□m.□□morsofdisagr□ementsandar□u□entsd□ri□gthetripbeg□ntosur□□ce,leadi□□authoritiesto□pe□ul□□ewheth□□foulplaywas□nvolved.Eachmembe□ofthegrouphadadi□□er□ntstorytotell□□□dthein□ons□s□enciesin□heiraccountsonly□□ded□othemy□ter□ofthem□ssingnine. □nvest□g□□orsle□rned□□atthegrouphadb□enfriendsforyears□but□ec□□t□□ther□hadbeentension□mo□gthem.Rumorsofdis□gr□ement□□ndargumentsduringthetripb□□antosurface,lead□ngautho□itiestosp□□ulatewhe□□□rfo□lp□□□wasinv□lved.□a□□me□berofthegrouphadadifferentst□ryt□te□l,andthein□on□is□encies□nth□iraccou□t□on□y□d□e□to□he□ys□eryofthemi□sing□ine.□/□> Inves□igatorslear□edthatthegroup□adb□enfr□endsf□ry□□rs,butrecent□y□h□rehadbe□n□ensi□□am□ng□hem.Rumorsof□isagr□□mentsandarg□mentsduringt□etripbe□an□□surface,le□dingau□□oritiest□sp□cul□□ewhetherfoulplaywas□nvolv□d.Eachmem□erofthegrouphadadiffere□t□torytote□l,an□□heinconsisten□ie□i□thei□accoun□□onlyaddedto□hemysteryofthemissi□gnin□.