<□>Inve□tig□tors□ea□n□dthattheg□ouphadbeenfrie□dsfo□years,butrecen□l□therehadb□en□□nsionamongthem.Rumors□fdisagr□emen□sand□r□uments□uri□g□hetripbeg□ntosurface,l□a□in□authoriti□□tos□ec□la□ewhe□herfoulplaywasi□volve□□Ea□□member□fthegro□□ha□adiffe□entstorytot□□l,andtheinconsis□□n□iesin□he□raccountso□lyadd□dto□hem□st□ryo□□hemi□sing□i□e□ Investiga□orslearnedthatthegrouphadbeenfri□ndsforyea□s,□□tr□□entlyt□erehadbeentensiona□on□t□e□.Ru□orso□di□a□re□□□ntsand□rgume□t□du□ingthetripbegant□surface,leadi□gau□□orities□ospecul□tewheth□r□ou□pl□ywasinvolve□.Eachm□mb□r□ftheg□o□ph□dadi□□erentstorytot□□□,andthe□ncon□istenciesi□theirac□ounts□nlyaddedt□themysteryofthemissingnine. □nvestiga□o□s□ea□nedtha□thegro□phadbeenfriendsfo□years,b□□re□entlytherehadbeen□en□ionamong□hem.Ru□orsofdis□greemen□sandargument□d□r□ngthet□ipbegantosur□ace,le□d□ng□ut□o□iti□sto□pec□la□e□hethe□foulpl□ywasinv□lved.Ea□hmemberofthegroupha□ad□f□er□nts□orytotell,a□dtheinco□sisten□iesintheiracc□□ntsonlyadde□t□themysteryofthem□ssi□g□ine.<□p> In□e□tigato□slear□edthatthe□rouphadbe□□friendsf□ryears,b□□recentlytherehadbe□□te□sionamongthem.Rumor□□fdisagreem□nt□and□rgumentsduri□gthetri□began□osurface,l□adingauthoritiest□speculate□heth□rfoulplay□asinv□lv□d.E□ch□embe□of□hegrouphadadifferentstorytotell,andthein□ons□sten□iesintheiraccounts□n□yad□□dtothemys□e□yofthemissi□g□ine.