□nvestigat□rslea□ne□□hatthe□r□up□□db□e□friendsfo□years□butrece□tlythereha□b□enten□ionamongthem□R□morsofdis□greem□□tsandargumen□sdu□in□the□ripbegan□□□u□face,l□adingauthoritiestospe□u□atewhetherfoulplaywas□n□ol□□d.E□chmemberofthegr□uphada□ifferents□oryt□□□ll,andth□inconsistenc□esinthei□acco□ntson□yaddedtothemyste□yofthemi□singnine. Inv□stigatorslearn□dthatthegro□phadbeenfriendsfo□year□,butrecen□lythe□eha□beent□n□io□amon□them.Rumo□so□disagreement□andargume□tsduringthetripbegant□s□rfac□,l□adi□g□uthoritiestos□ec□latewhetherfoulplay□asin□olved.Eachme□berofthegrouphadad□fferen□sto□yt□te□l,andtheinco□sistenc□es□nthe□raccountson□ya□dedt□the□yste□y□fthemissin□nine□ □n□est□gator□learnedthatthegrouphadbeen□rien□sfory□a□s□butr□cently□□erehadbeentensionam□ngthem.R□morsofd□sag□□emen□sa□darg□□e□t□duringthetripbegantosu□fa□e,l□adin□auth□r□tiest□speculatew□□ther□o□lplaywasinvol□□d.Eachmem□erof□hegr□uphadadifferents□orytotel□,andthein□on□is□□n□□es□ntheir□ccountsonly□□dedtothemy□teryofthemi□singnine. Inv□st□g□t□r□lea□nedth□tthegrouphadbeenfrie□dsfo□y□ar□,b□t□e□ent□ythere□adbeentension□m□ngthem.R□morsof□i□agree□e□tsandarg□me□ts□uri□gth□t□ipbegant□□urface,l□ading□u□horitie□tos□ecula□ew□ether□□ul□laywasin□o□ved.Eachmembero□thegroup□adadifferen□storytotell□an□t□einconsiste□ciesinthei□a□co□□tsonl□addedtothe□yster□of□□emi□s□ngnin□. □n□es□igatorslearnedthatthegroup□adbeenfriendsfor□□a□s,butrecentlythe□ehadbee□te□□io□amongthem.Rumorso□disagree□ent□andargumentsdur□ngthetripbe□a□tosurface,leadingaut□o□i□ies□ospeculatew□etherfo□□pl□ywasinvolved.Eachm□mb□rof□hegro□pha□□diffe□entsto□y□o□ell,□nd□hei□consistenciesint□eirac□ountsonlyaddedto□□emy□□eryo□themissingnine□