Investi□□□o□slearnedthatthegrouphadbe□nfri□□ds□oryears,butr□c□n□lytherehadbeent□nsionamongthe□.Rumorsofdisagreementsandargum□nts□u□in□thet□ipbegant□surface,l□□□ingaut□□riti□stospec□latewhe□herfoulp□aywas□nv□□ve□.Eachmember□ftheg□oup□ad□differentstorytotell,a□dth□□nco□sisten□iesi□theiracc□untsonlyad□ed□othemyster□of□hem□s□i□□nine. Inve□ti□atorslear□edtha□th□gro□pha□□eenfrie□dsforye□rs,butrecentlyt□□reh□dbeentensionamongthem.□u□orsof□i□agre□mentsan□argument□duringthetripbegant□sur□ace,l□a□inga□tho□itie□tospeculatewhetherf□ulplay□asinvolved.Eac□□□mberofthegr□u□hadad□fferen□st□ryt□te□l,and□heincon□□ste□c□esi□th□iraccountson□yaddedtot□emy□teryo□themissingnine.□□<□>Investi□atorslearnedthatt□egrou□hadbeenfr□en□sforyears,bu□recent□ythere□ad□een□ensi□na□o□gthe□.Rumor□of□isa□reementsandargumentsduringthetripbegant□surface,□eading□uthorit□estospecula□ewhetherfoulplaywas□n□ol□ed.E□chmem□eroft□egro□phadadifferentstory□otell,□ndt□eincons□st□ncies□nt□eiraccou□t□□nlya□ded□ot□emy□teryof□hemissin□nine□ Inve□ti□ator□lea□nedthatth□gro□□h□dbeen□r□endsfor□e□rs,□□trecentlythere□adbeentension□m□ngthe□.Rumorsofdisagre□□□ntsandarguments□uring□□et□ipbegantosurface,leadinga□□horiti□stospec□l□t□w□eth□rfoulp□aywa□involved.E□ch□embe□ofthegrou□hadadifferentstorytotell,and□h□□nconsiste□ciesint□eira□countsonlyaddedtot□emystery□fthemiss□n□ni□□. Investi□atorslear□edt□atthe□□ouphadbeen□riendsfo□years□□utrecentlytherehadbeen□e□□i□namo□gthem□Rumorsofdisagr□em□ntsanda□g□mentsduringthet□i□b□gan□os□rface,□□adingau□□oritie□tospec□latewhetherfo□lplaywasinv□lv□d.Eachme□□eroft□egrouphadadif□er□ntstorytote□l,a□dtheincon□isten□iesintheira□c□unts□nly□ddedtothemy□teryofthemissingnine.