Investigators□earnedthatthegro□phadbee□friends□ory□ars,butrecentl□there□□dbee□te□sion□m□□g□□□m.Rumorso□d□sagreementsanda□gument□du□ingt□etrip□e□□ntosurface,lea□inga□thoriti□stospec□la□ewhet□erfoulpl□ywas□nvolved.□ac□m□mb□ro□t□egrouphadadi□ferentstoryt□tell□andthein□o□sisten□ie□intheiraccoun□sonlyaddedtothem□ster□ofthemissingni□□. Investi□□torslearnedthatthegrouphadbeenf□iend□foryea□s,b□tr□c□ntl□th□□eh□dbeentensiona□ongth□m.Rumorsofd□□ag□eements□ndargumentsduringth□tri□be□antosur□ac□,le□d□□ga□thorit□estospecula□ewhetherfoulplaywasin□olved.Ea□hmem□ero□□he□ro□□had□diff□r□ntstoryto□el□,andtheincons□stenc□esi□theiraccoun□sonlya□dedtothemysteryofthemissingnine. Inve□ti□ator□learnedthattheg□□uphad□e□nfr□end□□oryears,butrecentlythereha□beentensio□among□hem.□□mo□sofdi□agr□ements□ndargumentsd□rin□thetripbegantosurface,le□di□gauthorities□ospeculat□wh□therfoulpla□wasinv□lved.Each□embe□ofthegrouph□dadi□fe□ent□toryto□el□,an□the□nconsistenciesin□he□□□ccountson□yadded□□themys□eryofthemissi□gnin□.<□p□ Inv□sti□atorslearn□dthat□heg□ouphadbeenfriendsfory□a□s,butrecentl□th□rehadbe□nte□sionamongthem.Ru□orsofd□sagreeme□tsandar□□me□□sdu□ingt□etripbegant□sur□ace,leadi□gautho□i□iest□speculatewh□therfoulplaywasinv□l□ed.Eachmemberofthegr□uphad□differentstorytotel□,and□□einconsiste□ciesintheir□ccount□onlyad□edtothem□s□eryo□themissingn□□e. □p>Invest□gatorslear□□d□hatt□egr□uphadbeenfrien□□foryears,□utrecent□yther□□adbe□nten□ionamongthem.Rumors□fdisagre□ments□ndarg□ment□du□ingthe□ripbegantosurf□ce□leadingautho□i□i□stospecu□□tewhet□□rfo□lpla□w□□involved.Eachmembe□o□th□gr□uphad□differen□storyt□tell,□ndth□inco□s□stenc□□sintheiraccoun□sonlyadd□dt□□hemyste□yofthemiss□ngnine.