□□vestigatorslearned□hatthegrouphadbeenfr□endsforye□rs,□□tr□c□n□lyth□reha□been□ensio□amongt□em.Rumorsofdisagre□me□tsandargumen□sd□ringth□tripbega□tosu□face,leading□uthorit□estospec□latewhetherfoulplaywasinv□lved.Eachmem□e□o□t□□grouphadad□ff□re□tstoryt□t□ll,andtheincon□is□e□ci□sinthe□racc□□□tsonlya□dedtothemyster□□fthemissingni□□. Investigatorslearnedthatthe□roup□a□be□nfrien□sforyears,butrec□ntly□herehadbee□tensiona□ongthem.□umorsofdisag□eement□andargum□n□□□ur□ngthetripbegantosurf□ce,leadi□gauthorities□ospeculatewh□th□rf□□lplaywasi□volve□.Eachmem□□rofthegrouphadadiffere□□story□otel□,andtheinconsiste□ciesintheiraccount□o□lyaddedtothemys□eryo□themissi□gn□□e.<□p> Inve□tig□torsl□ar□ed□h□□thegrouphadbee□f□□e□d□foryears,□ut□ecentlyther□hadbeenten□iona□ongth□m.Rumo□sofdis□greem□n□□andarguments□u□ingt□etripbegantosurf□ce,□ea□ing□□thori□iestospeculatewhet□□rfoul□laywasi□vol□ed□Eachmember□fthegrouphada□ifferen□□torytotell,and□heinc□nsistenciesintheiraccountso□ly□ddedtothemy□teryofthe□issingnin□. Investigat□rsl□ar□edthat□he□rouphadb□e□frie□dsf□ryear□,butr□ce□tlytherehadbee□te□sion□□ong□he□□Rumorsof□is□gr□eme□tsandargu□□nts□uringth□tripbe□a□tosurfac□,lead□ng□uth□ritiestospecu□a□□w□e□□□□fou□playwasinvolved.Ea□hm□□□□rofthegr□□phadadifferentstorytotel□□an□theinc□□sist□n□iesintheira□countso□l□ad□edtothemys□eryofthemissingnine.