I□vestigat□rslear□edthat□he□roup□adbeen□□iendsfo□years,butrecentlyt□□□ehadbeent□nsionamongthem.R□mor□□fd□sagree□en□□andargumentsduringthetripb□ga□tosu□fac□,leadingau□h□ritie□tos□eculate□hether□□ulplaywasinvolved.Ea□hmemberoftheg□o□□hadadi□fere□tstorytote□l,andthei□consisten□□esintheiraccountsonlyadded□othemysteryofthemissingnine. Investigato□s□earnedt□a□□h□grouphadbeenfriendsfory□ars,butre□□n□l□therehadbeentensiona□ongthem.Rumor□ofdisa□□eementsandargumentsd□r□□gthetripbeganto□□rfa□e□□□adin□author□tiest□specu□□t□whether□oulplaywasin□olv□d.Eac□mem□e□ofthegr□uphadad□ffe□en□storytote□l,andtheinconsis□enci□sintheira□count□□nlyaddedtothemysteryofthemissing□in□.<□p> I□□es□igatorsle□r□edthatthegro□phad□eenfriends□oryears,□□trecen□l□therehadbe□ntens□onamo□gthem.R□morsofdisa□reeme□tsandargumen□sd□r□n□thetripb□gant□su□face,l□adingau□horitiestospe□ula□ew□□therfoulplaywa□in□□lved.Eac□mem□erofthegr□up□a□a□ifferentstorytotel□□a□dthei□c□n□istenciesin□h□i□ac□ou□□□o□lyaddedt□them□□teryofthemissingnine. □nvestigatorsl□arnedthatthegrouph□dbeenfriendsforyears□b□trecently□h□r□hadbeentensio□amongthem□Rumo□s□fdisagreementsandargume□tsdur□ngthetripbe□antosu□face,leadi□g□uthoritie□t□speculate□heth□rf□ulpla□wasinvolv□d.□ac□memberofthegrouph□□adiffe□entst□rytote□l,andth□i□consistencie□□□theiraccou□tson□yadd□dtothemystery□fthem□□si□□nine.