Inve□tigatorslearnedthat□heg□oup□adbeenfrie□dsforyea□□,butrece□tlythere□□dbe□ntensionamong□□□m.□umorso□disagreementsandargume□tsduringthetripbegantosurface,leadinga□thoriti□stospeculatewh□th□□foul□l□ywasi□□olved.Eachm□□berofthegrouphadadifferentstor□t□tell,□n□theinc□nsistencies□nthe□r□ccoun□sonlyadde□tothemysteryof□h□miss□ngnine.<□□> Investigatorslear□edthatt□□gr□up□ad□e□nfrie□□sfo□□□ars,but□ecentl□□h□rehadb□ente□□ionam□ngth□m.R□□ors□fdi□agr□ementsan□argu□entsduringt□e□ri□□e□antosu□face□l□□dingauthorities□ospecu□ate□heth□r□oulplay□asinvolved.Eachmemberoftheg□o□pha□□differen□storytot□ll,a□d□heincons□st□□ci□s□nthe□r□cco□n□sonl□a□ded□othemy□teryofthemissing□ine.□□ Investigator□□ea□nedthatthegrouphadbeenf□ien□sfor□e□rs,butr□cen□l□thereha□□eentension□m□□gth□m.Rumorsof□isagree□e□t□and□rgumentsduringthet□ipb□ganto□urface,leadinga□thorit□e□to□pec□late□hetherfoulplay□asi□volv□d.Ea□hmemberofthegro□phadadifferentstorytotell,andthe□nconsi□ten□i□sintheiraccou□t□o□lya□dedt□themys□eryofthem□ssingnine. Investi□□to□sle□□nedthatthegrouphadbeenf□iendsforyea□s,butr□ce□tlythere□adbeent□nsionamon□□□em.Rumorsofdisagreement□and□rgumentsdur□ngthetrip□egantosurface,l□□dingauthorit□estospeculat□whetherfoulplay□asin□olv□d□Eac□memberofthegr□uph□dadif□erentstorytotell,an□theinc□nsist□nciesi□theiracc□untsonlyaddedto□hemysteryofthe□issingni□e. In□est□gatorsle□rned□□attheg□ouphadbeenfrie□dsforyears□butrecentlytherehadbeentensionamongth□□.Rumorso□d□□agreementsan□arg□mentsduringt□e□r□p□eg□n□osurface,l□adin□□uthoritiesto□pecul□tewhetherfoulplaywasinvo□ved.□achmem□ero□thegrouphada□if□erentsto□yt□□□ll,□n□theinconsistenciesin□□□iraccountsonlyadde□tothemysteryo□themissingnine.