In□e□□iga□□rs□earnedthatthegrou□hadbe□nf□iend□foryears,butrecen□lyth□re□□dbeent□nsio□amongthem.R□morso□disagreementsandargument□duringthetrip□eg□□to□urfa□e,lead□ngauthorit□e□tospe□ulatewhetherfo□lplay□asinv□lved□Each□emberofthe□rou□hadadiffere□tst□r□totell,andthe□nconsi□tenci□sinthe□racco□nt□only□dd□dtothemys□eryofthemiss□n□nine.<□p> Investig□torsl□□rnedthatthegrouphadbeenfriendsforye□rs,bu□recen□lyt□e□ehadbeent□nsio□amon□them□Rum□rsofdisagreeme□ts□□dargu□□n□sduringthetri□□eg□ntosurfa□e,lea□□n□authoritiestospeculatewheth□rf□ul□laywa□involv□d□□achme□□eroftheg□ouphadadifferents□orytote□l,andthei□consistenciesintheir□ccoun□so□lya□de□tot□emystery□fthemissingnine.<□p> Inv□stigatorslearn□dth□t□he□rou□hadb□enfriendsforyears,but□ecentlythe□eh□□□een□ensiona□o□gthem.Rumorso□disagree□e□tsa□da□gum□nts□u□ingt□etripbe□a□tosurfac□,lea□i□□authoritiestospec□□atew□etherfoulp□aywasinvo□ved□Eachm□□□erofthegrouphadadiffe□ent□□orytotell,andt□einconsi□te□ci□sint□eiraccou□tsonlyaddedtothemys□eryofthemissingnine. In□es□igators□e□rnedth□tthegro□phadbeenfrie□dsforyears,butre□□□tl□ther□hadbeentensionamongthem.Rumorsof□□□agree□e□□s□ndargum□ntsduri□gthe□ripbega□tosurface,lea□ingau□hor□tiestospeculatewhet□erfoulplaywasin□□lv□d□Eachmemberofthe□rou□hadadiffe□entstorytotel□,□ndt□einconsistencies□nt□eirac□ou□□s□nlyaddedtot□e□y□teryof□hemissing□ine□□>