Investigat□rslearnedthatthegr□uphadbeenfri□□dsforyears,butr□cent□ythereha□beentens□on□□on□th□m.Rumors□fdisagreem□ntsan□arg□□e□tsdurin□the□ripb□g□nto□ur□ace,leadingauthor□tiesto□pe□ulatewhetherf□ul□l□ywasin□ol□ed□E□chm□mberof□hegrouphadadiff□□ent□tory□otell,andt□ein□o□siste□ciesin□□eiraccountso□lyadded□othem□steryof□h□□iss□□□ni□e. Inves□iga□□rs□earnedthatthegr□uphadbeenfriendsforye□rs,butrecentlyth□re□adbeen□en□ionam□ngt□□m.Rumorsof□i□agreement□a□dar□umentsduring□hetr□pbe□antos□rface,le□dingaut□oritiestospecula□□□□e□herfoulp□□ywasi□volv□□.Eachmemberofthegr□□phadadiffe□e□tstorytotell,andtheinconsiste□c□e□□□theirac□ountson□yaddedtothemy□tery□fthem□ssing□in□□ □□vest□gat□r□lea□ne□thatthegro□phadbeen□riendsforyear□,butrecentlyth□re□□dbee□t□nsionamongthem.□umo□sofdisagreem□ntsandar□□mentsduri□gthetripb□g□ntosurf□ce,□eadingau□h□rit□estos□eculatewhetherfoulplayw□sinvolved.Eachme□berofthegr□upha□adifferentstorytotell□andtheinc□nsisten□ie□intheira□coun□sonl□ad□edtothemys□eryofthe□issingni□e. Investigator□learnedthatthegro□phadbee□fr□end□□oryears,butrecentl□therehad□□entensio□amo□g□h□m.R□□or□ofdis□gre□ment□andar□ume□tsduringthetripbegantosurface,le□din□aut□orit□e□to□peculatewhetherfoul□layw□s□nvolve□.E□chmemberofthegrouph□□adif□erentstorytotell,andtheincons□s□enci□sintheiraccountsonl□□d□e□tot□e□□st□r□o□themissin□nin□.