I□vestiga□orslearnedthatt□egroupha□be□nfr□e□dsforyears,□utrecently□he□ehadbee□t□nsionamo□gthem.R□m□rsofdi□a□re□mentsandar□umentsd□□□ngthet□ipbega□tosur□ace,lead□n□□ut□ori□ie□tosp□c□la□ew□e□h□rfoulp□ay□asinv□lved.Eachmember□ftheg□o□ph□□adiff□r□ntstoryt□te□l,andthe□nconsistenciesintheiraccountsonlyaddedtothem□□teryofthe□□ssing□□ne. Investigatorslearnedthatt□□gr□uph□dbeenf□ie□□sforyears,b□trecentlyt□erehadbeen□ensi□namongt□em□R□mo□so□disagreeme□ts□n□ar□□ment□duri□gthet□ip□egant□surface,l□adingauthoritie□tospeculat□□hetherf□u□□lay□asinvolved.Eachmember□fthegrouph□dadi□□□□ent□tor□□o□ell,andtheinconsi□□e□□□esinthe□r□c□oun□□onlyaddedtot□emysteryo□t□emis□□□gnine. Investig□□orslearn□dthatt□egro□□h□dbeenf□□endsforyea□s,b□trecent□ythereha□beentensionamong□hem.Rumors□fd□sagreem□ntsandargumen□sduringthetripbeganto□urf□ce,lea□ingau□horit□e□tospecula□□whetherfoul□laywa□involv□d.Eachmemberofthegr□up□□dadifferentst□rytotell,□□dtheinconsis□encies□ntheiraccountso□lyaddedtothemysteryof□□emiss□ngnine.□/p><□□□nvestigat□rslearned□hatth□grouphadbeenfri□ndsforyear□□bu□recentlythereha□beentension□mon□the□.Rum□rsofdisagre□men□sa□□ar□um□nt□dur□ngth□tripbegan□osurfa□e,le□□□ngauthori□i□stospeculatewhetherfoul□laywasinvol□ed.Eac□memberofthegrouphadadiff□rentst□rytotell,andtheincon□istenc□□□int□ei□a□coun□s□nlyad□edtot□em□steryofthe□is□□ngnine.□/p> Inve□tigatorslea□ne□thatthegroupha□beenfr□endsf□ryears,butr□centlythe□□ha□beentensi□namon□the□□□umorsofdisag□eementsandargumentsdur□ngthetri□begant□s□rface□leadi□gauthoritiestos□ec□latewh□ther□oulplayw□s□n□o□□ed.Eachm□mberofthegrou□hada□□□fe□ents□oryto□□ll,andth□inc□nsistencie□intheirac□oun□sonlyadded□othe□□st□ryofthemissingnine.<□p><□>Investigat□rslearne□thatthegrouphadbeenfri□nds□oryears,butrecentl□therehadbe□ntension□mon□them.Rumorsofd□sagr□□ments□ndargumentsduringthetripb□g□ntosur□ac□,le□dingauthoritie□□ospec□latewhether□oul□la□□asinvolved.Each□embe□o□□h□gr□uphada□iffere□tst□r□totell□andth□incon□□stenc□□sintheiraccountsonlyadde□tothemysteryoft□emissingn□ne□