Inve□tigators□earnedthatthegrou□h□dbeenfrien□sforye□rs,butrecentlytherehadbee□□ensi□namongthem.□u□orsofdisagr□ementsandargu□entsdu□ingthetrip□□gan□osur□ace,leadin□autho□itiestos□ecu□ate□hetherfoulplay□asi□volved.Eachmem□e□of□heg□ouphadadi□feren□sto□ytotel□,□□d□h□i□consiste□ciesinthe□racco□ntsonlyad□e□tot□□mysteryo□□□emissingnine.□/p> Investi□a□orslearnedthatt□egrouphadbee□fr□en□sf□ry□ars,butrecen□□yth□rehadb□en□ensio□am□□gthem.Rumorsofdisagreem□ntsand□rg□m□□tsduringthetrip□egantos□rf□ce,□eadingauthoriti□stospeculatew□ethe□foulplaywasinvol□ed.Eac□membero□th□gro□□h□dadif□eren□s□orytotell,an□th□in□onsistenc□esinthe□□a□coun□sonly□ddedtot□emyst□ryofthemis□i□gnine.<□□□ Inve□tiga□□rslearnedthatthegrouphadbeenf□i□ndsforyears□butr□cent□yt□e□e□ad□e□n□e□sionamongthem.Rumor□o□di□agreement□andargumen□□duri□gthetripbegantosu□face,l□a□ingaut□oritiesto□□eculate□□ethe□foulplayw□sinvolv□d.Eachmem□er□ft□e□r□uphad□□□fferent□t□□ytotell,□nd□heinc□ns□sten□iesinthe□racco□ntso□ly□dded□othemysteryofthemissingnine.<□p> In□es□igat□rslearn□dt□atthe□□ouphadb□enfrie□ds□□ryears,butre□entlyt□ereh□dbeentens□on□mon□them.Rumo□s□fdi□agree□ents□ndargume□□sduringthetripb□ga□to□□rf□c□□□eadingauthori□□estos□eculatewhetherfo□lplaywasi□□olved.□achmemberoft□egrouphad□diffe□entstoryt□tell,andt□eincons□stenciesintheiraccountsonlyaddedtothemyster□ofthemissingn□ne. Investigator□learnedthat□hegrouphad□eenfrie□dsforyears,butrece□tlythereh□d□e□ntensio□□mon□them□□umorsofdisagre□mentsandarg□m□□tsdurin□thetripbegantosurfac□,l□adingauthor□tiestospeculatew□etherf□□l□laywasinv□□ved.E□ch□emberofthe□rou□ha□ad□ff□rent□toryt□tel□,andth□□ncon□iste□cie□□ntheir□cco□ntsonlyadde□tothemy□teryofthemissingni□e.□>