I□vestiga□o□slearnedthattheg□o□ph□db□e□frie□dsforyears,butrecentlythereha□□e□□□ensiona□□ngthem.Ru□orsofdisa□reement□andargument□dur□□gt□etripbegan□osurfa□e,leadingauthoritie□tospeculatewheth□r□oulplaywasinvo□ved□Eachme□be□ofthegrouphadadifferentstoryto□ell,a□dthei□consi□tenciesinth□iraccountsonly□dd□dtoth□mysteryof□he□i□sing□ine.□/□□ Investiga□orslearnedthatth□gro□p□adbeen□riendsforyears,butrecentlythereh□dbe□□ten□ionam□ngt□em.R□□orsofdisagreement□a□darg□mentsduring□hetrip□eg□ntosu□face□leadinga□thor□tiestos□e□ulatewh□□her□oulp□a□wasinvolved.Ea□hmembe□ofth□g□o□phadadiff□□□n□st□□□totell,an□□□□in□on□i□tenciesint□□□r□ccountso□lyadd□dtothemys□□ryofth□missin□nine.□□ Inves□igatorslearned□hattheg□oup□□dbeen□riendsfor□ears,b□trece□tlytherehadb□ente□sionamong□he□.R□mo□sofdi□agree□□ntsanda□gumentsduring□h□t□ipbegan□osurfac□□leadingaut□orities□osp□culate□h□the□□o□lplaywas□nvolved.E□chmemberofth□grou□hadadiff□□entst□rytote□l,andth□inco□sisten□iesinthei□accountsonlyaddedto□hemysteryo□□hemi□singnine.<□p>□p>Inv□s□□gator□lear□edthattheg□ouph□dbeenf□ie□dsfo□ye□□s,butrece□tlytherehadbe□ntensi□namo□gthe□□□um□r□ofdisagr□□me□tsandar□umentsdu□ingthetri□□egantosurface□leadingauth□riti□□tosp□culatewhetherfoulplaywasi□vol□ed.Each□emb□rofthegrouphada□i□ferents□oryt□□ell,a□dtheinc□nsisten□iesintheira□co□ntso□□yaddedto□hemyst□□yofthemissing□ine. I□ves□igatorslearnedt□att□egr□uphadbeenfrien□sfo□□□□rs,□utre□entl□□h□r□hadbe□ntensionamongthem.Rum□rsofd□sagre□□entsandargumentsd□ringthe□r□pb□gantosu□face□leadingauthoritie□tospecul□□ewh□therf□ulplaywasinvolved.□achmemb□□o□□hegrouphadadifferentstor□totell,an□theinconsistencie□□nthe□raccoun□sonlyaddedto□□e□ysteryofthe□issingnine.□> Investigatorslear□e□thatthe□rouphadbeen□□ie□dsforyears,b□tr□centlytherehadbeentensionamo□gthem.□umorsofdisagreeme□tsandarg□□entsdurin□□hetripbegantosur□ace,l□□□inga□t□orit□e□t□speculatewheth□rfou□pl□ywas□nvolve□.Eachmemb□ro□thegrouphadadiffe□en□storytotell,□n□theinconsi□tenciesin□heiracc□untso□lyaddedtothem□□teryofth□missi□gnin□□