Investigatorslearned□h□tthe□roup□adbeen□riendsfor□ears,□ut□ecentlyth□r□hadbeentensi□namon□them.□umorsofd□s□gr□ementsandargumentsdurin□thet□ipbegantosurface,leadi□gauthorit□est□speculat□w□e□herfoulplaywas□nv□□ved.Ea□h□embero□thegroup□adadif□erentstoryto□ell,and□h□inc□ns□stenciesint□□□racco□nt□onlyaddedtothemysteryofthemissing□i□e. I□□estigato□□learn□d□hatt□egrouph□dbeenfrie□dsforyea□s,□utre□entlytherehadbeentensionam□ngthem.Rumor□of□is□gre□men□sandar□u□entsdur□ng□hetri□beg□□tosurface,□eading□uth□r□tie□tospeculatew□ethe□foulpla□w□s□nvolved.□□chmembe□ofthegrouphada□iff□ren□storyto□ell,a□dtheinc□n□istenciesint□ei□ac□ountsonly□□dedtothe□□ster□o□them□ssi□gnine.□> Inv□stigatorsl□□rnedthatth□grouphadb□e□□riendsfory□ars,butre□entlythereh□db□entens□onamongth□m.Rum□rsofdis□g□eement□andarguments□uring□het□ipbe□antosurface□lea□inga□th□ritiestospecul□tewheth□rfoulplaywasinvol□□d.Eachmemb□rofthegroup□adad□□□er□ntst□rytot□ll,andtheinco□sis□enc□es□□their□ccountsonlyaddedt□themys□er□of□hem□s□ingnine.<□p>□p>Investigators□earne□thatthegr□up□adbeenfr□□nd□foryears,butrece□□lyt□ere□ad□□entens□onamong□□em.Ru□□rso□disa□□eem□ntsan□ar□□mentsduringth□tripbega□tosu□face,lead□ngaut□or□ti□stos□ecu□atewhetherfoulplay□asinvo□ved.Eachmem□erofthegr□u□had□d□fferentstorytotell,a□dtheinco□□is□enciesintheiraccountsonlyaddedtothe□□steryofthe□is□ingnine.