In□estigator□le□rnedthatthegrouphadbeen□riendsf□rye□rs,butrec□ntlytherehadbeentensio□amongthe□□Rum□rs□fdisagreementsa□□a□gumentsdurin□the□ripb□gantosur□ace□□e□dingauthoriti□stospeculatewhetherfo□lplaywasi□□□□ved.Ea□hmember□fthegrouphada□ifferents□o□□□□tell,andt□einco□□□s□□nci□sin□heiraccountso□lyaddedtoth□mys□eryofthemissingnine□□/p> I□ves□igat□rs□earnedtha□thegrouphadbeenfr□e□dsf□ryears□b□trec□ntly□herehadbe□n□e□siona□on□t□em.Rumorso□disag□ee□entsan□arg□m□ntsdu□□□g□hetripbegantosurface,leadin□authoritiestosp□culatewhetherf□ulpl□ywa□involv□□.□achmem□erof□hegr□uphadadi□ferentstoryto□ell,a□d□heinconsistenciesintheir□cc□u□tsonlya□dedtothem□steryofthemissin□ni□e.<□p> Investigators□earnedthatthegrouph□dbeenfriendsfory□ars,butrec□□tl□thereha□b□□ntensio□a□□□gt□em□□u□□r□ofdis□greeme□tsand□□gumentsd□ringt□etr□pb□ga□to□urf□ce,l□adinga□□h□ritiesto□p□cul□tewhet□□rfoulpla□wa□involv□□.Eachm□mberofthe□□o□ph□dadifferen□□toryto□ell□andthe□□consistenci□si□th□iraccountso□lyadded□□□hemysteryo□the□issingnine. □nvestigatorslear□e□t□atthegroup□adb□enfriendsfo□years,but□ecen□lyt□e□ehadb□entensiona□on□them.Rumorsofdisagr□eme□t□andargume□ts□ur□□□thetripbeg□nto□u□f□ce,lead□ngaut□oritie□to□pecula□ewhet□erfoul□lay□a□in□olved□Eachmemberofthe□rouphada□iffer□ntstoryto□ell,andtheinconsistenciesinthe□r□ccount□onl□addedtothemyste□yofth□□□ssingnine.<□p> In□estigatorslearnedth□tthegrouphad□eenfrien□sfory□ars,bu□r□centlyther□□adbe□ntensionamongthem.Rumorsof□isagre□m□□ts□ndar□umentsduringt□etrip□egantosur□□ce,□eadingautho□it□est□speculatewhetherfoulp□aywasinvolved.Each□embero□the□rouphadadifferentstorytotell,andthein□o□sistenc□esin□□eiraccountsonlyaddedtothemyster□ofthem□ssi□gnine.