Inv□stigatorslearne□thatthe□□ou□h□db□e□friendsf□rye□rs,butrec□n□□yth□rehadbee□tensionamongthem.Rum□r□ofdisagreeme□t□andar□u□□□ts□ur□ngthetripbe□antosurface□leading□uthor□tiestospecul□tewheth□rf□ulpl□□wasi□□olved.Eachm□mber□□thegroup□adadiff□ren□story□o□ell,an□th□in□onsistenciesi□theiraccounts□nlyaddedtothemyster□ofthe□i□singni□e. Investig□tor□l□arnedthatthegro□□ha□be□nfriendsfo□years,but□e□□□t□□thereh□□be□ntensiona□ongthem.Rum□rsofdis□greem□n□sandar□umentsd□rin□the□ripbeganto□urface,le□d□ng□uth□ritiestospeculatewhether□□□l□laywasinvolved.Eachmemberof□hegrou□hada□□ffere□tst□ryto□ell,andth□inconsist□ncies□nthei□accountson□yadd□dto□hemyst□ryoft□emissin□ni□e.□/p><□>I□vesti□ators□□arnedtha□□he□rouphadbeenfriendsf□r□e□r□,bu□recentlythereha□bee□tensionamon□them.Rumo□so□disagre□□entsandarguments□uringth□trip□□□ant□s□rface,leadingauthoritiestospeculat□whetherfoulplaywasinvolved.Eachmemberofthegrou□hada□iff□rent□□orytot□□l,andth□inconsi□t□nci□sintheirac□ou□tsonlyaddedtothemyste□y□□themissingnine. Investig□torsl□arnedthatthegrouphadbee□friendsforye□rs□bu□re□entlythe□□had□ee□t□nsi□namo□gthem.□u□o□s□□□i□agreementsan□arg□□en□sdur□ngthet□ipbeg□ntosurface,le□d□ngau□horitiest□specula□ewhetherfoul□laywasinvolved□Eachmemberof□□egrou□hadadi□fe□entsto□ytotell,andtheinconsiste□ciesi□theiraccou□tso□ly□ddedto□h□mys□eryofthemissing□in□□□/p> I□vestigatorslearnedt□at□h□□roup□adbeenfr□□ndsforyears,butrecently□he□□hadbee□tensio□am□□gthem.Ru□orso□□isagreementsandargumen□sduringt□e□□ipbe□a□□□s□r□ac□□l□adin□authoritiest□specu□atewh□therfoulp□aywasinvolved.Eachmemberofth□gro□phada□ifferentstory□ote□l,and□heinconsistenc□esinthe□raccountsonlyadd□dtothemysteryofthem□ss□□g□ine. In□□stigatorslearnedth□tthe□ro□phadbeenf□iendsfo□year□,□utrecent□yt□ereh□dbeen□e□□ionamon□them.Rumorsofdisagreeme□t□andar□umentsduringthetripbeganto□urface,□ea□ingauth□r□t□es□o□peculatewhetherfo□lplay□asinvolved.E□chmem□eroft□egrouph□dadifferentsto□yto□ell□andtheinconsistenci□sint□eiraccountso□l□□d□edto□h□my□teryof□h□mi□sing□i□e□□/p>