Inve□tig□t□rsl□arnedthatthegrouphadbeenfrien□sforyears,butr□ce□tlytherehad□eentensionamongthem□Rumorsof□is□greementsand□r□ument□d□ri□gthetr□pbegan□os□rface,leadingauthoritiestospeculate□hetherfoulplaywa□□nv□lv□d.Eachme□berofthegrouphad□□iff□rentstorytotell,andtheinconsistenciesi□theiracc□unts□nly□d□ed□othem□steryofth□missin□n□ne. □nv□s□□gatorsle□rne□thatth□gr□uphadbeenfriendsforye□rs,butrecentlytherehadbeentensionamongth□m.Rumorsof□isag□eemen□sanda□g□mentsdurin□t□□tripbegant□surface□□e□□ing□uthorities□o□pec□latewhether□□ulplaywasi□vol□ed.Eachmem□erofthegro□□hadadifferentstorytotell□andt□eincons□st□ncies□ntheiraccountsonlyaddedtothem□stery□□themissingnine. □nve□tigatorslearnedtha□the□r□u□h□dbeenfriendsforyear□,b□tr□ce□t□yt□e□ehadbeen□ensionam□□gt□□m.Rum□rso□disa□r□ementsandargument□du□ing□h□t□ipbeg□nt□surfa□e,leadingaut□ori□iestospecu□atewhetherfoulplaywasin□o□v□d.Eachmemb□r□□th□grouphadadi□□ere□ts□orytotell□a□dtheinc□nsistenciesint□eiraccounts□nlyadd□dtothe□ystery□□themiss□ngnin□.<□□□ Inv□sti□atorslearnedthatthe□ro□pha□beenfr□endsf□□ye□□s,b□trecentlythereha□beente□si□namongthem.Rumorsofdisagre□me□tsandarg□□entsduri□gthetri□bega□tosu□□□ce□lead□ngau□hor□ties□osp□□u□at□whetherf□ul□layw□sin□□lved.□ach□e□□eroftheg□□upha□ad□□f□rentstorytotell,andthei□consis□enci□sintheiraccou□t□o□ly□dde□tot□emy□teryofthemiss□ngni□e. □nv□stiga□□rs□ear□edtha□thegroupha□been□r□□□dsfory□a□s,butr□ce□□lytherehadbe□ntensionamongt□□m.Rumorsof□isagreem□ntsanda□gumentsduringthet□ipbega□tos□r□ace,lea□ingauthoritiest□speculatewheth□rfo□lplaywas□□volv□d.□achmemberofthegroupha□adifferentstorytote□l,□ndtheinconsistenci□sintheiracc□u□□sonl□addedtothemyster□ofthemissi□gn□ne□