I□ve□t□gators□ear□edth□tthe□rou□□adbeenfri□ndsforyears,□utrecentlythereha□□e□ntens□onamongthem.Rumorsofdisagreement□an□argum□nt□□u□ingth□tripbegantosur□ace□l□adingauthoritiestospeculate□hetherfoulplaywa□involved.E□chmemberofthegrouphad□diff□r□nt□torytotell,a□dtheinconsist□nciesinthei□accountsonly□□de□toth□myste□yof□hemissi□gn□ne□<□p> Inv□stigatorslearned□hatt□egrou□ha□be□nfr□end□foryears,b□tre□entlyt□erehad□eente□si□□a□on□them.Rumorsofdisagre□mentsandargumentsd□ri□gthetri□be□antosur□a□e,lead□n□authoritiestos□ecu□a□e□hether□oulplay□a□involv□□.Ea□hmemberoft□egroup□adadif□□□entstor□□otell,andtheinconsis□en□ies□nthe□□a□cou□tsonlyaddedtothem□steryofthemis□ing□ine.□/p> Inve□ti□ator□□earnedthat□hegro□phadbe□nf□ien□sf□ryears□butre□□n□lyther□hadb□e□ten□ionamon□t□em.□umo□sof□isagreementsan□argu□entsdu□ingthet□ipbegantosur□ace,l□adin□a□tho□□□iesto□peculat□whetherfo□lplaywasinvolv□d.Eachme□berof□h□grouphadadiffe□entst□rytotell,andtheinconsist□□□i□□inthe□raccounts□nlyadded□othemysteryo□□h□□issingn□ne.
I□vest□□□torslearnedt□att□e□ro□phadbeenfri□□d□fo□ye□□s,butrecentlyther□hadbeenten□io□a□o□gthem.R□□o□sofdisagre□ment□a□□ar□u□entsdu□ingth□t□ipbegant□sur□ace,□ea□ing□uthoriti□stos□eculatew□e□h□rf□ulpla□wasinvolved.Eachmemb□roft□e□ro□phadad□fferentstory□otell,□ndth□inconsis□encie□□□thei□accountsonlyaddedtothemy□teryofthemis□ingnine.