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Investigato□slearn□dtha□thegroup□adbeenfri□ndsfo□ye□□□□butrec□ntlythereha□beentensi□namon□them.Rumo□sofdisag□eem□ntsandargume□ts□uringt□etri□□ega□tosur□ace,leadingauthoritiest□spec□la□ewhetherfoul□l□ywa□inv□l□□d.Eachmember□fthegr□uphada□if□erentstorytotell,□ndtheincon□isten□iesi□their□c□o□nts□nlyadde□tothemysteryof□hemis□ingnine.□>Invest□gatorslearnedtha□□hegrouphad□□e□frien□sfory□ars,butr□c□ntlythereh□dbeentensi□namongthem.Rumors□fd□s□g□eementsand□rgum□nt□d□ringth□tri□began□osu□□ac□,leadingautho□it□estos□eculat□w□e□herfou□playwasinv□lved□□a□hme□ber□f□hegrouphadad□f□erentst□rytotell□andtheinconsi□ten□iesinthe□raccount□onlyad□edtoth□myster□ofthemis□ingnine.<□p>