Investigator□lear□ed□□□□t□□□rouphadbe□n□riendsfor□□a□□,bu□recentlytherehadbeenten□ionamongthem.Rumorso□□isagreement□andarguments□uringthetr□pbe□antosurface,le□din□authoritiestospeculatewhet□erfou□playwasinvolved.Eachme□□eroft□egrou□hadad□□ferentstorytotell□andtheinconsi□tenci□sintheiraccount□onlya□de□toth□my□tery□fthem□ssin□nine. I□□esti□ators□ea□□edthatthegrouphadbeenfrien□sf□ryears□butre□entl□t□erehadbeen□ensionamong□hem□Rumorsofdisagreementsandargumentsduringthetripbeg□□tosurfa□e,leadin□author□tiesto□pecul□tewh□th□r□oulplaywasinvolv□d.Each□emberoft□eg□ou□hadadifferentsto□yto□ell,□ndtheinc□nsist□nciesin□heirac□ountso□lyaddedtothemy□teryofthem□ssingnine□ In□estigatorsle□rnedthatthegrouphad□ee□frie□dsf□□y□a□s,butrecentlythe□ehadb□e□tensiona□o□gthe□.Rumorsofdi□agreem□nts□ndargume□□□d□ringt□etripbega□tosurfac□,□□ad□ngauthoritiestospe□□latewhet□erfoulplay□a□involv□□.□ach□ember□f□□e□rouph□dad□fferen□sto□□totell,an□theinco□sistenciesin□heiraccount□onlyadde□tothem□□teryof□hemissingnine. Inves□igatorsle□rnedthatthegro□p□adbeen□rie□dsforyears□butrec□ntlythe□ehad□e□nte□s□o□amongt□e□□R□morsofdisagreement□□ndarguments□ur□ng□□e□r□□begantos□rf□□e□leadingau□horitiesto□pec□latewhetherfoul□laywa□involv□d.Eachme□ber□□thegrou□h□dadif□□re□tstorytotell,andt□eincons□s□e□c□esin□heir□cco□□□son□yad□edtot□emysteryofthemissi□gnine□<□p><□>Invest□gatorslearnedthatthe□rouphadbeenfriendsforyears,butrecentlytherehad□eenten□ionamon□□hem.Rumo□s□fd□s□greementsa□dargumen□sdur□ngt□e□ri□□□gan□□su□face,lea□ingauth□ritiestos□ecul□tewhetherfoul□laywasinvol□ed.Eachme□ber□fthe□rouph□dadi□fere□tstoryto□ell,a□dt□□inc□nsi□□enc□esinthei□acc□unts□nlyaddedtot□emyster□ofthe□is□□ngni□□□ Investiga□orslearnedthatthegr□u□hadbeenfri□ndsf□rye□rs,butre□e□tly□here□adb□□nten□io□among□hem.Rum□rsofdisagreementsandargu□en□sd□ringth□tr□pbegantosurf□c□,leadinga□□ho□□ties□o□□ec□latewhetherfoulplaywasin□o□ved.E□□hmemberoft□e□r□u□hada□iff□rent□torytotell,andthe□n□onsiste□ciesintheirac□□un□s□□lyaddedtothemysteryofthemissing□ine□