Inv□stiga□orslea□nedthattheg□ouphadbeenfriends□or□ea□□,butrecen□□ythereh□d□e□ntensi□namongth□m.Rum□rsof□i□ag□eeme□□sand□rgument□duringthet□ipbega□□osurface□leadingau□horitiestosp□□ulatewh□therfou□□laywas□nvolved.Eachmemberofthegrouph□dadiffer□n□s□□□yto□ell,and□hein□o□sis□enciesintheir□cc□□ntsonlyadde□tothemy□te□□ofthemi□singn□ne. I□□estigato□sl□□rnedt□a□the□rouphadbeenfr□endsfory□ars,but□ecent□ytherehad□eent□ns□□namon□the□.□umorsofdis□g□eeme□tsandargumen□sduringthetripbegantosu□face,l□ading□uth□ritiestos□ec□latewhetherfoul□laywasinvolved.Ea□hmemberofthegrouphadadi□f□ren□sto□ytot□ll,andth□□nc□nsi□tencies□ntheira□countsonly□ddedtothemyst□ryof□hemissin□n□ne.□> I□vest□g□torsle□rned□h□tt□egroupha□□eenfriendsf□ryea□s,butrece□□lytherehadbeentens□onamo□□□hem.R□m□rso□□isagr□ementsandargumentsduringt□e□ripbeganto□□rface□leadi□gauthoritiestospeculatewhetherfoulpl□ywasi□volved.E□chmemberof□hegr□uphadad□ffere□ts□or□totell,a□dthe□nc□nsistencies□ntheiracco□ntso□□□□dd□□t□themy□□er□ofthe□is□ingnine.□> Investi□□torslearnedth□tthegrouphadbeenfriendsforyears,but□□c□ntly□h□rehadbeente□siona□ongthem.□□□orsofdis□gre□mentsan□argumen□sdu□ingthetrip□□gan□osur□□c□,leadin□□u□horit□estospe□u□atewhethe□foulp□aywasinvolved□Eachmemberofthegrouphadadiffe□entstoryt□te□l,and□heinconsistenci□sinth□iraccount□only□□□□dt□the□yster□ofthemissing□ine. Investig□torslearnedthatthegrou□hadbeenfri□n□sforyears,butr□centlytherehad□eent□□sionamongth□m.Rumorsof□i□agreementsandarg□mentsduring□□e□r□pbeg□ntosurfac□□lead□n□aut□oritie□t□s□□culatewhet□e□foulpla□wa□involved.Eachmem□erof□hegr□up□ad□differentst□rytotell,andtheincons□stencies□□theiraccou□tso□ly□dde□tothemyster□o□them□ssi□gnine□