Inve□tigator□□ear□edthat□hegro□p□□d□ee□f□iendsf□ryea□s,but□ecent□ythe□ehad□eentensionamongthem.R□morsof□isag□eeme□tsandargumen□s□□ringth□tri□be□antos□rfac□,le□ding□□thoritiesto□peculatewhetherfou□□laywasin□olved.Eachmembe□ofthegrouphadadifferentstoryt□te□l,an□theinconsistenc□esintheiracc□□nts□nlya□dedtot□em□steryofthemissingnin□□<□p> Investi□ators□e□rnedt□att□□gro□□ha□beenfr□end□foryea□s,butrecentlytherehadbeentensiona□ongthem.Rumorso□dis□g□eementsandargumentsduringthet□□pbeganto□urface,lead□□gau□hor□□iest□spe□ulatewhetherf□□l□l□ywasin□olved□Eac□□□□berofthegrouphadadiff□rentstoryt□tell,a□dt□e□□consisten□□es□ntheira□c□□□ts□nly□□de□to□hemyste□yofthemissin□n□ne. Inve□tigator□lear□ed□ha□thegr□uphadbeenfrie□dsf□r□e□rs□butr□ce□tlythereh□dbeentensionamongth□m.□umo□sofdis□g□eementsandar□umentsd□□ing□hetripbegantosurface□□eading□ut□□ritiestospeculatew□etherfoulpla□wasinv□l□ed□□□chmemberofthegroupha□adi□fe□entstory□o□ell,andtheinconsis□□□cies□□theiraccoun□sonlyadde□tothem□steryof□hem□ssin□nine.□/p□ □nvestigato□slearne□thatthegroupha□bee□friendsfor□ea□□□butrecentl□therehadbeenten□ionamongthem.Ru□or□ofdi□agreeme□tsand□r□ume□tsdu□ingthetripbegantosurface,□□adin□au□hor□tiestosp□culatewhe□herfoulp□aywas□nvolved□Ea□hm□mbero□□□egr□uphadad□ff□ren□st□rytotell,an□t□einc□n□istenciesintheiraccou□tsonlyaddedt□t□□my□teryofthe□issingnine.