I□□estigato□s□ear□e□t□atthegrou□□adbeenfriendsforye□rs,butrecentlytherehadbeentensionamo□gth□m.Rumo□□o□disagreemen□sandargum□nt□d□r□ngthetripbegantosu□□ace,leadin□aut□□ritie□tospeculatewh□th□□foulpl□ywasinvolved.Each□embe□ofthegrouphadadifferentstorytote□l,and□heincons□s□enci□si□th□iraccoun□sonlyad□edtot□emyst□ryofthemissingnine. I□vestigators□earne□thatth□grou□hadbeenfriendsfor□ears,bu□recently□here□adb□entensionamongthem.Rumors□fdisag□□□□□□tsandarg□mentsdur□ngth□tripbegantosurface□□ead□ng□uthoritiesto□pecu□a□ewhe□herfoulplayw□sinvolved.Eac□m□mbe□□fthegroupha□adi□ferentstorytotel□,an□theincons□s□enc□esintheiraccoun□s□nl□adde□□□them□steryofthemis□ing□i□e. I□vestig□torsle□rned□h□t□h□grou□hadb□enfriendsf□□years,butr□c□ntly□hereha□bee□□e□sionam□ngthem.Rumorsofdisag□□ements□□dargumentsdu□□ng□he□□ipb□gan□osurface,le□di□gau□h□□itiestosp□cul□□ew□etherfoulplaywasinvolved.□achm□mb□roft□egrouphadadifferent□torytotel□,□□d□hein□onsiste□cies□□t□eiracc□untson□yadded□othem□steryofthemissingnine. □p>In□estigatorslearnedthatt□e□rou□ha□beenfriend□fo□y□ars,butrece□tlyther□ha□beentens□on□mongthem.R□morsofd□□agre□ment□an□argum□ntsdur□ngt□etripbe□anto□urfac□□leadingauthoritiest□□p□c□latewh□therfou□pl□ywasinvol□□d.Eachmem□ero□thegrouphadadi□fe□entstoryt□□e□l,andtheinconsis□□nciesinthei□accountsonlyaddedto□□emyste□y□fthe□issingnine.□> Inv□stigato□□le□rnedthatthegrouphad□□□nfriendsfory□ars,□ut□□centl□therehadbeentensi□□amongthem.□um□rsofdi□ag□eemen□□□□dargum□n□sd□ringthetripbegan□osurface,le□□ingauthorit□esto□peculatewhetherfoulpla□□a□involved.E□□h□emberoft□egrouphadadiff□rentstory□otell,andtheincon□istencies□nth□ira□countsonlyad□edtot□emysteryofth□m□ssin□nine.<□p>