□nv□stigator□learnedt□att□egroupha□bee□fri□ndsforyears,butrece□tly□herehadbee□tensionamongt□em.□umo□sof□is□gr□e□e□tsandarguments□uringt□etripbeg□ntosu□face,lead□ngauthorit□□st□specul□tewhet□erfoulplaywa□involv□d.Each□emberoft□egroup□a□adifferentst□□yto□el□,andt□einconsi□tenciesintheira□□oun□□onlyadded□oth□□ystery□ft□emissing□ine.<□p>□p□I□ve□tigatorslearnedthatthegr□uphadbeen□r□end□fory□ars,butre□□nt□ythe□eha□beenten□i□na□ongthem.Ru□orsofdis□gree□en□s□n□□rgume□t□duringth□□ri□begantosur□ace,□eadi□gaut□o□ities□□spec□la□ewhethe□f□ulplaywa□involved.Eachme□b□ro□thegro□p□a□□differentstorytot□ll□□ndtheinconsist□nciesin□□eirac□o□ntsonlya□dedtot□emystery□fthe□□ss□ngn□n□.□/p□ Investi□□tor□learnedthatth□grouphadbeenfriendsfory□a□s□butre□ently□he□eh□d□eentension□m□ngthem.Rumorsofdisag□ee□ent□anda□□umentsduringthet□i□□eg□ntosurface,l□□d□ngau□h□riti□stospe□u□ate□he□herfou□p□aywasinvolved.Eachme□beroftheg□o□phada□iffere□tstoryto□ell,and□heinconsis□encies□ntheira□coun□□onlya□dedtot□emystery□□themis□i□gnine. Investig□tor□lear□edth□□□h□□rouphadbeenfriendsf□ryea□s,butrecentlyth□rehadbeentensio□amongt□em.Rumorsofd□sagreementsand□rg□mentsduringthetripbegant□s□□fac□,le□dingauth□□it□estospecu□a□ewhet□erfoulplaywasinv□lv□d.□achmemberofthegrouphadadifferentstoryto□el□,andtheinconsistencies□nth□i□accounts□nlyaddedt□themyste□yofthem□ssing□ine. I□ves□ig□t□rs□earnedthat□hegrouphadb□enfriend□for□□ar□□b□trec□ntlyth□reh□db□ent□nsiona□ong□h□m.Rumorsofdisa□□eem□nt□andargument□duringthet□i□beg□ntosurface,leadin□□uthoriti□stosp□□ulatewhet□erfoulplaywas□□volved.□achmemberofthegrouphadadiffe□ent□torytotell,andth□incons□stencie□inth□i□accountsonlyad□□dtothemyster□of□hemissingnine. □nvestigato□slearnedthatthegrouphad□ee□frie□□sforyears,butrecent□ythere□a□been□e□□ionamongthem.Rumorsofdi□agre□□□ntsanda□gumentsdur□ngthetripbeg□nt□su□face,leadingauthoritiestosp□c□latewh□therfoulplaywasinvo□□ed.Eachmembe□ofth□g□ouphadadiffer□n□s□or□totell□and□he□nc□nsistenciesint□eira□count□onlyad□edtothe□ys□eryofthemis□ingnin□.