Investigators□ea□ned□□atthegroup□adbeen□rie□dsfory□□rs,□utrecentlytherehadbee□tension□mong□h□□.Rumorsofdisagreemen□s□ndargume□t□duringthetripbegantos□rfa□□,lead□nga□□horiti□st□speculatewh□t□erfoulplaywasinvolve□□Eachmembero□the□rouphadad□f□er□n□s□orytotell,andthei□consistenci□sinthe□racco□ntsonlyaddedt□□he□ysteryofthe□i□□in□nine.<□p> Investi□ators□earnedth□t□hegroupha□beenfri□ndsfo□years,butrece□tlyth□□□hadbee□tensionamong□hem.Rumo□so□disagre□□en□sanda□□□men□sduring□hetripbega□tos□rface,l□adingauthor□tiestospeculate□he□herfoul□la□w□sin□olv□d.E□□hmemberofthegr□uphadadifferentstor□totell□and□□einconsi□tenci□□intheiracc□untson□yaddedtothemysteryofthemis□i□gnine. Investigat□□sle□rne□thatth□g□ouphad□e□nfrie□dsforyears,bu□rec□□□lytherehadbeentensionamongt□□□.Ru□orsofdi□agre□ments□ndargum□ntsduringthe□ripbegant□□ur□□c□,l□adingauthori□i□st□s□eculatewheth□r□oulplaywasin□ol□ed□Eachmembero□th□g□ouphadadifferen□storyto□el□,andtheinconsistenciesintheira□co□ntsonlyad□edt□t□emystery□ft□emis□□□□nine. Inv□stiga□orslearnedt□atthegroupha□beenfrien□sforye□rs,butrecentlyt□erehadbeentension□mo□gthem.R□mors□fdisagree□□□tsan□a□gumentsduringthetrip□egantos□rf□c□,le□dingauthoritiestospecu□atewhetherfoulpl□ywasinvo□v□d.Eachmemberoft□e□rouph□dadiff□rentsto□ytotell,an□thein□ons□stenciesi□t□eira□countson□y□dde□tothe□yst□ry□ft□emi□s□ngnine. Invest□gat□rslearn□□thattheg□ouphad□e□n□r□end□fo□years,bu□rece□tlyt□ere□adbee□t□nsi□nam□ng□h□m.Rum□r□ofdisagreementsanda□gum□□tsdurin□thetrip□egant□s□□face□□□adi□gauthoritiestospeculatewhe□herf□ul□laywa□□n□olved.□achmemberof□hegrou□hadadi□ferentstoryto□ell□andtheinconsi□t□n□□esi□the□r□cc□untsonl□addedtothemyste□□oft□emissingnine. I□□estiga□orslea□nedthatthegrouph□dbeenf□□ends□oryears,butrecen□lytherehadbeen□e□sionamong□hem.Rum□rsofdisagreements□ndarg□mentsduri□gthetripbegantosurface,l□adingaut□o□itie□t□□pec□la□ewhethe□fo□lpla□wasinvol□ed.□a□hmemb□rof□□egrouphadadifferents□orytotel□,a□d□heinconsi□□e□ciesi□their□□countsonlyaddedtothemyst□ryofthem□□si□gnine.<□□>