<□>I□ves□igatorslearnedthat□heg□ouphadbeen□□iendsforyears,butrecently□herehadbeentens□o□amongthem.Rumorsofdisagreem□nt□□ndargumentsdur□ngthetripbeg□□□osurface□le□dinga□□horitie□tosp□□ulatewhetherfoulplaywas□nvolved.□achme□ber□ftheg□ouphad□□ifferentsto□ytotel□,a□dt□□inco□sistenciesinthe□rac□ountsonlyaddedtothemys□eryofthemi□s□□gnine. Investig□t□rs□earnedtha□thegro□phadb□e□f□iendsforyear□,butrecently□herehadbe□n□ensionamo□gthem.Rum□rs□fdisagreements□ndargu□entsd□r□ng□□etripbe□an□osurface,le□dingauth□rities□o□pecu□at□whetherfoulplaywasinvol□ed.Each□□m□erofthe□rouphada□iffer□ntstorytotell□andth□in□□□si□□enci□□inth□ir□□co□ntsonlyadd□dt□th□myst□ryofthemissingni□e.□><□>I□ve□tig□tors□earn□dthatthegrouphadbe□nfriends□orye□rs,b□tr□centlytherehadbeente□sionamongthem.Rum□rsofdisagreement□□ndarg□mentsd□r□ngthetripb□ga□□osurface,□□a□in□auth□r□tiesto□peculate□hether□ou□playw□sinvo□ved.Each□em□□roft□egroupha□adi□□□rentsto□ytote□l□an□thein□onsistenci□sintheirac□ount□onlyadded□□th□m□steryo□themissingnine.□/p> Investigato□slea□□ed□hatthegr□□phadbeenfriendsf□r□ears,butrecen□□ytherehadbeentensi□nam□ng□□em□Rumorsofd□sagree□e□tsa□dargumentsdurin□th□tripbegantosurface,leadinga□thor□t□est□s□eculatewh□therfou□p□a□wasinvo□ved.Eachmemberofthegrouphadad□fferentsto□□tote□l,an□thein□onsis□en□i□□□ntheirac□ount□□nlyaddedtot□□myste□yofthemissing□ine□□□ Inve□tig□□o□s□earnedt□attheg□ou□h□dbeen□riendsforyears□butr□cent□ytherehadbeentensionamongt□□□.Rumor□ofdisagree□entsandarg□me□tsd□ring□□etri□be□a□tos□r□ace,leadingautho□it□est□spec□lat□w□□□herf□ulplaywasinvolved.Each□ember□fth□grouphad□differ□ntst□rytotell,andtheincon□i□□□n□□esintheiracc□□ntsonlyaddedtoth□mysteryof□h□mi□singnine.