Investi□atorslea□nedth□t□hegrouph□dbe□nfr□endsforyears,butrece□tl□the□ehadbeentensionam□ngthem.R□□orsofdi□ag□eem□ntsandargu□entsduring□hetr□pbeg□ntosurface,leadi□gauthoritiestos□ecula□ew□et□erfoul□laywa□in□olved.Eachme□b□r□ftheg□ou□ha□adif□eren□storyt□tell,and□heincons□stenci□sinthei□a□co□ntsonly□dde□tothemy□te□□ofthe□□ssin□nine. I□ves□i□ato□slear□e□thatthegrouphad□eenfriends□ory□□rs,butrecentlyt□erehadbee□tensionamongthem.Rumorsofdi□agreem□n□□andargumentsduri□gthetri□begant□surf□ce,leadi□g□uthori□iestosp□culatewheth□rf□ulplaywasin□olved.Eac□memberofthegrouphadadifferentstorytotell,and□hein□onsi□tenciesi□theiraccounts□nlyad□□dtothemyst□ryofthemis□ingnine.□/p> Inves□igator□learnedthatthe□ro□phadbeenfri□□dsforyear□,butrecentlythereha□beent□n□ionamongthem.Rumorsofdisa□ree□entsanda□gumentsdurin□the□ripbega□tos□rfa□□,le□di□ga□th□ritiestospeculat□whetherfo□□playwas□nvolved.Eachmem□er□ft□egrou□□a□adifferents□orytote□l□andtheinco□s□st□□ciesin□he□raccountsonlya□d□□tothe□ysteryof□hemis□ingnine.<□p□<□>In□e□□igatorsle□r□□dthatthegrou□hadbeenfriendsforyear□,b□tre□entlytherehadbeentens□on□m□ngthem.R□mor□ofd□sa□reementsa□da□gume□tsdu□ingt□etrip□egant□surface,leadin□a□thoritiestospecu□atew□ether□oulplaywasinvolv□d.Eachmem□e□o□th□grouphadadif□□rent□t□r□totell□and□he□□consiste□ci□sintheirac□ountsonlyaddedtothemystery□ft□emis□ingnine□□/p>□p>Inv□stigat□rslear□□dt□atthegrouphadbee□friendsforyears,butrecentl□there□adbeenten□ionamon□them.Rumorsofdisagreementsandarg□□entsdurin□thetripbegantosurfa□e□l□ad□ng□uth□□itie□tospeculatewhetherf□ulplay□a□involved.E□chmembero□thegro□□hadadif□er□□t□toryt□t□□l,andthe□nco□sistencies□n□□e□ra□□ountsonlyaddedto□hemysteryofth□missin□nine.□/p>