Investigatorslearnedthatthegrouphadbee□frien□sfo□years,bu□rece□tlyther□hadbee□tensionamongthem□Ru□orso□disagree□entsandargument□□ur□ngt□et□ipbegant□surfa□e,le□d□ngauthoriti□sto□peculat□wh□□herfou□play□as□□□ol□ed.□achmembe□ofth□grouphadadifferentstoryt□tell□andtheinconsi□t□nc□esinthe□r□□countsonlya□dedtothemy□□eryoft□emissi□g□□n□. □nvestigator□lea□□□d□h□tthegr□□□hadbeenfriendsforyears,butrecentl□therehadbee□tensi□n□mongth□m.Rumors□fdisa□r□eme□t□andar□umentsd□□ingthetr□p□egantos□rf□□e,leading□□th□ritiest□speculatewhethe□fou□playwasi□□olve□.Eachmemberofth□grouphadadiffe□entstory□o□ell,andtheinc□nsistenciesintheiracco□nts□□lyadd□d□oth□mysteryofthemissingnine. □nvestigatorslearnedthatthegro□phadbeenfriendsforyears□bu□recent□yth□r□□adbeent□nsionamongthem.Rumor□ofdisag□e□mentsandargume□tsdu□i□gth□tripbega□tosur□□ce□le□ding□u□horit□esto□peculatewhetherfoulplaywasinvo□ved.Eachm□mbe□of□hegrou□hadadiff□rentsto□ytotell,□n□theinc□n□ist□n□iesintheir□ccou□tson□yad□e□to□hemysteryo□themiss□ngnine. Inve□tigat□rslearnedthatthegrouphadbeenf□iendsfo□□ears,butrecent□yt□ereha□bee□□e□sion□mon□the□□Ru□□rsofdisagr□ementsanda□g□□entsdur□ngt□etripb□ga□tosurface,l□adin□aut□oritiesto□peculate□hetherfou□□□□y□as□nvo□ved.□ac□mem□erofthegro□phadadifferen□□to□□tote□l,andtheincons□stencie□int□eir□ccountsonlyadded□othemystery□□themiss□ngnine.