Investigato□slearned□hat□heg□ouphadbeen□□□endsfo□y□ars,□utrecentlytherehadbeen□ens□on□□ongth□m□R□morso□disagreements□□dargu□ents□uringt□etripbegan□osurface,leadin□authoritiestospeculatewh□ther□oulplay□as□nvolved.Eachmem□er□fthegrouphadadiffer□ntstorytot□□l,andthein□o□□istenc□esintheir□ccountsonlyadd□d□ot□e□□□teryofthe□iss□□gnine. Investigatorslear□□dthatthegro□ph□db□en□riend□for□ears□but□ecent□yth□□ehadbeentensiona□ongthem.R□morsof□is□greeme□ts□ndar□umen□sdu□i□gth□tripbegantosurfa□e,le□di□gauthoritiestospec□latewhetherfo□lplaywasinvol□e□.Eachmemberofthegro□□hadadifferen□s□orytotell,□ndtheinconsistencies□□□heiraccountsonl□addedto□hemysteryofthemissingni□e. □nv□stigatorslearnedthat□□egrou□hadbeenfrie□dsforyea□s,butrece□tlytherehadb□□n□e□s□□n□mong□hem□Rum□□□ofdisag□□emen□sandargumentsdurin□□□etr□pbe□ant□surf□ce,leadingau□horiti□s□os□eculatewheth□rfoulplaywasinvolved.Ea□hmemberofthegrouph□d□dif□e□e□tst□ryt□tell,an□theinco□si□tenciesi□their□ccount□o□ly□dde□t□□hemyste□yofthemissingnine. In□esti□□to□slearnedth□ttheg□oup□a□beenfriendsfor□ears,butrece□□lythe□eha□be□ntensiona□ong□□em.Rumorsofd□sagreementsandargu□en□□durin□t□etrip□ega□tosurf□□e,leadingauthori□ie□to□pecul□tewhe□herfo□lplayw□sin□olve□.Ea□hmemb□rofthegrou□hadadifferentstoryto□□ll,an□theinc□ns□sten□iesin□□eiracc□un□□onlyaddedtothemysteryof□hemissingni□e.