Invest□gat□rsl□arn□□th□tthegro□phadbeenfriendsforyears,butrecentl□□herehadbee□□ens□onam□ngthem.Rumorsofdisagreeme□tsa□d□rgument□d□ring□hetripbega□tosurface□le□dingauth□r□tiesto□pec□□a□□□hetherfoulplaywas□nvolved.Eachmemberofthegr□uphadadi□ferentstoryto□ell,a□dtheinconsi□tenciesintheiraccountsonly□ddedtothe□ysteryof□□emissingnine. Invest□gat□r□□earnedthatt□eg□ouphadbeenfrie□dsforyears□butrecentlythere□adbeentensiona□ongthem.Rumo□s□fdisagreements□ndar□umentsduri□g□he□□ipbegantosurface,lead□ngauth□r□tiestospeculatewhetherfou□p□aywa□□nvolved.Each□□mberoft□e□□o□□hadadiffere□tsto□yt□te□l,□ndt□einconsistenciesin□heiracco□ntsonlyadde□t□□hemyster□ofthe□issingnine.□/p> Inve□ti□atorslea□□edth□t□hegroup□ad□eenfri□ndsfor□ear□,butrec□n□lythereha□beentensionamongth□m.R□morsofdi□ag□□em□ntsa□□argume□tsduri□□□hetr□□bega□tos□□face,□eadin□authori□iestospe□ul□tew□et□erf□□lpl□ywasi□vol□□d.Ea□h□emberofthegrou□□ad□d□ffere□ts□ory□□te□□,an□th□inco□s□stenciesinthe□r□ccount□onl□added□othemyst□ryof□hemi□singn□ne□□/p>□□□In□estig□tor□learnedthatthegroup□□dbeenfri□ndsfory□a□s,b□tre□□n□lytherehad□eentensionamongthem.Rumorsofdisag□eements□□dargumentsdu□ingth□□ripbegan□□□urface,□eadingau□horit□e□t□specu□a□ewhetherf□u□playwasinvo□ved.Ea□□memberof□□eg□ouphadadif□ere□tstorytote□□,andthein□onsis□enci□sin□he□rac□ountsonl□□dd□dtothemy□□eryofthemiss□ng□ine. Investi□atorslearnedthat□□eg□□upha□beenfr□endsforye□rs,butr□centlytherehadbeenten□ionamongth□m.□umor□ofdi□agree□entsandargume□□□duri□gthe□ripbegantosurf□c□,leadinga□th□ri□iestospe□ul□tewheth□rfoulplaywasinvolved.Each□embe□oft□egrou□had□diff□r□ntstorytote□l,andtheincon□iste□cies□n□heiraccoun□sonl□addedto□hemysteryofthemiss□ngni□e□ I□vestigato□s□□a□ne□thatthe□ro□p□adbeen□riendsforyears,butrecentlytherehad□een□□nsi□namongthem.Rumorsof□isagreement□andargu□e□tsdurin□the□□ipbe□antosurf□ce,lea□□ngauthoritie□tospeculatewhetherfoul□lay□asi□v□lved.Eachm□mberofth□g□o□□h□dadif□erentstorytotell,an□theincons□stenciesintheiraccountsonlyaddedtothem□stery□fthemissin□n□ne.□□