□□vestigat□rs□ea□ne□thatthegrouphadbeenfriendsforyears,butrecentlyther□hadbe□nten□ionamongthem.Ru□orsofdisagreement□anda□□um□ntsduring□h□tripbeg□□to□urfa□e,lead□ngauthoritiestospeculatewhet□e□fo□lpla□wasin□o□ved.□achme□beroft□eg□ouphadadiffer□ntsto□ytotell,andtheinconsistencies□nthei□accoun□□onl□ad□edtot□emysteryofthemissingnine.□/p>□p>Investig□torslea□nedthat□heg□□uphad□eenfriendsfor□e□r□,but□ecentl□therehadbeente□sionamongth□□.Rumorsofdisa□reementsa□□argum□ntsduringthetripbegantos□rface□l□adingautho□ities□ospecu□a□ew□□□herfo□l□laywasinvolved□Eachmemberofth□□□o□□ha□adifferentstorytotell,andtheinconsi□tenciesintheiraccountso□l□□□□ed□othemys□er□oft□emissingnin□.□/p□ Investig□t□r□le□r□edt□atthegr□uphadbeenf□□end□□oryear□,butrecentlyt□er□h□dbeen□ension□mon□th□m.Rumor□ofdisagreementsandarguments□uringth□tripb□gan□o□urface,le□□□ngauthorities□os□eculatewhether□ou□p□aywas□nvolved.Eachmemb□rofthegroup□adadiff□□ent□torytotel□,andtheinco□sist□nciesin□h□i□□□countsonly□dded□othemyster□ofthemissingnine. Investigatorslear□edt□atthe□□ouphadbeenf□ie□□sforyea□s,□utr□c□ntl□t□□r□hadbeentensio□a□□ngthem.Rumo□s□□d□□□gr□ementsandar□umentsduri□gt□etripbegantos□□fac□,□eadingauthoritiest□□pecu□a□ewhetherf□ulpl□ywas□nvo□ved.Eachmemberofthegrouphadadiffer□nt□toryt□te□□,andth□in□onsist□nciesin□h□iraccount□onlyaddedtot□emyste□yof□hemissingnine.