Inves□igatorslearnedth□□thegrouphadbe□nf□iendsfor□ear□,butrecentlythe□ehadbeentensionamongthem□Ru□o□s□fdisag□eement□a□□a□gument□dur□ngthet□ip□□□antosu□fa□e,lea□ingaut□oritie□to□pecul□tewhe□herfoul□laywasinvolved.□ac□memberofthegrouphada□i□f□rentstorytotell,andth□inconsistencie□intheirac□ount□only□d□edtoth□□□steryofthe□issingnin□.□> Invest□gatorslearned□hatth□grou□hadb□enfrie□dsfo□years□butrecentlytherehadb□ent□nsiona□ongthem.Rumorsofdis□gre□me□tsandargu□en□sduri□gt□e□ripb□ga□tos□□face,l□adin□auth□□itiesto□pecula□ewhetherfou□p□□yw□s□nvol□e□.Eachmembe□ofthegro□phada□iffe□entstorytote□l,and□heincon□istenci□s□nthe□rac□ounts□nl□addedtothem□steryof□hemissin□nine.□/p> Investi□a□orslea□nedth□tthegroupha□bee□friendsforyears,butrec□nt□ytherehadbe□nte□s□onamo□gthem.□umo□sofdi□ag□ee□entsan□argu□entsdur□ngthetripbeg□□tosurfa□e,leadingauthorit□estos□eculat□wh□t□e□□oulplaywasi□volv□d.E□c□member□ftheg□ouphadadiffer□nts□ory□ote□l,andt□ein□onsiste□ciesintheiraccountsonlyad□□dtoth□m□steryofthe□issingnine.□/p>□p>Investigatorsl□□rnedthat□□□gro□phad□ee□friend□foryear□,□utrec□□tlytherehadbeentensionamongth□m□Rumor□ofdisa□ree□ent□an□a□□ument□d□□ingthet□ipb□g□nt□surf□c□,l□a□i□□authoritiest□□p□c□latewhetherfoulpla□wasinvol□ed.Eachmemb□rofthegroup□adad□f□erents□orytot□ll,□ndthei□consis□enc□esinthei□accountson□yad□□dtothemyst□ryoft□□missingn□ne. Inve□ti□at□r□le□□nedthatthegrouphadbeenfri□ndsf□ryear□,butrecentl□therehad□ee□tensionamongthem.Rumorso□d□sagre□men□san□argumentsduringthetr□pbe□an□osurf□ce,leadingaut□□riti□stospeculatewhetherfoulplayw□□involved□Eachmemberofthegrouphada□□f□erentstor□totell,andthei□con□isten□iesint□ei□ac□ountsonlyaddedtothemyster□o□□hemissingn□□e.