Inve□ti□a□orsl□arnedthatt□□gr□upha□be□nfrie□dsforyears,butrec□ntl□□herehadbeentensionamongthem.Rumorso□disagreemen□san□□rg□mentsduringthet□ipbeg□ntosurf□ce,lea□ingauthoriti□stospeculatewhet□□r□ou□p□aywasinvolved□Eachmemb□rof□hegrouph□dadifferents□o□ytotell,a□dtheinconsi□te□cies□n□heira□c□□□□sonlyad□edto□hemysteryo□themis□i□gnine. In□e□tigatorslearnedtha□thegrou□ha□beenfr□endsfory□a□s,butre□entlytherehadbeenten□iona□o□gthem□□umorsofdisagreementsandarg□ment□duringthe□□ipbegantosurface,leading□u□horiti□st□sp□cula□ew□et□erfoulpl□yw□s□□□olved.Ea□h□emberofthegroup□adadiffer□ntstor□totell,a□□the□nconsistenciesinthe□racco□ntsonlyaddedtothemysteryo□them□ssingnine. I□vestigatorslearnedthat□hegrouphadbeenf□i□n□sforyears,butre□e□tl□t□er□□adbe□n□ensionamongt□e□.Rumor□□□□is□greeme□t□andargumentsduringt□e□ripbeganto□urface,leadingau□horitiest□speculatew□ether□oulplayw□si□volved.□achmemberof□hegr□uphadadif□ere□tstoryt□tell,an□the□nco□sistencie□intheiraccount□onlya□de□tothemysteryofthemi□□in□ni□□□<□p> Investigat□rslearne□th□tthegroupha□be□nfr□endsf□r□□ars□bu□re□entlytherehadbeentensionamong□hem.Rumorsofdisagr□ementsa□dargument□d□ringt□etr□pb□g□ntosurface,leading□uthoritiestospec□□at□w□□therfoulplaywasinvolve□□Eachmemberofthe□rou□hadadi□fer□ntstor□tote□□,andthei□□on□isten□iesinthe□rac□ountsonly□dded□othe□y□□eryo□□□□missi□g□ine.□> Inve□□igatorslearn□d□hat□hegro□phadbe□nfriends□ory□□□s,butrece□tlytherehadbeentensionam□□gthem.Ru□ors□□□isagreementsand□rg□mentsdurin□the□ripbegantosurfa□□,le□d□ngau□h□riti□□tospeculat□whet□erfoulpl□ywasinv□lv□d.Eachmemb□rofth□group□□d□diffe□entstorytot□ll,andt□ein□onsistenciesinth□ira□cou□tso□lyad□edtothemysteryofthemissin□n□ne. Investiga□□rslearnedth□□□hegroupha□bee□f□iend□fory□ars,butr□centlyth□rehad□eente□si□namongthem.Rumo□sofdis□g□ee□entsandarg□m□n□sdur□ngth□tr□pbeg□n□□surface,□e□d□ngauthor□tiesto□peculatewhetherfoulpla□wasi□volved.□□chmemberofthegr□u□hadadi□ferentstorytotell,a□dtheinc□ns□s□en□ie□inthe□□ac□□u□tso□lyaddedtothemyster□□□themi□si□gnine.