□□vestigatorslearnedt□□tthegroupha□bee□frie□□s□ory□ars,butrecentl□□he□□hadbe□□te□siona□ongthem.Rum□r□ofdisa□reemen□□a□dargumentsduringt□□□r□□be□a□tosurface,le□dingau□horitie□tosp□cul□t□whetherfoulplayw□sinvolve□.Ea□hme□b□ro□thegrouphadadifferen□storytotell,□ndt□ein□onsistenciesin□heir□ccountsonly□dded□o□hemyster□ofth□□issingnin□□ Investigatorslearned□hatthegrou□had□eenfrie□dsfo□ye□rs□butrec□ntlytherehad□een□ensionamongthem.Ru□□□s□fdis□greementsa□□a□□umen□sd□ringthetripbeg□ntosu□f□ce,lead□ngau□h□rities□os□eculatewh□therf□ulpla□wasi□volved.Eachmember□□thegrouphad□diffe□entstorytotell,andthei□consi□tencie□□nthe□□accountso□□□addedtothemysteryofthemissing□ine.□><□□□nvestigatorslearn□dthat□□egr□□ph□dbeenfr□endsforyea□s,butrece□tly□□erehadbeentensionam□ngthe□.Ru□o□sofdi□agreementsandarg□□entsd□r□□g□hetri□begantosurface,lea□in□auth□rit□estospecula□ewhet□erfo□l□laywasinvolved.E□chm□□berofth□□ro□□hada□ifferentstorytote□□,a□dtheinconsist□ncies□nthe□rac□□un□sonlyadd□dto□h□my□teryofthemissi□gnine. Inve□tigat□□sle□rnedt□att□egrouphadbeenfri□n□sforyear□,b□t□□ce□tlythereh□dbeentensionamo□gth□m□Rumo□sof□isag□eementsa□□arg□mentsduring□□etripbegantos□rface□leadingauthoritiesto□pec□latewh□therfoulp□aywasinvol□□d.Eachmemberofth□g□ou□hadadifferen□st□rytotell,□ndthe□nc□nsist□ncies□□theiraccoun□sonlyadd□dtothe□y□t□ryofthe□issi□gni□□.□/p> I□ve□tigatorslearne□thatth□groupha□beenfri□□dsforyears,□□tre□entlytherehadbe□n□ension□mong□he□.Ru□□rsofdis□greementsand□□gume□tsdurin□thetripbegantos□rf□ce□l□adingautho□itiestospec□latewhet□erfoulplayw□□□□vol□ed.Eachmem□eroftheg□oupha□adiffere□ts□orytot□ll,and□heinco□sis□□nciesintheiracc□u□tsonlya□dedtothe□yst□ryofthemissi□g□ine. Investigatorslearn□dthatthegroupha□been□r□□ndsf□ryears,butrecentlyth□rehadbe□ntension□mongthem□Ru□orsofdi□agreementsandargumentsduringthetripbegan□osurface□leading□uthoritiesto□peculatewhetherfoulpl□yw□s□nvolved.Eachme□berofth□grou□h□d□diff□rentstorytotell,andthe□nconsistenc□e□inthei□ac□□untson□y□□dedtothemys□eryoft□em□ss□ngnine.□>