Inve□tigators□□arnedthattheg□ouphadbee□fri□ndsforye□r□,bu□□ece□tlytherehadbe□nten□ionamongth□m.Rumo□□ofdisagreemen□sandargumentsduringthetripbeg□ntosurface,l□a□ingaut□oritiestospeculate□□eth□rfoulp□aywa□involv□d.Eachmember□fthegrouphadad□f□erents□ory□otell,□ndthei□consistenc□esin□□ei□accou□tson□yad□edtothemys□e□□of□h□missingnine. <□>Investig□torslearnedthatth□g□□u□hadbeenfriendsforyears,butrec□□tlyth□reha□beentensi□na□ongthe□.Rum□rsofdisa□re□m□□□□andargumentsduri□gthetrip□egantosurf□ce□leadingautho□itiestospeculat□whe□he□foulplaywasinvolved.Eachmember□□the□rouphad□differen□□□or□tote□l,andtheinconsistenci□s□ntheiraccoun□sonly□ddedtothemyste□yofthemissingnine. □nv□stigatorsl□arn□dthatth□grou□hadbeenfri□□□sfor□ears□bu□recentlythe□ehad□eentensi□namongthem.Ru□orso□dis□greement□andargumentsdur□n□t□etripbeganto□urface,leadin□□□□ho□itiest□spec□latewhether□oul□laywas□nvolved□Each□emberoft□egrouph□da□iffer□ntstoryt□t□ll,andtheinconsistenciesintheir□cc□u□t□□nlyaddedtot□em□□t□r□ofthe□□ssi□□□ine□
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