Investigato□slearnedthatth□grouphadbeenfriendsf□□years□but□ece□tlytherehadbeentensiona□ongth□m□□um□rsofdi□ag□e□□ent□a□dargu□en□s□uring□het□ipb□gan□o□urface,l□adingauthoritiest□speculatewheth□r□□u□□laywasi□v□lved□Ea□hmembe□of□hegrouphad□differe□tstorytotell,andtheinconsis□e□ci□sintheir□ccou□tsonlyaddedtothem□steryof□hemissingnin□.□/p><□□Investi□□□ors□□arnedthat□hegrouphadbee□frien□□fo□years,butr□centlytherehadbee□tensionamongt□em□Rumorsofdi□agreements□nda□gu□e□tsdu□i□gthetripbe□antosurf□ce□l□adingauth□ritiestospecu□at□wh□ther□o□□playwasinv□lved.Eachme□berofthegro□phad□dif□erentstorytotell,andtheinconsistenciesintheir□□□ounts□nlyadd□dtothemystery□fthem□ssingnin□.<□p> Invest□gato□slearne□th□□thegr□uph□dbeenfrie□dsforyea□s,butrecentlythereha□be□ntensionamongthem.Rumorsofdisagreem□ntsandargume□t□du□□ngthe□rip□egantosu□face,□eadingauthoritiestospecu□atewh□therfou□playwasi□volv□d.E□chmember□fth□grouphadadiff□rent□torytote□l□andtheinconsiste□c□esin□heiraccount□onlyaddedtoth□m□ste□yo□themissingnin□.<□p><□>□nvest□gato□slear□edthat□he□r□upha□beenfriendsforyea□s,but□ecentlytherehad□□entensi□namong□hem.Ru□□rsofdisagr□e□en□□an□a□gu□entsduringthetripb□gant□sur□□ce,lea□ingauthoritiestospecul□t□whetherf□□l□□aywas□nvol□ed.Eac□me□b□roft□egrouphadadif□erents□orytotel□,□ndtheinconsiste□□iesinthei□account□onlyaddedtothemysteryofthem□ssin□nin□.