Invest□gator□lea□nedthatthe□rouphadbeen□rien□sf□ryears,b□trecentlythereha□been□ensionamongthe□.Rumo□sofdis□gre□me□tsand□rgum□ntsdur□□gthetr□pbegantosurface,leadingauthoritiest□speculat□whetherfou□playwa□□□volved□Eachmem□□□ofthegr□uphadad□fferentstor□totell,andthei□c□nsis□□ncies□□th□iraccountso□lyaddedtot□emyste□yoft□emissingnin□. Investigator□learnedthatthegrou□hadbeenfriends□or□e□r□,butrecen□lyt□erehadbeen□ensionamongt□em.Rumorsofdi□a□r□ementsan□argumentsduringthetripbegant□surfa□e□lead□ngauth□ritiestospeculat□□□etherfoulplaywasinvolve□.E□ch□em□eroftheg□□uphadadifferents□orytotell,and□h□inc□□sisten□iesint□ei□acc□untson□y□ddedtothe□ysteryofthem□ss□ng□ine. Invest□g□t□□slearn□□tha□thegroup□adbeenfriendsforyea□s,□utrece□tl□therehadbeentensi□namo□gth□m.□umorsofdisagreeme□ts□nda□gu□entsdu□ing□hetripbe□□ntosu□face,leading□u□h□ri□ie□tosp□cul□□ewhetherfoulplaywasinvol□ed.Eachmemberofthegroupha□adifferentstor□t□tell,an□theinconsis□enc□esi□theiraccount□onlyaddedto□hemyste□yo□t□e□issin□nine□□>□p□□□vest□gatorslearnedt□atthegr□uphadbeenfr□end□for□□ars,butrecentl□therehadbeente□sionamo□gthem□Rumor□□fdisagre□men□sandarg□me□tsdu□□ngth□tripbegan□osurface,leadingauthor□t□es□ospec□late□hetherf□ul□□aywas□nvolv□d.E□□h□em□□rofthegrouph□dad□fferent□to□y□otell□and□heinconsistenc□□□intheiraccountsonlyaddedtothemysteryofthemissi□gnine.