In□estiga□□rs□earnedthatthegrouphadbe□□frie□dsforye□rs,butrecentlythe□eh□dbee□te□sionam□ng□□□m.Rumorsofdisa□reem□ntsandargumen□sduringthetrip□eganto□u□face,lead□ngauthoritiestospec□l□tewhetherfo□lpl□ywasinvolve□.E□chmemb□r□f□hegroup□adadi□□erents□orytotel□,□□dtheinconsisten□ie□□ntheira□counts□nlyadde□□oth□mys□eryo□the□iss□ngn□ne. □nvest□gatorslear□edth□ttheg□ouphadbeen□rie□ds□or□ears,butrecentlytherehadbeen□ensiona□ongthem.□umorsofdis□gre□□□nt□□n□a□gum□□tsduringt□□tripbeg□□t□s□□face,leadin□au□hori□iestosp□culatewhether□ou□playwas□nvolv□d.E□□h□e□berofthegro□phadadiffer□nts□□□ytotel□,andthei□□onsistenciesinthe□racc□unts□nlya□dedt□themysteryofthemiss□ngnine. Investigatorslearnedt□atth□grouphadb□enfrie□□sforyears,butrecentlyt□erehadbeentensi□namon□th□m.Rumorsofdisa□re□□en□sand□rgu□□ntsd□ringt□etripbegantosurface,lead□n□□uthoriti□stospeculatewhetherfoulp□a□wasinvolve□.Each□□m□e□ofthe□rouphadadif□erent□□orytotell,andt□eincon□i□t□nc□esintheiraccount□on□yaddedt□the□ysteryofth□□issingnine. Inv□stigat□rs□ear□edthatthegro□phadbeenfr□e□□□foryears,butrecen□lyth□r□□adbeentensionamo□gthem.Rumo□sofdis□gre□men□sandarguments□uringthetripbegan□osurface,leadingauthoritiestos□ecu□atewhetherfoulplaywasinvolved.Eachmemberofthegroup□ada□□fferent□t□□□totell□andtheinco□s□□tenciesin□heiraccountsonl□a□d□dto□he□ys□e□□o□themissingnine□□>