□nvest□gat□rslearnedthat□□egroupha□b□enfriends□orye□□□,butr□centlyt□e□ehadbeent□nsiona□o□gthe□.Rumorsofd□s□□ree□entsandargu□entsd□ringthetripbega□tosu□f□ce,leadingauthori□ie□tospec□lat□whetherfo□lplaywasinvol□ed.□achme□berofthegro□phadadiffe□ents□ory□otell□a□dth□inconsistenciesintheiraccount□□nlyaddedt□themy□teryo□them□ssin□ni□e.<□p> Inve□tigat□rs□□arnedthatthegr□□phadbeenf□iendsforyea□□,butre□entlyther□hadbeentensionamongthem.□u□orsofdisagr□□mentsandargume□tsduringthe□ripbegantos□r□ace□leading□□thorities□ospe□u□atewhether□oulplaywa□inv□lved.Each□emberofthegrouphadad□□ferent□□ory□ote□l,□n□theinc□ns□stencie□□nth□□ra□countsonlyadd□□to□he□yster□of□hemissing□ine. Inves□igators□□arnedt□att□egrouphadbeenfr□end□foryears,b□tre□entlytherehadbeent□nsiona□ongt□em□Ru□□rs□fdisagreemen□□andargu□entsduringthetr□□beganto□urface,le□ding□u□hori□i□s□ospecu□a□□□het□e□foulplay□asinvolved.□achmemb□rofthegr□uphadadi□ferents□oryt□tel□,andthe□□cons□stenci□sint□eiraccoun□so□lyaddedtothem□steryofth□m□ssingnine. Investiga□orsl□arnedthatthegroup□adbeenfr□□ndsfory□ars,but□ec□□tlythereh□□b□en□ensionamong□hem.Rum□rs□fdisagreemen□sandargu□en□□□u□ingthet□ipbegantosurface,lead□ngauth□□itiest□s□ec□□atew□et□erfoulplaywasin□□lve□.Eachmember□fthegr□up□adadifferents□orytot□ll,□□dtheinconsistenc□esintheira□coun□sonly□ddedto□hem□stery□fthemis□ing□ine.<□p> Investigators□earnedthatthegrouphadbee□fr□endsfor□ears□butrecentlythere□adbeente□siona□o□gthem.Rumorsofdisagree□entsandar□□me□□sduringthe□ripbe□anto□u□face□leadinga□thori□iestos□e□ul□□ewhetherfoulp□□ywasinvo□ve□.Eachmemberofthegr□uphadadifferentst□ryt□tell,□ndt□□inconsistencies□ntheiraccountson□yaddedtothemystery□ft□emiss□ngni□e.