Inves□igatorslearned□hatt□egrou□h□db□enf□iendsforyears,butre□entlytherehadbeentensio□am□ngthem.Rumo□sof□isagr□eme□tsa□d□rgu□e□□sduringth□tripbega□tosu□fac□,lea□i□gautho□□tiestospec□la□ewh□therfoulplaywasinvolved.Eac□membero□thegrouphadadiffere□tstorytot□l□,andt□ein□ons□stenci□□intheiracc□u□□so□lyaddedtoth□my□te□□oft□e□issing□ine.□> In□e□tig□t□□□l□arned□hattheg□oup□□dbeen□r□end□forye□rs,b□trecentlythere□□dbeent□□sionamongthem.Rumo□□ofdis□gr□□men□□andarg□men□□du□ing□□etripbega□tosurf□ce,leading□utho□itiestospec□latewh□ther□oulplaywas□nvolve□.Eachmemberof□hegrou□hadadifferentstory□□□ell□andthei□con□i□tenci□□intheiraccountsonlyadde□tothemystery□fthemiss□ngnine.□> Inve□ti□a□orslearnedthatthegrou□□adbeenfr□endsforyear□,□utrecentlytherehadbee□tensio□amongthem.Rumorso□disag□eem□ntsandarg□mentsd□ringt□etri□beganto□u□fa□e,leadingauthoritiesto□peculat□whet□□rfou□p□aywasi□volved.E□c□m□mbe□oftheg□o□p□a□adifferentstorytotel□,andthei□consi□tenc□esin□heira□countsonlyaddedtothem□st□ry□f□he□i□singnine.□> Inv□st□gatorslearned□hatth□gro□ph□□be□nfrien□sforyears,butre□entlyth□reha□beente□s□onamongthem□Rum□rsofdis□gr□eme□tsa□dargu□entsduringthe□ripb□□□ntosurface□le□dingauthoritiestospeculat□whe□her□oulp□a□was□nvolved.Eachmembe□oftheg□o□phadadiff□□entstor□□□te□l,andthein□□nsi□□enci□s□□theiraccounts□n□yadde□tothemysteryofthemiss□n□nine.□/p> Investigatorslearnedth□tthegrouphadbeenf□iend□fory□□□s,butrecentlyther□□□dbee□tensionamong□hem.Ru□o□□ofd□sagreementsan□arg□m□n□sduri□gthet□ipbegan□osur□ace,leadinga□t□□ritiestospeculate□hetherfo□lpl□□wasinvo□v□d.Eachmemb□rofthegroupha□adiffe□ents□ory□otell,an□theinconsisten□i□sinth□irac□ountsonly□ddedtoth□myste□yofthemissin□□ine. Investigatorslea□nedth□tth□□rouph□□beenfriendsfo□□ears,butrecentlyther□hadbe□□t□nsionamong□hem.Rumo□s□□□i□agreementsand□rgumentsdurin□thet□ipb□□anto□urface,□eadingauthor□ties□osp□culatewhetherfo□lplay□a□involved.E□chmem□ero□thegrouphadadiffe□entstoryt□tell,andthei□□onsistenciesint□eirac□ountsonlyad□edtothemys□eryo□themissi□gnine.□/p□