Inv□sti□at□□s□earnedt□at□he□r□up□adbeenfriend□for□e□r□□butrecentlytherehad□eent□nsionamon□them.Rumorsofdi□agr□em□nts□ndargumentsduringt□e□ri□□egantosurfac□,□eading□uthoriti□s□ospecul□tewhetherfoulp□aywasi□□olved.Eachmemb□□ofthe□r□uphadadiff□rents□orytotell□andtheinc□□sistenci□sintheiraccoun□sonl□add□dtothe□ysteryof□hemissin□nine.<□p> Invest□g□□or□lear□□d□ha□th□□ro□phadbeenfri□ndsf□r□□ars□bu□□ec□nt□□t□ere□adbeen□ensi□namo□□t□e□.□umorsofdis□□ree□entsandargumen□sd□r□ngt□etripbegantosurf□□e□□ea□inga□tho□iti□sto□p□culatewheth□□foul□l□ywasinv□lv□d.Eachmemberofthegrouphadad□ff□re□tstorytotell,a□dtheincon□istencie□intheiracc□□□tsonlya□ded□othemyst□ryofthemi□singnine.□>□p>I□vestigato□s□earnedthatthe□□ouphadbeenfri□nd□foryears,butre□□ntlyth□rehadbee□t□nsion□mo□gthem.□□mo□sofdisagreementsandargumentsduringt□etr□pbegantosur□ace□leadingauthorit□estos□ec□late□het□□□foul□laywasin□olve□.Eachm□m□erofthegroup□adadiffere□t□t□rytotell,and□h□incons□□tenciesin□hei□a□co□ntsonlyad□□dtothemystery□ft□emissingnine. Inv□s□i□atorslearn□dthatthegroupha□beenfriendsfo□□ears,butrecentlytherehadbe□ntens□onamong□□em.□umorsof□isagreementsandargumentsduringthetri□begantosur□ace,l□ading□u□□orities□ospeculatewheth□□foulplaywasinv□lved.Eachmembe□o□t□e□roupha□ad□fferentstorytotell,andt□ei□c□n□istenc□esintheiraccountso□lyaddedtoth□m□steryo□the□i□singnine□ Investigatorsl□□rn□dthatthegrouphadbeenfr□end□fo□years,butrecentlytherehadbeentens□□□amongthe□□R□morsofdisa□r□ementsandargume□tsduring□hetripbeg□ntosurface,leadingauthoriti□st□specula□□whetherfoulpla□wasinvolved.□achmemberof□h□gr□uphada□ifferent□torytotell,a□dt□ei□consi□te□□iesinthe□rac□ounts□nlyaddedtot□e□yste□y□□t□emissi□□nine□