□□vesti□atorsle□rnedthatthegr□up□adbeen□riendsforye□□s,butrece□t□y□□erehadbeente□siona□ongthem.□u□ors□fdisagreementsan□a□gum□ntsdurin□□hetrip□egantos□rface,leadinga□thoritiestospeculatewheth□rfoulplay□as□nvolved.Each□□mberofthegro□□h□dadifferen□storytote□l,andt□einconsisten□iesi□t□eiraccountsonlyaddedt□themyster□o□□hemis□ingnine. I□ve□tigat□rslea□nedthatthegrouphadbeenfr□□n□sforyea□s,butre□entl□thereh□□beentensio□amon□them.Ru□o□sofdisag□eemen□sa□□argumentsdurin□th□□r□p□□gantosu□face,lead□□gauthoritie□tosp□culatewhetherfou□p□ayw□□□□v□lved.Ea□hmemberoftheg□oup□adadifferentstorytote□l□andtheinco□s□st□ncies□nthei□a□co□ntsonly□dd□d□o□hemyst□ryofthemiss□ngnine.□><□>Investigatorslearnedt□atthegrou□hadbeenfrie□d□foryears,bu□r□c□ntlytherehadbeentensiona□ongthem.Rum□rs□□disagreem□nts□ndarguments□uringthetri□beg□□tos□rfa□e□leadi□gauthoriti□stospecu□atewhether□oulpla□wasinv□lved.Eac□mem□□□of□hegrouphad□dif□e□entstorytotell,an□the□nco□sistenc□esin□heir□ccou□tsonl□adde□□o□h□□□steryofthemi□singn□ne. □nvestiga□or□learnedthatthegroupha□be□□frie□dsforye□rs,bu□□ecen□l□therehad□eent□nsi□namongthem.Rumor□□fdisagre□mentsan□argument□duringthetripb□gantosur□ace,□e□d□ngauthorities□□speculate□hetherfoulp□aywasinvolved.Eachmemberoft□□g□ouphadadif□e□ent□□orytotell,andtheinconsistenciesin□h□ir□ccountsonly□ddedt□th□m□steryofthemissin□nine.□>□p>Investiga□ors□earnedthatt□e□rouphad□eenfri□nds□oryears,but□ecen□lyth□□ehad□eente□sionamongthem.Rumorso□dis□greement□□nda□gumentsduring□hetrip□e□antosurface,l□a□ing□uth□ritie□tospec□latewhet□erfoulplay□asi□vo□ved.E□ch□e□ber□ftheg□□uphadadifferentstory□otell□an□thei□consistenciesintheiracco□ntsonlyaddedt□□hemysteryofthemissingn□ne.