Inve□ti□ator□lear□edth□tthegrouph□d□eenf□iendsforyears,butrecentlythere□adbeen□ens□onam□n□th□m.□um□rsof□is□greeme□tsa□d□□gumentsduringthetr□pbeg□□tosurface,l□adi□gauthor□□ie□tosp□cu□atewhet□er□oulpla□wasi□□olv□d.E□ch□em□□rofthegro□phad□□ifferentstoryt□tell,□ndt□einc□nsisten□i□sint□e□raccountso□ly□ddedtothemys□eryo□□hemi□sing□□ne. □nvestigatorsl□arnedthat□hegro□□□adbeenf□ie□dsforyea□s□butrecentlythereh□dbeentensionam□ngthem.Rumors□fd□sagreeme□tsanda□gumentsdurin□t□e□rip□egantosu□face,le□dinga□thoritiestospeculatewhe□□er□oulp□aywas□nvolved.Eachm□mbe□o□□□egrouph□dadi□ferentstory□otell,andt□einconsistenci□sinthe□ra□countsonlyadd□dtothemysteryofthemissingnine.□/p><□>Inve□ti□atorslearnedthatthegrouphadbeenf□i□ndsf□ry□ars,butrecentlythe□ehadbeente□□i□namongthem.Rum□rsofdisagreements□nd□rgume□ts□urin□thetripbegant□sur□ac□□leadingauth□ri□i□stospeculatewhe□herfoulplay□as□n□□□ved.Ea□hmemberofthe□rouphadadi□ferent□tor□totell□andt□□inc□n□□stenciesin□heir□□c□unt□only□ddedtothemysteryofthe□is□□ngnine.□/p> I□v□stigatorsl□□r□edthat□hegrouphadbeenfriendsforyears,butrecen□lythe□ehadbeentensionamo□g□□em□R□morsofdis□greementsa□dar□um□ntsduringthetripbeg□nto□urfa□e,leadingautho□itiestospec□lat□whetherfoulplaywa□involved.Ea□hmemberofthe□□□u□□ad□differentst□rytot□ll,andt□einconsist□nciesin□heir□cc□u□t□□nlya□d□dtot□emysteryo□themiss□□□nine.□/p> Invest□gatorslearne□thatthegro□phadbe□nf□iendsforyea□s,b□trecen□lythereha□beentensionamongthem.Rumorsofdisag□e□me□tsand□rgumen□sduringth□t□ipbegantosurface,l□ading□u□horitie□□ospeculatewhetherf□ulplaywasinvolve□.Each□e□bero□th□grouphadadiffe□ents□□ryto□ell,and□heinconsistencie□i□theiracco□ntsonlyadded□othemysteryo□t□emis□□ngnin□.