Investig□torslear□ed□□atth□grouphadbeenfriendsfory□ars,butre□e□tlythere□adb□entensionamon□them.Rum□rsof□isag□eementsandargumentsduringt□etripbe□antosurface,leadingauthori□iest□speculatewhetherfoulpl□□wa□inv□□ved.Eachmembe□o□th□gr□up□adadi□fe□e□tstorytotell□a□dth□i□cons□s□enci□s□nth□iraccountsonly□dd□dto□hemysteryofthemi□singnine.<□p> Inves□iga□ors□□arnedt□atthegrou□hadbeen□ri□ndsfo□ye□rs,butre□entlytherehadb□□□tensionamongthem.□umor□ofdisagre□mentsandargum□nts□uri□□th□tr□pbega□tosurfac□,leadingaut□oritiest□□peculate□hetherfou□playwasin□□□ved.E□chm□□b□rofthegrouphad□dif□erent□□or□totell,□n□thei□co□si□tencie□intheiraccounts□nlyadd□dt□them□steryofthem□ss□ngnine.<□p><□□Investigat□rs□□ar□edthatthegro□phadbeenf□ien□□□ory□ar□,□utre□entlyther□hadbeenten□ionamongthem.Rumors□□disagreem□ntsandargumentsd□ringthetripbeg□ntosurface,l□adin□□uth□ritiest□specu□□tew□□ther□oulplaywasi□v□lved.□□c□me□berofthe□r□u□hada□iffer□nt□t□□ytotel□,andthein□ons□s□enciesinthe□ra□c□un□s□nl□addedt□themystery□fth□missin□ni□e.□> I□vestigatorslearnedthatthegroup□adbeenf□i□□d□foryears,butrec□n□lythe□ehadbeentensio□□mong□hem.Rumorsofdisagreements□ndar□u□entsdu□ingthetripbegantos□rface,lead□ngau□h□□it□e□tospeculatewhetherfoulplaywa□inv□□□e□.E□chmem□ero□theg□ouphadad□□ferentstoryt□t□ll,andth□incons□ste□ciesin□heiracc□untsonlyadd□dtothem□st□□yofth□missin□nine. Investi□□torslearnedthatthegroup□adbeenfri□ndsfo□yea□□,butrecentlyther□h□dbeente□sio□amongthem□Rumorsofdisagree□entsa□dar□u□□ntsdur□ngthetrip□eg□ntos□rface,leadingauthor□□ies□ospecu□atewhethe□foulplayw□sinvolv□□.Eachme□berofthegro□pha□adifferentstorytotell,a□dtheinconsis□encies□ntheiraccountsonlyaddedtothem□st□ryofthemi□s□ngn□ne.