Investigatorslearnedthatthegrouphad□ee□friendsfo□years,butrecentlyt□ere□adbeenten□io□am□ngthem□□um□rsofd□sagreementsandarg□me□tsduri□□thetripbe□antosurf□ce,□eadin□a□thor□ti□s□ospeculatewhetherfoulplayw□sinvolved.Eachmemberofthe□ro□phadadi□ferentstorytotell,□ndt□□in□on□isten□i□sinthei□acco□n□sonl□adde□□□themys□eryofthemissingnine. Invest□ga□or□□earnedthatthegroupha□□eenfr□endsforyears,butrece□□ly□h□reh□□beentensiona□ongthem.Rumorsofdis□gr□em□ntsand□rg□mentsd□□ingth□trip□□g□n□o□u□face,lead□ngaut□oritiestospeculatewheth□rfo□□pla□was□nvolved.□ach□emberofthegrouphad□differ□ntstoryt□tell,and□heinconsi□□□nciesinthe□ra□□oun□sonl□ad□edtothemyste□□ofthem□ssingnine□<□p> In□estig□torslearnedtha□thegrou□had□e□nfriendsfory□□rs,but□□centl□thereha□□e□□tensionamongthe□.□umors□□d□□a□reemen□sandar□umentsduring□hetr□p□egant□surfa□□,l□adingauth□ritiestospe□ulatewhetherfoulp□aywasinvolv□d.Eachmemberof□heg□o□phadadiffere□□st□□yt□tel□,□nd□heinc□nsistenciesintheira□cou□ts□n□ya□dedtothem□ster□ofthemissingnine. Inv□stigatorsle□rn□dthatthegroupha□be□□f□iendsfo□ye□rs,□utrecentl□there□ad□e□ntensionamo□gthem.□umor□of□□sagreements□ndarg□men□s□uring□hetripbegantosurface,lea□inga□thoritiestospe□ulatewhethe□fo□□pla□wasi□volved.Eac□□□mberofthegrou□ha□adiffe□□nt□torytotell,an□□heinconsi□tenciesintheiraccount□□n□□addedto□hemysteryofthemissingnine.<□p> Investiga□orslearnedthatthegrouph□dbeenfrien□sfor□ea□s,bu□rec□ntl□therehadbeenten□ionamo□gthem.R□morso□disa□□ee□entsand□rg□mentsdur□□gthetripbegant□surface,l□adingaut□oritie□tospeculatewhetherfoulp□a□wasinvolved□Eac□membe□□f□hegrouph□□adifferentsto□ytotell,and□hei□□onsisten□ies□ntheiraccount□onlyaddedtoth□□yst□ry□fthemi□singn□ne.