I□v□stig□t□rsle□rnedt□atthegrou□hadbee□f□iends□oryears□butre□entlythereh□dbeentension□□□ngthem.R□morsofdisagreement□anda□□□ment□duri□g□h□t□ipbegantosu□face□l□adingauthorities□ospecu□ate□hethe□foul□lay□asinvolved.□achmemb□rofthe□ro□□hadadif□erentstorytotell,□□dtheinconsi□tencies□nth□i□accountsonl□a□dedtothemys□eryofth□mi□singnin□. Investigator□lear□edthatthegrouphadbeenfri□ndsforyea□s,bu□rec□nt□ythereha□□eentensio□am□ngthem.R□mors□fd□sagr□□ment□a□darguments□uringt□etri□beg□n□osurfa□e,□□ading□uthoritiesto□p□culate□hether□oulplaywasinvolved□□achm□mberofthegrouphadadifferentstorytotell,□ndthei□co□sistenciesintheir□c□□untsonl□addedt□them□steryofthemissing□i□□.<□p>□p>I□vest□gatorslearnedtha□th□g□□uphadbeenfriends□□ry□□rs,butrecentlythe□□h□db□entensio□amon□them.Rumors□fdis□greementsandargumentsdu□□ngthetripb□□ant□surface□□□ad□n□□utho□i□ie□tospeculate□□□the□fo□lp□ay□asinvolv□d.Eachmemberofthe□r□up□adadiffer□□tstorytotell,andthei□c□□si□tenci□sinthe□ra□c□untson□yad□edtothemysteryofthem□ssingnine.<□p□ I□vestiga□orsle□rnedthatthegro□phadbee□friends□oryears,butrecentl□therehadbee□tensionamongthem.R□morsofdisa□re□me□tsand□rgu□en□sduringt□□tri□beg□ntosurfac□,leadingauthorit□e□to□peculate□hethe□fou□playw□s□nv□lved.Eachmemb□r□f□heg□ouphadadiffere□tstory□otel□,and□heinconsistenci□s□nthe□raccounts□nlya□dedtothemy□te□yofthemissingn□ne. <□□In□estiga□orsl□ar□ed□hatt□egrouphad□ee□friendsfo□□ear□,bu□□□centlytherehadbeenten□i□nam□ngthem.□umor□ofdi□agr□□mentsandargu□entsduringt□e□ripb□gantosu□fac□,l□adingautho□itiestospecul□tew□etherfo□lplaywas□nvolved.□achmember□ftheg□ouphad□diffe□en□st□r□totel□,and□heinconsis□en□iesintheirac□ountsonlyaddedtothe□ysteryoft□emiss□ngnine.<□□>