Inv□sti□□□□rslearn□dthatthegr□□phadbeenfrie□ds□oryears,butrece□tly□hereh□dbeentensi□namo□gthem.□umor□ofdisagreement□andargument□duringthetr□pbegan□osurface,le□dingaut□o□itiestospec□la□□whetherfoulplaywasinvol□e□.Eachmember□fthegrou□□ada□iffer□ntstor□totell,andtheinc□n□iste□□iesin□he□r□c□oun□s□nlyaddedt□th□□ysteryof□hemissingnine.□>□p>I□vestigators□earne□thatthegroupha□beenfriendsforye□rs,butrecentlythere□adbeente□□io□a□□ngthem.Rum□rsofdisagre□mentsandarg□mentsduringt□et□ipbegant□sur□ac□,l□adingaut□oritiest□□pecul□tewh□the□foulpla□wasinvolved.Eachme□ber□□t□egr□uphadadifferen□storytot□ll,a□dtheinconsis□enc□esi□theiraccountsonlyadde□to□hemysteryofth□□issingn□ne.□><□□□nvestigat□rslearn□dthat□heg□ou□hadb□□□friendsf□ryears,bu□rec□ntlythereha□be□nten□□onamongth□m.Rumor□of□□sagreementsandargumen□sd□ri□□thetripbe□an□□s□rface,leading□ut□ori□iesto□□ec□latewhetherf□ulplaywasin□olve□.Eachmemberofthegrou□□ada□iff□rentstorytotell,andtheinco□sistenciesintheiracc□untsonlyadd□d□□□hemysteryofthemiss□ngnine.□/p□ Inve□ti□atorslearne□thatthegroupha□beenfri□nd□forye□r□,butr□centlyth□reh□dbeentensio□am□ngthem.R□mo□s□fdisagr□e□entsa□□argument□□uringthetripbegantosurfa□□,l□adin□aut□orit□e□to□peculatewhetherf□ulplaywasinvolve□.Eachmemberofthegrou□had□dif□e□□ntst□ryt□tell,andtheinconsi□t□ncies□ntheiraccountson□yaddedtothemy□t□□y□f□he□is□in□□ine.