In□□□tiga□orslearne□that□hegr□uphadbeenfriendsfory□□rs□butrecentlyth□rehadbeen□e□sion□□ongthem.Rumorsofdisag□eem□ntsandarg□mentsdurin□thet□ipbe□antosurface,leadi□gau□hori□iestospec□lat□□he□herfoulpl□ywasi□v□lv□□□E□ch□ember□fthegrou□ha□ad□fferent□to□yt□tell,a□dth□inco□sistenciesin□he□racco□n□sonlyaddedtothem□st□r□ofth□missi□g□□ne□<□p> I□v□stigatorsl□arnedthatthegrouphadbeenfr□e□dsforyears,butr□cent□yt□ereha□been□en□i□namo□gthem□□umorsof□isagreementsand□□gumentsduri□gthe□□□pb□ga□tosur□ace,l□□ding□uthorit□esto□pe□ula□ewhetherfo□lpla□w□sinvolved.Eachmemb□rofthe□rouphadadifferentst□ry□otell,andtheincon□istencie□i□□heiraccountso□lyad□edt□t□□m□steryofthe□issingn□ne. I□vestigatorslearnedthatth□grouph□□beenfriendsfory□□r□,b□□recentl□therehadbeen□en□ionamo□gthem□R□m□□sofdisagreementsandarg□men□sdu□□ngt□etripbe□□ntosu□face□le□dingauth□ritiest□spec□latewhether□oulplaywasin□o□ved.Eachme□b□rofth□grouphadadifferen□storyt□tel□,a□dtheinconsistencies□ntheir□c□ountsonlyaddedtothemystery□□th□missingnine.<□p>□p>Inve□□igato□slearn□□tha□thegrouphadb□enfriendsfor□ear□,b□tr□centlythere□ad□eentensi□namon□them.Rumorsofdisagreementsa□dar□uments□uringthetripb□ganto□urfa□e,□eadingauthoritiestosp□culatewhetherf□ulplaywasin□ol□ed.□ach□e□□ero□thegro□□□a□adiff□rentstorytotell,andthei□co□sistenciesinthei□acco□ntsonlyaddedtothemysteryofthemissingnine. Investigatorslearnedt□□tt□egrouphadbe□□friend□f□ryears,□u□□□centlyt□erehadb□e□tensionam□n□them.Ru□ors□fdisagreements□nda□guments□urin□□h□□ripbeg□□tosurface□l□a□inga□thoritiestospeculatewheth□r□oulpl□ywasinvolved.Ea□hmemberof□□eg□oupha□adiffere□ts□orytotell,an□theinconsis□e□□iesinthe□racc□u□tsonlyadded□othemys□eryofthemissingni□e.□>