□nve□tigatorsl□□rnedthat□hegrouphadb□enfri□ndsforye□rs,butrecent□y□herehadbee□□ensionamongthem.Rum□rsofdi□agreementsandargum□ntsduringthetr□p□eg□□tosu□face□□eading□uth□ritiest□sp□culatewhet□erfoulplaywasinv□lved.Eachmemberof□□egrouphadadif□erentst□r□t□□e□□,□ndth□inconsistenciesinthei□a□□ountsonlyadded□othemy□tery□fthem□ssingni□e. Inv□stigato□□lea□nedth□tthegrouphadbeenfrien□sforyea□s,butrecent□yther□hadbeent□□sionamongthem.Rumors□fdisag□□eme□tsa□□ar□uments□u□in□thetripbegantosurface,leadinga□thoritie□to□pecu□at□whe□herfo□l□la□wasinvolved.E□chmember□ft□egro□□had□differentstorytotell,and□□ei□□ons□stenciesi□theiraccountso□ly□dded□□themysteryofthemiss□ngni□e.□> I□vestigatorslear□□dthatthegroupha□□□enfriendsforyears,□□trecentlyt□□reha□beentensionam□ngthem.Rumorsofdisa□reementsandargument□duringthetripbegantosur□ace,leadingau□hor□ti□stospecul□tewhethe□foulpl□ywasinvolved.Eachmemb□r□fthegrouphad□differentsto□yt□tell,□□dthei□con□istenci□sintheiraccou□tsonlyadd□d□o□h□my□teryofthe□is□ingnine. In□e□ti□at□r□lear□ed□hatthegro□phadbeenfriendsforye□□s,but□□centl□th□rehadbeen□ensionam□ngthem.Rumorsof□i□agreeme□tsan□ar□umentsduringth□t□ipbe□antos□rface,leadin□autho□it□e□tospeculat□whetherfoulplaywasinvo□ve□.Eachmemberofthegrouphadadiffer□ntstorytot□□l,andtheincon□i□te□□iesi□theiracc□untson□ya□de□tot□em□ster□of□hemis□ingni□□.