Inv□□□igatorsl□arnedthat□hegro□phadbeenfri□nd□fo□years,butrecently□□ereh□db□entensiona□ong□hem.R□mor□of□isagreementsand□r□□m□nts□□r□ngthe□ripb□gantosurface,leadin□a□tho□itiesto□pecul□□ew□□□□erfoulpl□ywasinvolved.Eachmemberofthegrouphada□□ffer□ntst□rytotell,and□heinconsisten□iesin□heiracco□nts□n□yad□edtoth□myst□ryofthemiss□ngnine. Investig□□□r□learned□h□tthe□□o□□hadbeenfriendsfo□y□a□s,butrecent□yt□e□eh□dbee□t□nsio□a□ongthem.Rum□□sofd□sagr□□mentsandargumentsdur□ngthetri□begantosurfa□□,leadi□gauth□ri□iestospeculatewhet□erfo□□playwasin□o□ved.Eachmem□erofthegrouphadadiffer□ntst□□yt□te□l,andth□i□consistenciesintheira□countson□yaddedtothemysteryofth□missingni□e. Investi□a□orslea□n□d□ha□thegroupha□be□nf□iendsforyears□b□trec□□tl□therehadbe□ntensionamongthem□Rumors□fdi□ag□eementsandargumentsduringthetripb□ganto□urface□l□adingauth□ritie□to□pe□ulate□hetherfo□lpla□w□sinvolv□□.Eachmembe□oft□egrouphadad□fferents□o□ytotell,an□theincon□□sten□i□s□n□heiraccountsonlya□dedt□the□□steryoft□□missing□ine.□/p> □p>Investigators□earnedthatthegro□ph□dbeen□riendsforye□rs,b□□recen□ly□herehadbee□ten□io□a□ongthem.Rumorsofd□sagr□e□e□ts□nd□rgu□en□sd□ring□he□ripb□gantosu□face,le□□ingauthor□tiestospeculatew□etherfoul□laywasinv□lved□Eachmemberofthegrouphad□di□□er□ntstorytotell,an□thein□onsi□tenc□esintheira□co□nts□n□□a□d□dtothemysteryofth□missingnin□□□> □nv□s□igatorslearnedthatth□g□o□phadbeenfri□ndsforyea□s,bu□□ecentlyther□h□dbe□ntensiona□ongth□□.Rumorsofdis□□□eementsandargumentsduring□□e□rip□□gantosu□f□ce,leadingautho□itiesto□pe□ulatewhetherfoulp□aywa□involved.□a□h□□mbe□ofthe□rouphadadiffe□entstorytotell,□n□the□ncons□st□□ciesintheirac□oun□□onlyadd□□tothemyster□oft□emiss□ngnine.<□p>