I□ve□tigatorslear□edthatth□grouphadbeenfrien□sfo□yea□s,butrec□ntlyth□□ehadbe□nten□ionamon□them.R□morsofdisagreement□□n□argumentsd□rin□thetripbeganto□urface,leadi□gauthoriti□s□ospeculate□□e□h□rf□u□pl□ywa□i□vo□ved□Each□embe□oft□egroupha□adiff□rentstorytotel□,a□□□heinconsis□en□ie□intheiracco□n□s□nlyadde□tothemysteryofthemissingnine. Investigatorslearn□dthatthegrouphadbeen□ri□ndsforyears,butrecentlytherehadb□entensiona□ongthem.Rumorsofdisagr□emen□sandarg□□ent□during□hetr□p□egantosurface,leadin□authorit□□□tospec□latewh□therfoulp□aywas□nvolved□Eachmem□e□ofthegrouphadadiff□r□n□sto□ytotell□and□h□i□consisten□□□sintheiraccount□on□yadded□othemystery□f□hemiss□□gnine. In□esti□atorslea□nedthatthegr□uph□□beenf□i□ndsfo□□ears□butrecentlythe□□hadbeentensio□amongthem.Rumorsofdisagreementsa□□a□□u□entsdur□ngt□□tr□□begantosurface,leadingauthor□ti□stospe□ulate□hetherfou□pl□ywasinvo□ved.□ach□e□□erofthe□ro□phadadifferent□torytotell□□ndthei□co□□istenciesi□the□rac□o□nt□onlyaddedt□□hem□steryofthemiss□ngnin□. In□esti□atorslearnedthatthegrouphadb□enfri□□□□for□ears,but□ec□n□lythereha□bee□tensi□□amongthem.R□morsofdisagreementsanda□gumentsduringthetripbega□tosurfac□,le□dingauthoritiestos□eculatewhetherfoul□layw□sinvol□ed.Eac□memb□□ofth□grou□hadadi□ferentstory□otell,a□dtheinconsisten□iesintheiraccountsonl□added□othemyst□r□o□□□emiss□ngnine.