Investigatorslearne□tha□th□g□ouphadbeenfr□ends□or□ea□s,but□□centlytherehadbe□ntensionamon□t□em.□umorsofdisag□eementsanda□gum□□ts□uri□gthe□ripbegantosurf□ce,lead□ngauthoritiestospeculatewhet□erfoul□laywasinv□lved.Eachmemberofthegrouphadadiff□rent□tor□t□□ell,andthei□cons□stenciesintheiracc□u□tsonlyadde□toth□mysteryofthemissingnine. Inve□□igatorslea□n□dt□atthegrouphadb□en□riend□f□ryears,b□trece□tlythereha□beentensionam□□g□hem.□□morsofd□sagre□mentsandargumen□□□uringt□et□ipbeg□ntosurf□ce□l□ad□ngaut□oritiestosp□cula□e□h□therfoulplaywasinvol□ed□E□chme□be□o□□hegro□□ha□adif□er□ntstorytotell,a□dtheinconsistenc□esint□e□raccoun□so□lyaddedt□□hem□steryofthemi□sin□nine.□> In□estigatorslearne□□hatth□□ro□phadbeenfriendsf□ry□ars,bu□r□ce□tlythere□a□beentensionamongth□m.Ru□orsof□i□agreement□andargum□ntsdu□ing□h□tripbe□antos□rface,l□adingauthoritiestosp□c□l□tewh□□□□rfoulplaywasinvolved.Eachm□□be□ofthegro□p□adadiffer□ntstorytotell,□ndthe□ncons□stenciesi□th□iracc□untsonl□addedtothemysteryo□the□issin□nine.<□p> Investigatorsle□rnedt□atthegro□phadb□enfriendsforye□rs,bu□□ecen□lythe□ehadbe□ntensionamon□them.Rumorsofdisagreementsandargumentsdurin□t□et□ip□e□□ntosurface□leadingauth□ri□i□s□ospe□ulatewhetherf□□lp□a□wa□□nvolved.Eachmem□e□oftheg□ou□hadadiffer□nts□orytotel□,andth□i□consiste□ciesi□thei□a□c□untso□□□adde□tot□emysteryo□themissi□gnine. Invest□□atorslearnedthatthegroupha□b□enfriendsfor□ea□s,□utrec□ntlyt□□rehadbe□ntensio□am□ngthem.Rumors□fdisagr□ement□anda□gume□tsduring□he□r□□began□os□rfa□□,leadingautho□ities□ospeculatewh□the□f□□l□lay□□□involved.Eachmemb□rof□□□gro□□hadadiff□rentstor□totell,andt□□incons□sten□iesintheiraccountson□ya□dedto□h□mys□eryofthemissi□gnin□. I□ves□igatorslea□n□d□hatthe□rou□h□dbeenfr□e□dsf□□y□ars,□□tr□cent□□therehadb□□ntensionamongthem.Rumors□fdis□g□eement□andargumentsduringthetripbega□tosur□ac□,le□□□ngauthorities□o□peculatewhethe□□oulplaywasinvo□ved.E□c□me□be□ofthegrouphadadiffe□ent□to□ytote□l□andtheinco□sistenc□esinthe□rac□ount□onl□a□de□□othem□stery□f□hemissingnine.