I□vesti□atorslea□nedthatt□egrouphadbeenfri□n□□foryears,butrecentlytherehad□ee□tens□o□amongt□em.Rumorsofdis□□□ee□entsan□arguments□uringthe□r□□beganto□urface,le□di□gau□horities□os□eculatewhe□herfoulpla□wasinvolv□d□Eachm□□bero□the□rouphad□differe□tst□rytotel□□an□theinconsi□tenc□□sint□eiraccountsonl□a□□edtothemyster□ofth□mi□si□gn□ne.<□p> Investigat□□slear□ed□ha□thegr□uphadbeenfriendsforyears,□utrecen□lytherehadbeent□ns□□namo□gthem.Rumorsofdi□□g□eementsa□dar□um□n□□duri□gthetripbega□□os□rf□c□,l□adinga□th□□it□estos□eculat□wh□□he□foul□layw□sinvo□ve□.Eac□□emberofthegro□phada□if□erent□torytotell,andtheinc□nsistenciesintheirac□oun□so□l□addedtothe□ys□er□ofthemissingnine. Investigatorslearnedthat□hegrouphadbeen□riendsfory□□rs,b□trec□n□lyt□erehadbeentensionam□□□the□.Rumo□sof□□□agreeme□tsa□d□r□□□ent□d□□ingthe□□ipb□ganto□□rfa□e,le□dingaut□oritiest□speculate□hetherf□ulplaywasinvolv□d.Eachmember□ftheg□□□phadadifferentstorytotell,□n□thei□consistenciesin□□eira□countsonly□dde□tot□emyste□y□fthem□□singnine. Investigato□slea□□edt□□ttheg□o□p□a□beenfrien□sfory□a□□,bu□recentlytherehadbe□nt□nsionamon□t□em.Ru□orsofdisag□ee□ents□ndargumentsdu□i□gt□etripbeg□nt□surfa□e,l□adingauthoritiest□sp□culatew□ether□□ulp□□ywasinvolved□□a□hmember□ftheg□ou□ha□adiffere□tstorytotel□,an□□he□ncons□stenciesintheira□coun□□onlyaddedtothemys□eryo□themissi□gnine. Investig□tors□earnedthatthegroup□a□bee□f□iend□f□r□ears,□utrecen□l□□here□adbeen□ensiona□ongthem.Rumo□sofd□sagreeme□□sand□□□umentsduringthetrip□e□an□os□rf□ce,leadingautho□ities□ospeculatewhetherfoulplaywa□invo□ved.E□c□me□berofthegrouphadadiff□rents□ory□o□ell,an□theincon□i□tencies□ntheiraccountsonlyad□ed□othemyste□yofthemissingn□ne.