□nv□□tigatorslear□edth□tthe□□oup□adbeenf□iendsfor□ear□,butrec□n□lythereha□beentens□onam□ngthe□.Rumo□□o□disa□reementsandargumen□sdu□ing□□e□ripbeganto□urface,leadingauthor□ties□ospe□□la□ewheth□rfoulplaywasinvolved.Eac□memberofthegrouph□dadi□f□rent□t□rytotell,and□heinconsi□t□ncie□in□heiraccoun□s□□□y□□dedtot□□myster□o□themissingnine.□> I□v□s□□gatorslearnedthatthe□rouphadbe□nfriendsf□ry□ars,bu□re□entlyther□ha□beent□nsio□amongthem.R□□o□sofdis□gre□mentsandar□umentsdu□ing□hetripbegantosurface,leadi□gauthoritiestospe□□l□tewh□th□r□ou□pl□ywasinvo□□e□.Eachmemberoftheg□ouph□da□i□fe□en□storytotell,andtheincon□is□enciesinth□ira□countsonly□d□e□tothemys□e□y□□themissingnin□. Investig□to□□learnedthat□hegrouphadbeenfriends□o□ye□r□,butrecentlytherehadb□entensionamongthem.Rum□rsofdisagreementsa□dar□u□en□sdur□□gthetr□pb□ganto□urfac□□l□ading□□thor□tiesto□pecul□te□□ether□ou□playwas□nvolved.Ea□h□embe□ofthegrouphad□differentstoryto□e□l,an□th□incons□sten□iesi□t□□i□account□only□ddedtothemy□teryofth□□i□sing□ine.<□□□ Inves□igatorsl□□□nedthatthegr□uphadbeen□riendsf□ryears,butr□ce□tlytherehadbee□te□s□□namongthem□R□morsofdisag□eem□ntsan□argumentsduri□gt□etri□begantosurf□ce,leadingauthoriti□stospeculate□□et□er□oul□lay□as□nvolved.Eachm□mberofthegrouphadad□□f□rentsto□ytotell,andtheincons□s□e□ciesin□heira□c□untso□lya□d□dtot□emystery□fthemissingnine.□> Investigatorsl□□r□edthatthegroup□a□b□enfr□e□dsforyears,but□ecentl□therehadbeentens□onamong□hem.□umors□fdisagreement□□ndargumentsduringth□tripbegantosu□f□ce,leadi□gautho□i□iestospe□ulatew□□th□r□ou□play□asin□olved.Ea□hmemb□roftheg□ouphadadiffe□□ntstor□totell,andtheinconsis□□n□iesi□t□eir□ccount□onlyaddedtot□e□ysteryof□h□missing□ine. In□estigator□lear□e□that□hegro□phadbe□nfriendsfo□y□ars,bu□recentl□th□rehadbeentensionamongthe□.R□□□rsof□i□a□□□eme□tsanda□gumentsduringthet□ipbegantosurface,□eadi□□author□tiestospeculate□□etherf□ulplaywasinvolv□d.Eachmem□erofth□group□adadiffere□tstorytotell,a□dth□inc□nsistencies□n□□eir□ccountson□ya□dedtothemyste□yofthemissingni□e.