□nv□stigatorslearnedt□atthe□rou□□adb□en□riendsfo□y□ars,butr□cen□□□ther□h□dbeentensionamongt□em.□um□rs□fdisag□ee□en□sandargum□ntsduri□g□hetri□begantosurface□lea□in□au□horitiestosp□culat□whetherfoulplaywasinvolve□.Ea□hm□mberofthe□rouphad□dif□erentsto□ytot□l□,□ndthei□consistenci□sintheirac□ou□□sonly□ddedtothemys□eryo□□h□miss□ngnine. I□vestigator□learnedthatth□grou□hadbeenfriendsf□ryears,butrecen□lytherehadbeentens□onamongthem.Rumo□□ofdisagree□ents□nda□gu□entsduring□hetri□began□osu□f□ce,l□adin□au□horitiest□specu□□tewhetherfoul□laywasinv□lved.Eachme□berofthe□ro□phadadifferen□□toryt□te□l,an□thei□cons□s□enciesint□eira□counts□nlyaddedtothem□s□e□yofthemissingnine. □nvestiga□orslearnedthatthegroupha□beenfriendsfo□years,butre□ent□y□herehadbee□tens□□nam□ngthem.Ru□□rs□fd□□agr□eme□tsandar□uments□uri□gt□etripb□gantosurface□leadingautho□itie□tos□eculate□hether□oulplayw□sinvolv□d.Eachmemberofthegrouphadadifferentstoryt□tel□,a□d□□eincons□s□enciesintheiracco□□tsonlyadde□tothemy□teryo□t□emis□ingnine.□/p> □n□estigators□e□rnedt□atthegroup□adbe□nfrie□dsfory□□r□,butrecentlyt□erehadbe□ntension□□ongthem.□umor□ofd□sagreem□□tsan□arg□ment□□u□ingth□tri□begantosurf□ce,le□di□□aut□or□ties□ospecula□ewhetherfoulplaywasinvolved□□□chme□berofthegrouph□dadiffere□tstorytotel□,a□dt□einconsistenciesint□eiracco□ntsonlyaddedtothem□s□e□yofthemissin□nin□.