□nvesti□atorslearnedtha□t□□grouph□d□eenf□□endsf□ryears,butrec□ntlythereha□beentensio□am□ngthem.R□morsofdisagreementsan□argumentsdurin□thet□ipbegantosurf□ce,l□adingauthoriti□□t□□pecu□at□wheth□r□oulpla□wasinvol□□□□Eachmemberoft□□□r□uph□dadifferen□sto□□tot□□l,and□heincons□s□en□iesin□□□iracc□u□ts□nlyaddedtothe□yst□ryo□□hemissingnine.□><□>I□v□stigat□rslea□□edthatt□e□rouphadbeenfriend□f□ryears,bu□recently□he□ehadbeente□sio□am□ngthem.Rumorsofdisag□e□mentsandarguments□□ring□hetripb□□antosurf□ce,l□ading□uth□ritiestos□ec□l□tewhetherf□ulplaywas□n□□lved.Eac□memberof□hegrouphadadi□ferentstorytot□ll,andthe□nconsistenci□□intheiraccou□tsonlyadd□□toth□mys□□r□□fth□□issingnine. Inves□igato□slearnedthatthegroup□adb□enfriend□forye□□s,□ut□ecentlyth□rehad□eent□ns□onamongth□m.R□m□rsofdisagreeme□tsandargumentsduringt□etripbe□anto□urface,leadingauthoritiestospecula□e□hetherf□ulplaywasinvolve□.Ea□hmemberofthegrou□h□dadif□erents□ory□o□e□l□a□dthei□□onsistencie□intheiracco□□tson□yadde□toth□□yst□□y□□th□missi□g□ine. Investigatorsl□arnedtha□thegro□phadbeenfrien□sforyears,but□ecentlytherehadbeentens□onamongth□m.Ru□o□sofdisa□reements□□dargumen□□duri□gth□tripbegantosurface,lead□ng□uthoritiestos□ecul□tewhe□herfo□lp□□ywasinvolved.Eachmembe□ofthe□r□up□adadi□□erentstorytotell,a□dtheinconsist□nciesintheiraccountsonlyad□e□tothem□steryofthemissingnine.□/□>□p>Inves□□gatorsle□rned□hat□hegrouphadbee□friendsf□ryea□s,b□tre□□ntlytherehadbeen□ension□mongth□m.Rumorsofdisa□□eemen□san□a□gu□en□sdur□ngthetripbegantosurfa□e,l□adingauthoritiestospe□ulatewhe□herf□u□□□□ywasinv□lve□.Eac□□e□be□ofthegroupha□adiff□r□ntsto□ytotell,andtheinco□sistenciesinth□iracc□untsonlyaddedtothem□steryofthem□ssingni□e.