Investi□at□rsle□rnedthatth□g□□u□hadbee□friendsforyears,butr□ce□tlythereha□beente□s□onamongth□□.□□□or□o□□isagreementsandargumentsdu□ing□he□ri□□e□ant□su□□ace,□ea□i□gauthorities□ospecul□tew□et□erf□u□pla□wasinvolve□.Eachmemberoftheg□ouphada□iffe□entstorytotell,andtheinc□nsis□encie□in□heiracc□□ntsonlyaddedt□the□□steryofthem□s□i□gn□ne.<□p□□p>Investigatorslearnedtha□t□egro□p□adbeen□rien□sfory□□rs,□utre□ent□ytherehad□□entensi□namon□them.Rumor□o□di□a□reement□andargumentsdur□ngthetripbega□□os□rface,l□□dingautho□i□ie□tospeculatewhe□herf□u□□laywasinvolved.□achmemberofthegroupha□ad□fferen□storytotell,and□he□ncon□ist□n□iesinthei□accountso□lyaddedtothemy□teryofthemissingnine. In□estigato□slearnedthatthegrou□h□dbeenfri□n□sf□ry□a□s□butrecentl□thereha□bee□tensionam□n□them.Rum□rso□di□ag□□ementsanda□gument□□u□i□gth□□r□pbegantosurfa□e,leading□u□hor□tiestospecu□□tewhetherfoulplaywasinvolve□.Eac□mem□e□ofthegroup□□dadi□fere□t□to□y□otell,□ndthein□□ns□stencie□i□t□eiracco□□ts□□□yaddedtothemysteryofthemissingnine.□□p□ Invest□ga□□□s□ear□edth□□theg□ou□hadbeenfri□ndsforyears,but□ecen□lythe□eha□beentensionamongthem.Rum□rsofdisagr□ements□ndargum□ntsduringthetripbe□an□os□r□ace,□□a□ingauthoritiestospecu□atewhetherfoulplaywasinvolved.Each□emberofthe□rouphadadifferentstorytote□l,andtheinconsi□□enciesin□heiracco□□tso□ly□ddedtoth□mys□e□yo□themis□ingn□ne.<□p> Inve□□igatorslearnedthatthegrouphadbee□friendsfory□a□s,b□trec□□□l□there□adbe□n□ensio□amo□g□□em.R□mo□sofdisa□reement□□ndargumentsduringth□tripbe□antosurface□leadinga□t□orities□ospeculatewhe□herfoul□laywas□nvolved.Eachm□m□eroft□egr□u□□□da□iffere□tstorytotell,andth□inconsistencies□nth□iraccountsonlyaddedtot□emyst□ryofthemi□□ingni□e.