Inv□stigatorslearnedthatthegrouphadbeenfri□□dsforyea□s,butrec□□tl□ther□h□□b□e□□ens□on□mongthem.Rumors□fdi□agr□em□nts□□dargume□tsduringthetripbegantosurfac□,lea□i□gaut□oritiestospec□latew□etherfoulp□□ywas□nv□lved□Ea□hmemberofthegrouphadadi□fe□□□tstory□otel□,a□dthe□nconsistenci□sinthe□rac□ou□t□□nlyadded□othemysteryofthemissingnin□.<□p>□p>Investigato□sl□arnedthat□hegroupha□□eenfriendsforyears,b□□□ec□ntlyth□rehadbee□ten□i□namongthem.Rumorsof□is□greementsa□da□gumen□sdurin□t□e□ri□□egan□o□u□face,leadingauthoritiestospeculat□wheth□□foulpla□w□sinvol□ed.Eachm□m□e□ofthegro□phadadiffer□ntstorytotell,□nd□heinco□sis□enci□s□nth□ir□□c□untsonlyadded□oth□m□□t□ryo□themissingnin□. Inve□tigatorsl□□□nedthatthe□roupha□be□nf□i□ndsfo□years□but□ece□tlytherehadbeentensi□nam□ngthem.Rumorsofdi□agreementsanda□gumentsduringthetr□pbegantosurfac□,lead□□gaut□oriti□stospeculatewhetherfo□lplaywasinvol□ed.Ea□h□e□b□r□□thegrouphadad□ffere□tstorytote□l,andt□einc□ns□stenciesinthei□ac□□untsonlyadde□tothemy□teryofthe□issingnine□ In□□stigatorsle□rn□□thatth□groupha□beenfriendsforyears,b□trecentlytherehadbeentensionamong□hem□Rumorsof□isagreem□n□san□argumentsdu□ingthe□ripbeg□n□osurfac□,l□adi□ga□tho□ities□o□peculatewhetherfo□lpla□wa□invol□ed.Eac□mem□e□ofth□grouphadadi□fere□tstoryt□t□ll,and□heinconsistenc□es□ntheira□countsonl□added□ot□emystery□□themiss□ngnine.□/□□ I□vestigatorslear□edtha□thegroup□adbeenfri□nds□oryears□bu□rece□tlytherehadbeentensionamo□gthem.□u□o□sofdisagr□e□e□ts□□d□□□ume□tsduringthetri□bega□t□□ur□ac□,□□ad□n□□uth□rities□ospeculatew□etherfo□lpla□was□nvo□ved.Ea□hmemberofthegrouphad□differentstorytot□l□,andtheinconsi□tenci□sintheiraccoun□son□yadde□tothemys□eryofth□missingnine.