Investigatorslearnedthatthegrou□hadbeenfri□nd□fo□y□ars,butrecen□lytherehadbeente□siona□o□g□hem.R□mo□sofdisagreemen□sand□rgumentsd□ringthetr□pbeg□ntosu□face,l□adinga□t□orities□o□□eculatewh□th□r□oulplaywasin□olve□.Eachm□mberoft□egrouphada□iffer□ntstorytot□ll,andtheinconsist□nciesinthei□□ccoun□sonlyaddedtothemysteryofthe□□ssingnine. Inv□st□g□torslearned□hatthegrouph□dbee□fri□n□□fory□ars,butr□ce□tly□hereha□beentens□o□amongthem.Rumorsofdisag□e□mentsandarguments□□ringth□tr□□be□□nto□ur□ace,leadinga□t□or□tiest□sp□culatew□e□herfoulp□□ywas□nv□lved.Each□e□□er□fthegrou□hadadiffe□□n□storytote□l,andthei□consis□enciesin□heir□cco□ntsonlyaddedtothe□ysteryofth□□issi□gnine. □nve□tigatorsle□rnedthatthegro□phadbeenfriendsforyears,□utre□ently□herehadbe□nt□□siona□□n□them.Rumors□□disag□eementsandarg□□entsd□ringthetr□pbegan□osurface,□□a□□ngauthor□tiestospeculatewhetherf□ul□l□ywasin□olved.Eachm□mberof□hegro□phada□iffer□ntstoryt□tell□andtheincons□stenciesintheirac□oun□sonlya□dedtothemyste□yo□them□ssin□nine. □□vest□gatorslea□□edthatthegroupha□been□rien□sforyears□but□ecentlythe□ehad□een□ensiona□ongt□em.Ru□orsofdisagr□em□□tsa□dargument□□uring□□e□ri□bega□tosurface,□ead□ngauthorit□estospe□ulat□□hetherfo□□playwasinv□lved.Each□embe□of□h□group□adadiff□rentstorytotell,a□□theinconsistenci□sintheir□ccountsonl□addedtoth□mys□eryofthe□issingnine.