In□□stigatorslearnedthatthegrou□hadbeenfriendsforye□□s,butre□en□lyt□erehadbeent□nsiona□ongthem.Ru□orsofdisagr□emen□sandargumentsduringthetrip□egan□o□ur□ace,□ead□ngauthoritiestospec□latew□□the□□ou□playwasinvolve□.Each□em□e□ofthe□rouphadad□fferen□st□ry□ot□l□,a□dtheinc□□sistenciesintheiraccountsonly□dd□dtot□emyst□ryof□h□mis□ingnine. Inv□stigatorsl□arn□dthatt□egroupha□been□riendsfo□ye□□s,□utrecentlytherehadbeente□siona□ong□hem.Rum□rsofdi□□greem□ntsandargumentsduringthet□ipbegantosurfac□,leadingautho□it□est□specu□atewhetherfou□p□aywasinv□lv□d.Eachmembe□ofthe□r□□pha□□□i□ferentstoryt□t□ll,andtheinc□nsistencies□nthei□a□co□n□sonlyaddedtothemy□t□ryofthemiss□ng□i□e. Investiga□orsle□rnedtha□□he□r□uphad□ee□friendsfor□ea□s,b□trecentlyt□erehadbeen□□ns□ona□on□them.Rumo□sofdisagreeme□tsand□rgumentsduringt□et□ip□□gantosur□ace,lea□ingauthoriti□stospeculatew□etherfoulp□□□wasi□volv□d.Eachm□mbe□ofthe□rouphad□differe□t□to□ytote□l□andtheinconsistenci□□inth□iraccounts□nlyadd□□tothe□yst□r□ofthem□ssingn□ne. Investiga□□rslearnedth□tthegr□uph□d□een□riend□□oryears□butrecen□lyt□e□eh□dbeen□□nsion□mongthe□.Rumors□f□isagr□ementsan□argumentsduri□gthet□ipbegantos□rface□lea□in□a□thoritiestospeculatewhetherfoulplay□asinvolve□.Eachmemberoft□egroupha□adi□f□re□tsto□ytotell,andtheinco□sistenc□esint□eira□cou□□s□n□yaddedto□hem□st□ryofthemi□s□ngnine.