Investigator□l□ar□edthat□hegrouphadbeenfri□nds□□□yea□s,butrecent□ythereha□beent□nsiona□ong□hem.Ru□orso□d□sag□ee□entsandar□umentsduri□g□hetripbegantosurface,l□adingauth□r□tiestos□□cul□t□wh□therfoulplaywasinvolved.Ea□hm□mberofthe□r□uphadadiffer□ntstoryto□ell,an□th□inc□nsistenciesi□t□eiraccountso□lya□ded□othemysteryofthem□s□□n□□in□. □nvestigatorslearnedthatthegrouphadbeenfr□ends□o□yea□s,butr□cen□ly□hereha□beentens□onamongthem.□umo□sofdisag□eeme□tsa□d□□gumentsdur□ngth□tri□□egantosurfa□□,leadinga□□ho□□□iest□s□ecu□atewhetherfoulplaywasinv□lv□d.Eachmem□erofthegrouphadad□f□e□ents□orytot□ll□andt□einconsisten□iesintheira□countsonlya□ded□othem□ster□oft□emissingn□ne. Inve□tigatorslearn□□thatthe□rou□hadbeenfriendsfo□y□a□□□butr□ce□tly□here□adbeent□□sionamongth□m□□umor□o□disagreementsan□argumentsduringthetripbegantos□□face□leading□□thorit□est□□peculatewhe□herfoulplaywasinvolved.Each□e□b□rofthegrouphadadiff□r□ntstorytotel□,andthe□□consistenciesinth□iraccountso□lya□□edt□them□ster□ofthemis□ingn□ne. I□vestigatorslearnedthat□hegroup□a□beenfriendsforyears,but□ecentlytherehadbeentension□mon□them.Rumo□□of□□□agreeme□□s□nda□g□ments□uri□g□□etripbegantosurface,□□□ding□uthoritiestospeculatewhethe□foulpl□□w□sinv□l□ed.Eachmem□erof□h□grouph□da□ifferentstorytotell,a□dthein□onsistenciesinth□iraccounts□nl□addedtothemy□t□r□ofthemissingnine. Inve□t□gatorsl□□rn□dthatth□g□□uphad□ee□friendsfory□a□s□butrecentl□the□e□ad□eentension□m□ngthem.Ru□or□ofd□s□greementsanda□gum□ntsduringt□e□ripbegantosur□ace,leadin□authoritiestos□ecul□tewh□therfoulp□aywasinvol□□d.E□c□member□fthegro□□ha□□□ifferent□□orytote□l□andthein□onsi□tencies□n□heiraccounts□nly□□de□tothemy□t□r□ofthem□ssingnine.<□p>