Investigat□□sl□arnedth□tthegroupha□beenfrie□dsfor□ears□butrec□ntl□there□ad□e□ntensionamo□g□hem.Rumor□□fdisagreementsandargumentsduri□gthe□ripbe□a□to□urf□ce,□□adingauthorit□estospecu□atewheth□□foulplaywasin□olved.Each□embe□of□hegrou□ha□adi□fer□ntstorytotell,andthe□nc□nsi□tenciesinth□iraccou□tsonl□add□dto□h□mysteryo□the□issingnine.<□p> Inve□tigat□rslearnedt□□tthegrou□hadbee□fri□□□□forye□rs,b□trec□ntlytherehadb□entensionam□ngthe□.Rum□r□of□isagre□mentsand□rgume□□s□urin□t□et□i□begantos□□face,leadingauthorit□e□t□speculatewhe□herfo□lplaywasin□olved.Eachmemberofthegro□phad□□iffer□ntst□ryt□tel□,an□theinconsistencie□intheiraccountsonlyadde□tothemysteryofth□missi□gnine. In□estig□torslearnedtha□t□e□ro□□ha□□eenfrien□sforyears,butrecentlytherehadbeen□ensionamongt□em.Rumorsofdisagr□eme□tsand□□□umentsdu□ingth□tripbegan□osurfa□e,leading□□tho□itiesto□peculatewhether□oulpla□□asinv□lv□□.Each□emberofthegrou□□adadiffer□ntstorytot□l□,andthei□consi□tenci□sintheira□countsonlyaddedtothemysteryoft□emis□□ng□ine.
I□ves□igatorslearnedthattheg□ouphadbeenfri□nds□orye□rs,butr□ce□tl□th□r□□a□beent□□siona□ong□h□□.Rumor□ofdisag□e□□entsan□□rgu□ent□duringthetr□pbe□ant□surf□ce,□□a□ingauth□r□tie□tospe□ulat□wh□therfo□lplaywasin□olv□d.Eac□memberofthegrou□□a□a□i□□erentst□rytotel□,andth□in□onsi□□enciesinth□i□a□□o□n□sonl□adde□t□themysteryof□h□missin□ni□e.□/p>