□n□□stigatorsle□rnedthatthegro□phadb□enf□ie□dsfor□ears□but□ecentlyt□ereha□beenten□□onamongthem.Rumo□sofd□s□greementsandargumentsd□ringthe□ripbe□an□osurface,le□dingaut□o□iti□□tosp□culat□wheth□rfoulp□aywasinvolv□d□Eachme□b□rofthegrouphadadiffe□ents□orytotell,andth□incons□stencie□intheiracc□untsonlyaddedt□themy□teryof□he□issi□gnine.□/p> I□vestigato□slearnedthatthegrouphadbe□nfrien□sforyears,bu□recentlyt□ereha□be□ntensio□am□□gthem.Rumorso□□isagreeme□tsandargument□duri□gthet□ipbe□□ntosurface□lea□ingaut□□ri□iestospeculatewhether□oul□laywas□nvolved□Ea□hmem□erofthegrouphada□iffer□□t□tory□ote□l,andthe□nc□nsis□enciesintheiraccoun□sonly□ddedtot□emysteryofthemis□in□ni□□.□/p>□p>Inv□st□gatorsle□r□e□thatth□group□adb□enfriendsf□rye□rs,butrece□tlyther□hadbeentensi□namongt□em.Ru□o□sofdisagreement□andargume□tsduringt□etripb□g□ntosurface,lead□ngau□horit□estospecu□atewh□□h□r□oulpl□y□asinvolved.□achmemberofth□grouphada□ifferentstorytotell□and□he□nconsistenciesintheiraccountso□ly□□□ed□othe□ysteryoft□emissingnine.□□p>□p>Inv□stigat□rs□ea□ne□thatthe□roup□adbeenfriendsforyears□b□□r□cent□ythere□adbe□ntensi□□a□□ngthem.R□□o□sofdisagr□emen□□andargume□tsduring□het□ipbegantosurface,leadin□aut□or□□□□□to□pe□ulatewhetherfoulplay□□s□n□olved.Eachm□mbe□oft□egroup□ada□i□fere□tstor□t□□e□l□□n□theinconsistenc□e□□ntheiracco□ntsonlyad□e□tothemy□tery□□themissingnine.□> Inv□stigatorslea□ned□ha□the□rouph□dbee□friendsforyea□s,bu□rec□ntlytherehadbeent□nsiona□ong□hem.Rumor□ofdisag□ee□□n□sand□rgument□duringthetripbega□tosurface,leadingaut□ori□□es□□specu□at□whethe□foulplaywasinvo□□ed.Eachmembero□the□rouphadadifferen□storytotel□,and□heincon□is□enci□sintheiraccoun□sonl□addedtothemysteryo□themissi□gnine.