Investigatorslearne□thatthegroupha□been□r□endsforye□rs,butrecentlyth□reha□beenten□i□□□mo□gth□m.Rumors□fdisagre□ments□ndargum□ntsdu□ingthetripbega□tosurface,leadinga□thoriti□st□sp□culatewh□t□□rfo□lplaywasinvo□ved□Eachmemberoftheg□□uph□□□differe□tsto□y□otell,andt□□inc□nsistenciesintheiraccountson□yaddedto□he□yst□□y□□t□emissingni□e.<□p> I□ves□igators□earnedth□tth□grouphadb□enfriendsfo□ye□rs,butrecent□yth□rehadb□ente□sionamongthem.Rumorsofdis□gree□ents□ndargument□□urin□thet□i□□egant□surfa□e,lea□ingauthori□i□s□ospecu□atewhetherfoulp□□ywas□nv□lve□.□achmemb□r□fthegroup□ad□diffe□ent□□or□t□tell□andtheinconsis□enci□sintheiraccountso□lyaddedt□themys□eryofthemissingn□ne. In□estigato□s□□a□nedtha□t□e□rouphadbeenfriendsforyea□s,butre□□ntlyth□rehadbe□ntension□m□n□them.Rum□rs□fdisagreemen□sa□dargumentsduringthetri□begantos□r□ace,□eadinga□thoritiestospeculatew□ethe□foulplaywasinv□□□ed.Eachmem□erofthegr□u□hadadiff□□en□storytotell,a□□theinconsistenciesintheirac□ountsonly□d□edtothemyste□yof□hemissi□gnine. Investigatorslea□nedthatt□□g□oup□adbeenfriends□oryears,butrece□□lythere□adbeentensionamongthem□Ru□orsofdisa□□eem□nt□andar□□me□ts□ur□ngthetripbegantosurface,l□adingau□hor□tiestospeculate□he□her□oulpl□ywasi□□olved.Each□ember□fthe□□ouphadadifferen□storyto□ell,an□□hei□□onsistenciesintheiracco□nt□on□ya□dedt□themysteryo□t□emi□s□ngni□e.<□p> □□ves□igators□earne□tha□□heg□ouphadbeen□riend□foryears□butre□entlyth□reh□□be□nte□sionamongthem.Rumorso□disagreementsan□argumentsduringthe□□ipbegantos□rface,l□ading□uthoritiestospe□□latewhetherfoulplaywasinvol□e□.Eachmemberofthe□□o□p□□dadi□fer□n□st□□ytotell,a□d□hein□o□s□s□encie□i□theirac□□□ntso□lya□ded□othemysteryofthem□ss□ngnine.