In□□□□igator□learnedthatthegrouphadbeenfriendsforye□□s,butrecentl□thereha□be□ntensionamo□gt□em.Rumor□ofdisagreementsandar□um□ntsduringthet□ipbegant□surf□ce,□eadingauthoriti□s□o□□eculatewhetherfou□p□aywasinvol□ed.Eachmemberofthegroup□ad□differen□storytotel□□andthein□o□sistencie□intheiracco□ntson□yadde□toth□m□s□eryofthemissingnin□. Inves□ig□torslear□edthatt□e□roup□adbeenfri□n□sf□rye□□□,butr□c□ntl□the□eha□beenten□ion□mo□gthem.Rumorsofdisagreeme□tsandar□u□entsdu□ingt□etripbega□tosur□ac□,le□d□n□au□hor□ti□stospec□l□tewhet□erf□□l□l□ywas□nvolved.□achmembero□thegroup□ada□ifferen□storytot□ll,and□□einco□sistenci□□□□theira□coun□sonlyadd□□tot□emysteryo□themissingnine.□/p><□>In□estigato□s□ea□nedthatthegrouphad□eenfriendsfor□ears,butr□c□ntlythere□adb□entensionamon□the□.Rum□rsofdisagreementsandargumentsduringthe□ripb□gantosurface,lead□ngau□horitiesto□p□□ul□tewhether□oulplaywas□nvo□ve□□E□ch□□mberof□hegrou□hadadiff□r□ntsto□ytotel□,andthei□□□nsistenciesint□eira□□ou□tsonlyaddedto□hemyst□ryofthem□ssingnine□<□p>□p>Inves□igators□earne□t□a□thegrouphadbeenfrie□dsfory□ar□,b□trecen□□ythe□e□□d□eentens□o□amongthem.Rumorsofdi□a□reem□nts□□□argumentsd□ringthetri□b□gan□osu□f□ce,lea□ingauth□rities□ospeculatewhethe□fou□pla□w□sin□o□ved.E□chmemb□rofth□gro□phada□i□feren□storytotell,andtheincons□ste□ciesinthei□accountsonlya□ded□ot□em□□te□yo□them□s□in□nine.□>□p>Investigatorslearned□hatth□grouphadbeenf□ie□dsforyears□but□ecentlythereha□beentensiona□ong□hem.Ru□□rsof□i□agreement□an□arguments□uringt□etripbegantos□rface,leadi□gauthoritiestospecul□tewhetherfoulplaywasinvolved.Eachmemberofthegro□□hadadiffer□nt□to□ytotell□an□theincon□is□enc□e□intheiraccountsonlyaddedtoth□mysteryo□th□mi□sing□i□e□