Invest□gatorslear□□d□hatthegro□phadbeenfrie□□sforyears,butr□centlythe□ehadbe□nten□iona□ongthem.Rumor□ofdis□□re□me□ts□□dargumentsd□rin□thet□ip□□gantos□□face□leadin□aut□o□ities□ospeculatewhetherfoulplaywasin□olved.Eac□memb□rofthegrouphadadifferen□storyto□ell,and□h□in□□n□is□encies□ntheiraccountso□lyad□□dt□themysteryofthemissingnine. I□vesti□at□rslearn□d□h□t□hegrouphadbeenfriendsforyears,butr□centlyther□hadbeentensionamong□h□m.□um□rsofdisagr□ementsandargum□nt□durin□thetripbegant□surface□l□□ding□□th□ritiest□spe□u□atewh□th□rfo□□pl□yw□sinvolved.E□chme□berofthegrou□hadadiffer□ntstorytotell,andthe□n□ons□stenciesin□hei□ac□ountsonl□add□□tothem□s□eryofthem□ssingnine.□/p> Inve□ti□a□□rsl□arnedthatthegrou□h□dbee□fri□ndsf□ryear□,butrecentlythereh□d□ee□tensi□nam□ngthem.Rumorsofdis□g□□ements□ndargu□entsdu□i□g□hetripbega□t□surface,le□dingauthoritiestos□e□ulatewhetherfoulp□aywas□nv□lved.Eachmemberofthegrouphadadi□f□□□□t□t□ryto□ell□and□heinc□nsist□ncies□ntheiraccountso□lyaddedtothemyster□□fthe□is□ingn□ne.<□p><□>Inv□stigator□learnedth□t□hegrou□hadb□enfriends□oryears,bu□recentlythe□ehadbeentensionamongthe□.Rumo□sofdis□gr□ementsand□rgu□entsduringthetr□pbegantosurf□□e□leadi□gauthori□i□st□specul□tewhe□□erfoulplay□asinvolved□Ea□□mem□er□fthegro□phada□ifferentsto□y□□t□ll,andtheincons□□□□n□iesint□eiracc□untsonlyaddedt□themysteryofthemis□ingnine.□□p□□p>Invest□gat□rslearne□tha□thegrou□hadbeenfrie□dsfor□ear□,butrec□□tlytherehadbee□tensi□na□ongthem.Rumorsofd□sa□reementsandargumen□sdu□ingthet□ipbeg□ntosurfa□□,leadingauthoritiestospe□ulate□□□th□rfoulp□a□wasinv□lved.Eachmemberofthegroupha□a□ifferen□storyto□el□,andtheinconsistenci□sinth□ira□c□u□tsonl□□ddedtothemyste□yofth□miss□ngnine.