In□estigat□rslear□edthatthe□rouphadbee□fri□ndsfo□year□,butrecentlythe□ehadb□ente□□ionamo□gthem.Ru□orsofdi□agreemen□s□□□argum□nts□uring□hetripbe□antosurf□□□,leadi□gauthori□ie□t□specula□ewhetherfoulpla□wasinvolved.Eachme□b□r□□□hegrouphadadifferen□storyto□□l□,andthein□onsi□te□ciesin□h□ir□c□o□ntsonlyadded□oth□m□steryo□themiss□ngnine. Inve□t□gat□r□□e□rne□thatthegrouphad□e□nfr□□□dsfor□ear□,□□□rec□ntlytherehadbeentens□o□among□hem.Rumor□□□disagr□ementsandarguments□urin□thet□ipbegantos□rf□ce,leadingaut□oriti□stospeculatewhethe□f□ulp□ay□asinvo□ve□.Ea□hm□mberofth□grouphada□ifferent□tor□t□tell□andth□inco□sistenciesinth□□raccou□tson□yaddedtoth□mysteryofthemissingni□e. □nvest□gatorslea□nedth□tthe□rouphadbeenfr□en□sforyear□,butrece□tlythe□eh□d□eent□nsio□am□□gthe□.□umo□sof□is□greementsand□rgum□ntsduri□g□he□rip□□gantosur□□c□,le□□ingauthoritiestospecu□atewhetherfoulplaywasinvol□ed.Eac□member□fthegroup□ada□iffer□n□storytot□ll□andt□ei□consist□nciesintheir□ccounts□nl□add□dtothem□steryoft□emissi□gn□ne. Investigatorslea□□edthatthegrouphadbeenfriendsfo□y□ars,butrecent□ytherehadbeentensi□na□on□them.Rumo□□□fdisagreementsandargume□tsduringthetri□begant□surface,l□adi□gauthoriti□□tos□e□ulat□w□etherfoulplaywasinvolved.Eachmember□ftheg□ouphadadiffer□ntstoryto□ell,an□□□eincons□stencie□inthei□acco□nts□□ly□ddedtot□emysteryof□□e□is□ingni□e.