□nvestigator□learnedthatt□□□rouph□□be□n□riendsforyears,butrecent□y□hereh□dbeentensi□namo□gthem.R□mo□s□fdisagree□e□□sandargum□ntsdu□in□the□r□pbega□tosurfa□e,lea□ingauthoritiestos□eculatewh□th□r□oul□laywasinv□l□□d.Eachmemberoft□egroup□adadiffe□□ntstorytotell,andtheinconsis□enc□□s□nt□eiracco□nt□onlya□dedtot□emystery□fth□missingnine.□>□p>Investig□tor□learnedthatth□gro□ph□□beenfriendsfor□ea□s,□utrec□ntl□ther□hadbeentensiona□□□gthem.□um□rsofdisagreementsanda□gu□□nts□ur□ngthetri□b□gantosurface,le□di□gautho□iti□s□□s□ecu□ate□hetherfoulp□aywasinvolved.Ea□hmemberofthegro□p□adadi□ferentstorytotell,andth□incon□isten□iesi□the□raccou□□sonlya□dedtothemysteryof□hemissingnine.<□p> Investigatorslearned□ha□thegrouphadbeenf□□endsfory□ar□,butrecentlytherehadbe□ntensi□namongthem.Rumor□o□disa□reementsandar□umen□sduringt□e□ripbegantosurfa□e,l□ad□ngauthoritiestosp□cu□atewhet□erfoulplaywa□involved.Each□emberofthegroupha□a□iffere□tsto□ytotell□□ndthein□onsistenciesinth□□raccou□tsonlyad□□dtothemyster□o□□hemi□sing□in□. □nvestiga□orsl□arnedtha□theg□ouphadbeenfri□n□sf□rye□rs,butrece□tlytherehadb□e□tensi□□amongthem.Ru□ors□fdisa□□eem□nts□ndargumentsduringthe□ri□begant□surface□leadingauthor□□iestospe□ulat□whe□he□foulpla□w□sinv□□ved□Eachmembe□oft□egrou□hadadifferent□to□□totell,andtheinco□si□tenciesin□heiraccountsonlyaddedtoth□myst□□yofthem□ssingnine□