<□>Investigatorsle□rnedthatthegroup□adbeenfrie□dsforyea□s,□u□recentlyth□rehadbee□tensi□na□ongthem.Rumorso□disa□reementsanda□gume□tsd□ringth□□ripbegantosurf□ce□lead□ngauthor□□iestospeculatewhetherfoulplay□asinvolved.Each□emberoft□egroup□□dadifferentsto□yto□el□,andtheinc□nsistenciesintheiracco□□ts□□l□a□dedtothe□□steryofthe□i□□ingn□ne. Investigatorslearnedthat□he□roup□adbeenfriend□□oryears,but□ec□nt□yt□er□h□dbeente□siona□ongthem.Rum□rsofdisagreementsand□rgumentsdu□ingthetripbegantos□rf□ce,le□dingauth□rities□ospeculatewhetherfoulplayw□sinvolved.E□ch□e□beroft□egrou□h□dadiff□rents□□□□t□tell,and□□e□□consistenciesintheiracc□untson□yaddedtoth□m□□t□ryo□□□emissingnine□ □nve□ti□ato□sle□r□edthatthe□□□upha□beenfriendsfory□□rs,butre□entlyt□er□hadbe□ntens□onamo□gthe□□Rumorsofdisagreeme□tsandargumen□sdu□in□thetripbe□antosu□fa□e,□ea□ing□uthorities□ospec□la□□whe□herfoulpla□□as□n□olved.Eachme□b□rofthe□r□upha□adiffere□□storytotell,□ndthei□con□i□ten□iesinth□iraccoun□□onlyadde□tothemysteryofthemissi□gnine□ Investigatorsle□rne□□hat□hegrou□□adbeenfriendsforyears□but□□centlythereha□been□ensionamong□h□m.R□morsofdisag□eeme□tsandargum□ntsduri□gt□etripb□g□nt□su□f□ce,leadingauthor□t□e□tos□□culatewhether□oul□l□ywas□nvolved.□a□hmem□er□□theg□oupha□a□iff□re□tstoryto□□ll,a□dthei□con□iste□ciesinthe□r□□countso□□□addedtot□emysteryo□themis□ingn□ne.□/□□□p>Investi□atorslear□edthatthegrouphadb□enfri□nds□oryea□s□butrecentl□th□rehadb□en□ensi□namongthem.Ru□orso□di□ag□□ementsandargumentsduringt□etripbegantos□rf□ce,leadingauth□ritie□tos□eculat□whetherfoul□laywasinvol□ed.Eachmemberofthegrouph□d□differentstoryto□ell,an□theinco□sistencies□ntheiracc□□ntsonly□□dedtothemy□□eryofth□mis□ingnine.