Investi□atorslea□nedth□tthegrouphadb□enfri□n□sforyears,butrece□tl□t□erehadbeente□si□namo□gthem.□□mo□□ofd□sagreem□ntsandargumen□□dur□ngthe□ripbegantosurface,lea□ing□ut□□rities□ospec□latewhether□oulplaywasinv□lved.Eachmembe□o□thegrou□had□□if□e□entstorytot□ll□andtheinconsistenciesin□heir□c□ount□onlya□ded□oth□mys□eryof□hemis□ingnine.□/p> □p>□nv□st□□a□orslear□□□t□atth□gro□phadb□enfriendsforyears,butrecentlyt□□rehadbeente□s□□namo□gthem.R□mo□s□fdisagreementsandargumentsduringth□tr□pbegantosurface,leadingauthoritiestospec□latewhether□oulp□a□wasinvolved□Eachmemberoftheg□o□p□□dadiff□rentstorytotell,□□dtheinc□nsi□t□nci□sinth□i□a□cou□t□□□lyaddedtothemysteryofthemis□ingn□ne.<□p> Inves□igat□□sl□arnedthatthegrouphadbeenfriendsfor□ears,□utre□entlytherehadbe□ntens□o□amongthe□.Rumorsofd□sagreementsandargum□nts□□□ingthe□ripbegant□□urf□□e,lea□□ngauth□rities□os□eculat□whetherfoul□□aywasinvolved.□achmembero□□h□□rouphadadiff□re□tsto□□totell,andt□einconsis□□nciesinthe□rac□ountsonlya□dedto□h□my□□er□of□h□missing□ine□ Investi□ator□learne□thatth□group□a□bee□fri□ndsfo□years,bu□□ece□tlythe□ehadbeentensionamongth□□.Rumors□fdisagreeme□tsan□a□gumentsdu□i□g□□e□ripbegant□surface,lead□ngaut□oritiestos□□culatewhet□□rfoulplaywas□nvolved.□a□□memb□rofthegroup□adadiffe□ent□torytotel□,andtheinco□sistenciesinthei□acc□untsonlyad□edtoth□m□steryoft□emi□si□gnine□<□□> Investi□a□orslearnedtha□thegrouphadbeen□riend□foryears,butrece□tlytherehadbeentensi□□amongthe□.Rum□rsofdisagreementsandargumen□sdur□ngthetripbeg□□tosur□ace,leadin□auth□r□ties□o□p□c□late□□□□he□fo□lplaywasinvolved.Ea□hmemberoft□egrouphada□□□fer□ntstoryto□□ll,an□t□ein□onsistenc□esinthe□racco□ntsonly□ddedto□hemy□teryofthe□issingnine.□/p>