Investigatorsl□arnedtha□theg□ouphadb□enfrien□sforyears,b□t□□ce□tlythere□ad□e□nte□sionamo□gthem.Ru□or□ofdisagr□□mentsanda□gumentsdurin□the□rip□eganto□urface,l□ading□ut□oritiestospecula□ewhetherfoulplaywasinvol□e□□Eachmemberoft□egro□pha□adif□erentstory□otell,□nd□heinconsistencies□ntheira□co□nt□onlyadde□toth□my□tery□fthem□ssingnine. Investigatorsl□arnedthatthegrouphadbeenfriendsfor□ears,butrece□tlythereh□db□ente□sionamo□gthem.Ru□□rsofdi□agreeme□tsandargument□duringth□t□□□begantosurface,leadi□gaut□o□i□iestospeculat□whetherfoulpl□□w□sinvolved.Eac□memb□rofthegrouphadadi□fere□ts□□r□t□tell,andt□ei□co□□ist□n□i□□□□t□ei□a□countsonlyaddedt□t□emystery□fthemis□ingnin□. □nves□i□a□□rsle□r□edt□a□theg□ouphadb□enfrie□dsf□ryears,butrecent□yth□reha□beenten□i□na□ongt□e□.□□morsofdisagreement□anda□gu□entsduringt□□tr□pbe□□□tosur□ace,lea□ingauthoritiestosp□culatewhetherfoulplay□as□nvo□ved.Eachmember□fthegr□uph□dadiff□re□ts□oryto□el□,andthein□on□i□tenciesi□the□raccoun□s□n□yaddedtothemysteryofthemissingnine. Investi□□torslea□□edt□atthegr□uphadbeenfriends□oryea□□,b□tre□en□lythereha□beent□nsionam□n□□he□.Rumorsofdi□□g□e□mentsand□rgu□e□tsdu□i□g□hetr□pbegantosu□fa□e,le□din□authoritie□tospecula□ewhetherfoulpl□□w□si□□ol□ed□Eachm□mberofthegro□p□adadiff□rentst□r□totell□andt□eincon□istenc□□sin□he□racc□unt□o□lyaddedtot□□m□s□eryofthemissin□nine. □nvestig□torsl□arne□that□he□rouphadbeenfriendsfor□ears,butrecently□herehadbeentensiona□□n□them.Rum□rsofdisagreeme□ts□n□argumentsduringthetri□bega□to□urfa□e,l□ad□ngauthorit□est□speculatew□etherfoulplaywasinvolve□.□achmemberoftheg□ouphad□□ifferentstorytotel□,andt□einconsisten□iesinthe□raccou□tsonlyaddedt□□h□myste□yofthe□issin□nine.