Investiga□□rslearned□hatt□e□□ou□□adb□e□friendsforyears,b□trecently□herehadbeentensionamongthem.□u□orsofdisa□reementsandargu□□ntsd□ringthetripbega□t□s□rf□ce,lea□i□□authorit□e□t□□pecu□atewh□therfoulpl□ywasin□olved.E□chmemberoft□egrouphadadifferent□□□rytotell,an□theinconsistenciesinthei□a□countsonlyadde□t□themyst□r□o□t□emissingnine. Investigatorsl□□rnedthattheg□o□□□a□beenf□iendsf□ryears,b□□rec□ntlythereha□beente□sionamongt□em.R□□orso□disag□□ementsand□rgumentsdu□ingthetrip□e□a□□osu□face,lea□in□au□h□ri□ies□o□peculatewhetherf□ulpla□wasi□volved.Eachmemb□rofthe□rouph□da□i□f□□en□sto□yto□ell,andth□i□consisten□i□sin□h□irac□o□ntsonlyaddedtothe□□steryofthem□ss□ngni□e.□/p> □□vesti□atorslearnedthatthegrouphadb□enfriendsforyears,bu□recent□y□hereh□d□e□ntensionamongthem.□um□rsofdisagre□mentsandargumentsduringthetripbe□a□t□surfa□e□l□adingau□h□ritiestospeculate□hether□oulp□ayw□si□volved.Eachmembe□oft□eg□ouphadadiffe□ents□□rytot□ll,andtheinc□nsistencies□nt□eira□countso□ly□ddedt□themysteryofthemissingnine.□> I□□e□□□gato□slear□edt□atthegrouphadb□enfr□en□sforyears,butrecent□yth□□ehadbeentens□onam□□g□□em.Rumor□ofdisagreementsandar□umen□sdurin□t□et□ipbegantosurfa□e□leadingaut□o□itiestospeculat□whe□□erfo□l□l□ywasinvol□ed.Eac□m□mberofthegro□phadadi□ferentstorytotel□□andth□incon□□stenciesint□□iraccounts□nl□a□□edto□he□ys□eryo□them□s□i□gn□n□□ I□ve□ti□atorsl□arnedthatthegrouphadbeenfr□e□dsforyear□,butrece□tlyth□rehadbeentensionamongthe□.Rumo□□ofdi□agree□entsa□da□gumentsduringthetri□begantosu□face□l□adingauth□r□tiestospeculat□whethe□foulplayw□□in□olved.Ea□hmemberoft□□gro□pha□□diff□rent□t□ryt□□□ll,andtheinconsis□enciesinthe□raccoun□sonlyaddedtothemy□□eryof□hemissingnine. Invest□□at□rs□□arnedth□tthegro□phadbe□□□ri□n□s□oryears,butre□e□tlythere□adbeen□ensionamongth□□.Rum□rsofdisagr□ementsandargu□entsdurin□th□tr□pbe□a□to□urfa□e□lead□ngauthorities□ospeculate□□etherfoulplaywasinv□l□ed□Ea□h□emb□rofthegroup□adadifferentstoryt□tel□,andtheinconsistenciesin□heiraccountso□lyad□edtothemy□teryofth□missi□gnine.<□p>