Inves□□gatorsle□□□ed□hatthegroup□adbeenf□iends□oryears,bu□□e□entlyt□e□ehadbeentensionam□n□them.□umorsofdisag□eemen□sa□dar□ument□□uringth□tripbe□antosurface,leadingautho□itiestospec□latewhethe□foulpla□wasinvo□ved.Eachme□berofthegrouphadad□ffe□entstory□otell,□ndtheinc□nsistenc□esi□th□ir□ccountsonlya□d□dto□he□ysteryofthemissin□nine. I□ve□t□g□tor□□e□rn□dthatthegrouph□d□eenfrie□dsforyea□s,butrecentlythereh□dbeent□n□□onamongthem.R□morsofdi□□greem□ntsandar□um□ntsduri□□t□etr□□bega□tos□rface,leadingauth□ritiesto□pecul□tewhet□erfou□playw□si□volved.Each□□mberof□he□r□uphadadiff□□□ntstorytote□l,andt□e□□consistenci□sin□hei□ac□ou□□sonlyadded□othemyste□yofth□missing□ine. Investi□a□ors□e□rn□d□hatt□egrouphadbeenfriendsforyears,bu□recentl□th□rehadbeentension□mongthe□□Rumo□sofdis□greementsandargumen□sduringthetripbegantosurfac□,l□adingauthorit□□stospec□latewhetherfou□play□asinv□lved□E□chmemberofth□group□adadiffer□n□storyt□tell,andtheinconsistenciesinthe□raccountsonlyadded□othemysteryofthemis□ingnine.□/p>