Investigators□□arnedt□□t□hegroupha□b□e□friendsforyears,butrecentlytherehadbee□tensionamong□hem.□umorsof□isagree□entsanda□gument□□urin□the□rip□eg□n□os□rfac□,leadi□gauth□ritiestos□e□□latewhet□e□foulplaywasi□□o□ved.E□□hm□mbero□thegrouphadadifferentstorytotell,andthein□onsistencies□ntheiraccou□tso□lyadd□dtothemysteryofth□mis□ing□ine. Inv□□tigatorsle□rnedth□tthegr□upha□□eenfriendsfor□ears□butrecently□her□□adb□□nten□ionamo□□them.□umorsof□isa□reements□ndargumentsd□ringthetripbeg□□tosurf□c□,lea□ingauthori□iestospeculate□□eth□rfou□pla□□asinvolved.Eachm□mb□ro□t□egrouphadadiffer□ntsto□y□o□ell,and□□ei□consistenciesintheiraccountsonlyadde□toth□myst□ry□fthemi□s□ngnine. Inve□tig□t□rsl□arn□dthatthegr□uphadbeenfriendsfor□ears,butrecentl□there□adb□e□□ens□onamo□gthem□Ru□orsofd□sag□eementsandargumentsduri□gthetripb□□antosu□fac□,l□adingauthori□i□s□osp□□ulate□hetherfou□play□a□invo□ved.E□chmemberofthegr□up□adadiffe□en□storytotel□,andtheinc□nsistenciesintheiraccou□tsonlyaddedtothemyst□ryoft□emissingni□e.□/p> Inv□stig□torslearnedthatthegrouphadbeen□ri□ndsforyears,b□trecentlyt□er□had□ee□tensionamongth□m.□u□□rsofdisagreem□ntsa□□argumentsd□r□□gthetri□be□a□□osurfa□e,lea□□□□a□t□oriti□stospeculatewheth□r□oulp□a□wasinvol□□d□Eac□m□m□eroft□e□rouph□dadif□e□entstoryto□e□l,andt□□in□onsistenciesintheiracc□u□tsonlya□dedtothemys□eryofthemi□sing□i□e.□> Investigatorslearnedthatth□grouphadbeenfriendsforyears,bu□recentlyther□□a□b□e□ten□ionamong□h□m□R□□orsofdisagreeme□tsa□□argu□entsdur□n□th□tripbegantosu□□ace,lea□inga□□horitiest□□peculate□hetherfoulp□□ywasi□volved.Eachme□be□o□□hegrouphadadi□ferentstorytotell□andtheinconsistenciesi□theiraccount□o□l□a□dedtothemysteryo□the□issi□□nine.