□nves□igat□□s□earne□that□hegroupha□been□riendsforyears□but□ecent□ythe□ehadbeentensionamongthem.Rumo□□ofdisagre□ment□andar□u□ent□□uringthe□ri□□egantosurfac□,le□ding□uthorit□estospeculat□whet□erfoulpl□ywasinvolved.Ea□hmemberoftheg□o□phad□differentstoryto□ell,andtheinco□sistenciesintheiraccountsonlyaddedt□th□my□teryo□the□issing□ine.□□<□>Investigatorslearnedthatthegrouphadb□enfriend□foryears,bu□recentlythe□ehadbeentensionam□ngthem□Rum□rs□f□□sa□reem□ntsandargumen□sduringthetri□begantosurf□c□,leadingauthorit□est□s□□cul□□ew□eth□rfo□lplay□asin□□lved.E□ch□□mb□rof□h□grouphadadi□□eren□s□orytotel□□andtheinconsiste□c□esin□heirac□o□□□sonlyaddedtothemys□eryof□hemiss□n□nin□.<□p> I□v□stiga□□rslearned□hatt□□gro□□hadbeen□□□e□dsforyea□s,butr□centlytherehadbeente□□io□a□ongthem.Ru□ors□fdisagreementsandargume□tsdu□ingthetripbeg□n□osurfac□,leadingauthor□t□est□□pecu□atewhe□he□fou□playwasinvolve□.□ach□emberoftheg□ouphadadif□e□ents□orytotell,andtheinconsiste□ci□s□nt□eiraccountsonlyad□e□tothe□y□te□□of□h□missing□in□.<□p□□p>Investiga□ors□e□rnedthatthegrou□hadbeen□riendsfo□year□,butrecently□herehadbe□nten□iona□ongthem□□umorsof□isagr□ement□andargumentsduringthetrip□egantosurface□leading□uthoriti□□tos□ec□latewheth□rfoulpl□ywasin□o□ved.Each□emberofthegro□p□adad□□fe□entstorytotell,and□□eincon□i□tenciesinthe□ra□counts□nl□addedtothemy□t□ryofthem□ss□ng□i□e□ Inve□□igatorslearned□h□tthegrouphadbeenfrien□sfory□ars,bu□recen□lythere□□dbee□tension□mongthem.Rum□rsofd□sagreement□andar□u□ent□□uringt□etripbegantosurface,leadinga□thoritie□tospeculatew□et□er□oulpla□□as□□vo□ved.Eachme□beroft□□□rouphadadiffere□□□□o□yt□tell,andt□□inconsist□nci□sin□heiraccount□onlyad□edt□themyste□yof□□em□ssingnine.□> Inve□t□g□torslearnedtha□th□group□ad□eenfri□ndsforyear□,□utre□entlyther□h□db□entensi□namongthem.□umo□sofdi□agreementsandargumentsdurin□thetripbega□□osurface,leading□uthoritiestospec□latew□etherfoulplaywa□□nvolved□□achme□berofth□grouph□dadifferen□st□□ytotell,andt□ein□onsistencies□□theira□c□untsonl□add□dtothemys□er□ofth□□issingnin□.