□□vesti□at□rsle□rnedthatthe□ro□□hadbee□frie□□sf□ryears,bu□re□entlythe□□hadbe□ntensio□amongthem.Rumorsofd□sagreements□ndargu□entsdur□n□thetr□p□egan□os□rfa□e□lea□□n□author□ties□ospecu□a□ew□etherfoul□lay□asinvolved.E□chmemb□rofthegrouph□dadiffer□ntstorytotell,andthei□cons□stenciesintheir□c□ountsonl□addedt□t□emystery□fthemissing□ine. In□es□i□at□rslea□nedthatthegr□uph□d□□enfriends□oryear□,□u□recen□lythere□adbee□tensionamo□gthem.Rumors□fdisagre□m□ntsandargu□entsduringt□et□ipbegantosurface,le□di□gauthor□tiestospeculatewhetherfoulplaywasinvolv□d.Eachmemberofthe□rouph□dadifferentst□rytote□□□andt□eincon□istenc□esin□he□r□□coun□sonlyadde□tothemysteryo□t□□□issingn□n□.<□p>□p>I□vest□gato□slea□□edthatthe□roup□adb□enfr□endsforyears,but□ecen□lytherehadbeent□n□□onamong□h□m.□umorsofdisagreementsan□□rgum□n□sdurin□thetripbe□an□□surf□ce□lead□□gautho□itiestospeculatewhet□□rfoulpl□ywasinvolved.Eachmemb□ro□t□□gr□upha□adif□erents□oryt□□e□l,□n□thein□ons□st□nciesintheiraccountsonlyadd□dtothemyst□r□o□□hemissing□ine.<□□> I□vestiga□or□learne□□hatthegrouphadbeenfriendsfor□ears,butrec□ntly□h□rehadbe□ntensio□amongt□em.□□mo□sof□isagre□ment□and□r□u□ent□d□ri□gthet□ipbeganto□urface,leadingauthor□□iesto□pecula□e□h□the□fou□pl□ywasi□□olved.E□chmembe□oft□egrou□hadadiffe□entstory□otell,a□d□heinconsistenciesint□eiraccountsonlyaddedtothemyst□ryofthemissi□□nine. Investig□torslearnedthatthegro□□hadbeenfriend□fory□a□s,butrecently□he□ehadbeentensiona□ong□h□m.Rumorso□disagree□□ntsandargum□ntsdur□ngth□tri□begantosurf□ce,□eadin□□uth□□itiestospec□la□□□hetherfo□lpl□ywasinv□□ved.□ach□e□berofthegrouphadadifferentstor□tote□l,a□dthe□nc□nsistenc□esinthe□raccoun□sonl□addedtot□emy□t□ryofth□mis□ingnine□<□p>