Inv□stiga□□rsl□ar□e□thatt□egrouphad□eenfri□□dsforyears□b□□r□centlythe□eh□□bee□te□□□on□□ongthe□.Ru□orsofdis□g□eementsandargumen□sduringth□tripbega□tosurfac□,leadingauthorit□e□□osp□culatewhe□h□rfoulpl□y□asi□volved.Eachmemberofthegrouphadadifferentstoryt□tell,andtheinconsist□ncies□nt□eirac□ountsonly□□ded□ot□emy□teryof□he□is□ingnine□
Investigatorslearned□hatth□grouph□dbeenfrie□d□fory□ars,b□trec□□t□□t□er□hadb□entensio□a□ongthem.Rumorsofd□sagre□m□n□sandargumentsdur□ngt□e□ripbegantosur□ace,leadi□gau□ho□itiesto□pec□latewhetherfoulplaywasinv□lve□□Eachmem□erofth□grou□hadadifferen□story□otell,□□dtheinconsistenciesin□h□iraccoun□s□nlyadde□tot□□□yste□y□ft□emissingnine.
Inves□i□ators□earnedthatthegrouphadbeenfri□□ds□oryears,butrecentlyt□erehad□□entension□m□n□the□□Rumo□so□di□agreeme□tsan□argumentsd□r□n□th□tripbeg□ntosurface,l□adingautho□iti□stos□eculatewhether□□ulplaywasi□volved□□achmemberof□heg□ouph□dadifferentstorytotell,an□theinconsistenc□esin□□eir□cc□un□sonlyadd□dtothemy□□eryofth□missingni□e.
Investigators□e□rnedthatthegr□□phadbeenfri□ndsfor□ears,butr□cen□lytherehadbeentensi□namongthem.Ru□orsofdi□ag□eeme□tsa□dargumentsduringt□etripbe□□n□o□u□face,lead□ngauthor□t□estospec□latewhe□herfoulplayw□sinvolv□d.E□chmembe□ofthegro□ph□dadif□eren□storytotell,andthein□onsi□tenci□si□th□irac□ou□t□onl□addedtothe□ysteryoft□emissingnine.
In□esti□atorsl□arned□ha□thegro□□hadbeen□rien□sforyears□butrecently□h□r□ha□b□entensionamongthem.Rumorsofd□sagreeme□tsa□da□gumentsd□□ingthetri□begantosurfac□□leadin□authorit□□stospeculatewhe□h□rfoulplay□asinvolved.Each□e□b□rofthegrouph□□adif□erentst□ry□o□ell,andthe□n□on□istencies□□□he□racc□□nt□on□yadd□dtothemyst□ryoft□e□issingn□ne.