Investigators□ea□n□dth□tt□egroupha□be□nfri□ndsfory□a□s,butre□entlytherehad□eentensi□namongthe□.Rumorso□disag□e□m□n□□andargumentsduringt□etripbegantosurfa□e□lea□ingautho□itiestospe□ulat□whet□erfoul□lay□a□involved.E□c□me□berofthegrouph□dad□ffere□tst□ry□otell,an□the□nconsis□enciesinthe□raccou□tsonlyaddedtot□emy□teryofthemiss□n□n□ne.<□p> Investigat□rslearnedthat□hegr□up□adbeenfriendsforyear□,butrecen□ly□herehad□ee□t□nsionamon□them□Rumor□ofd□sa□r□□□□ntsanda□gumentsduringt□et□ipbe□antosurface,lea□ingauthori□ies□ospeculatewhet□erfoulpl□ywasi□volv□d□□achmemberoftheg□ouphadadiffe□ent□tory□ot□ll,andtheinco□□i□t□nciesin□heirac□ount□only□ddedto□hem□ste□□□f□h□missingnine.□> I□v□stigatorsle□□nedt□attheg□oup□adbeenfri□□dsfo□years,□u□□□c□□tly□herehad□□entensionam□ngt□e□.Ru□o□so□disagree□entsan□a□□umentsduringt□etripbeg□ntosu□□ace,leadingauthoriti□stosp□□ulatewheth□rf□ulplaywasinvolved.Eachm□mberofthegr□u□h□dadifferen□storyto□□□l,andth□□nconsistenciesint□eiraccoun□sonlyaddedto□h□my□t□ryofth□m□ssi□gnine. □n□estigatorslear□□dt□□tthegr□u□hadb□en□rie□dsfo□ye□r□,butrecentlyther□had□eentension□mongthem.Rumor□ofdisagreements□n□a□gume□ts□□ringt□etripbegantosurface,leadingauthoritiestospeculatewhether□oulp□aywasinvo□ved.Eachmembe□o□th□grouphadadifferentsto□yto□ell□□□dtheinco□sistenciesi□t□eirac□□un□so□ly□dde□□othemys□er□ofthe□□ssingnine.<□p> Inve□ti□atorslea□ned□h□□thegrouphadbeenfr□endsforye□rs,b□tre□e□tlythereha□beenten□ionamongth□□.Rum□rso□disagreeme□□□andargu□ent□du□ingthetripbegant□surface,l□adi□gau□horit□estospeculate□hetherfoulplaywasinvolved.Eachme□berof□hegro□p□adadif□erentsto□y□ot□ll,andthe□nconsistenciesi□□heiraccountsonlya□dedtoth□mysteryofthemi□singnine.