I□v□stigatorsle□□ned□hatthegrouphadbeenfr□ends□ory□ars,butrece□tlytherehadbee□tensionamo□□them.R□morsof□□sa□reementsandarguments□uringthetri□begant□su□face□□eadinga□thoritiest□s□ecula□ewhetherf□ulplaywasinvolve□.Each□embe□□fthegrouphada□i□ferentst□ry□otell,andtheinconsi□tenciesintheirac□□unts□nlyadd□dtothem□steryofthemi□s□ngnine. Investigato□s□e□rnedtha□□h□gr□□phadbeenfriend□foryears,b□trece□tly□□ere□adbeentens□□namongthem.□um□□sofd□s□gre□m□nt□andargumentsduringt□et□ipbegan□osurfac□,l□□ding□uthoritiestospe□ulatewh□□herfoulpla□w□sin□ol□□□.Eachmemb□ro□thegr□uph□dadiffe□entstorytotell,□nd□heinconsistenc□□s□ntheirac□ou□tso□lya□□e□□othemyste□y□fthemissingn□n□□ □nv□stigatorslearnedthatthegrouphadbeenf□i□ndsfor□ears,butrecentlytherehadbeen□ensio□amongt□em.Rumo□sofdisag□e□mentsa□dargumentsduring□hetripb□□a□tosur□ace,leadingauthoritie□tospeculate□het□er□□□lplaywa□involved.Ea□hmem□e□ofthegrou□ha□adiffer□n□□torytotell,andthe□nc□nsistencies□ntheiraccoun□s□nlyaddedtothemysteryo□themiss□ngn□□e□□□p> I□vestigatorslea□n□dthatth□grouphadbeenfriendsforyears,but□ece□tlythe□ehadbeent□nsi□□am□ngthem.□umor□of□isagr□ements□n□argumentsd□ringt□et□□□begantosu□face,le□din□□u□horitie□tospeculatewhet□erfou□playwas□nvolved.Eachmembero□th□grou□□ad□differen□storytotel□□□ndthe□nc□n□istencies□□theiracc□unts□nlyaddedto□hemyst□ryofthemiss□ngn□□e. I□□□stiga□orslearnedthatth□□□ouphadbeenf□iendsforyears□butrecentlythe□ehad□e□nten□ionam□ngthem.Rum□r□o□d□sagreeme□tsandarg□mentsd□rin□□he□□ipbe□an□osurface,lead□n□aut□oritiestosp□cu□atewheth□□foulpl□yw□sinvolved.Ea□□memberofthegrouphadadiffe□ents□o□ytote□□,an□theinconsis□enciesinthei□acco□ntson□ya□de□tot□emyste□□ofthemi□□i□□nin□□