□nves□ig□to□sl□arned□hatth□□ro□□hadb□enfri□ndsforyear□,butrecentlythere□adbee□tensionamongthem.Rumorsofdisagreement□andarg□mentsdur□ngthet□ipb□g□ntosurface,lea□ing□uthor□tiestos□eculatewh□therfoulpl□ywas□nvolved.Eachmembe□oft□egrouphadadiff□rentstor□totell,an□□he□n□□nsis□enciesintheiracco□n□□onl□addedtothemyst□ryofth□missin□nin□□ Inv□sti□at□rslearne□thattheg□ou□had□een□ri□□dsfory□ars,b□t□e□e□tl□th□r□□adbeentensi□n□mo□gth□m.Rumor□of□isagree□entsandargumentsdu□ingthet□ipbegantos□r□ace□l□adingauthoritiestospeculatew□□□herfoulplayw□si□v□lved.Eac□m□mbero□thegrouphadadif□ere□tstor□tot□ll,an□□heinconsis□enc□esintheiraccountsonlyaddedtothemys□eryofthe□iss□□g□in□. Inve□tigatorslearnedthatthe□ro□phadbeenfr□endsfory□ars,butr□cent□yt□e□eha□□e□□□en□□onamongthem.Rumor□ofdisagreement□andargu□e□tsduringthet□□pbega□tosurface,leading□utho□iti□□tospeculatewhet□erfoulplaywasinvolve□.Eachmembero□thegrouphadadifferent□toryt□te□□,□ndthei□consi□tenciesintheira□countson□□addedt□t□e□yster□□f□□emis□ingnine. Invest□gatorsle□rnedthatthegr□uphadbeenfri□nd□fo□years□bu□re□entlyt□□rehadbe□n□ensio□□mongthem.Rumorsofdis□gr□ementsand□rgumentsdur□□gthetripbegantos□rface□□eadi□□author□ties□ospeculatewh□therfoulpl□ywa□involved□□□chmemb□ro□thegrouphadadifferentst□rytot□ll□andthe□nconsiste□cies□n□□eiracco□ntson□□addedtot□emys□eryofthemissingnine.□>