Investigatorslea□ne□th□□thegrouphadbeenfrien□sf□□year□,butre□ent□y□hereh□db□entensionamongth□□.Ru□orsofdi□agreemen□sa□darguments□urin□thetripbeg□nto□□r□ace,leading□ut□or□tiesto□peculatewhether□oul□lay□asinvolve□.Eachmemberofthegro□phadadifferentsto□□tote□l,and□h□in□onsis□encies□nthei□ac□ountsonlya□de□toth□□ys□eryofthemis□ingn□ne. Investigator□□earn□d□hatthegrouphadbeen□r□e□dsfo□years,□utrece□tl□therehadbeentensiona□ongthem.R□morsofdisag□eem□nt□an□arguments□u□ingthetripbegantos□rf□ce,leadingau□horitiesto□pe□ulatewhe□her□ou□pla□w□sinvolved.Eachmembe□ofthegrou□h□da□iff□rentstorytotell□an□theincon□istenciesi□th□ira□□ount□onlyadd□dtot□e□y□teryofthe□issi□gnine. I□vestigator□learnedthatthegrouphadbeenfri□ndsforyea□s,butrecent□ythereh□□beente□s□□namongthe□.□um□□□□f□isagreementsandargumentsduringt□etripbegantosurf□c□,l□adingau□hori□iestospecul□tewhetherf□ul□lay□asinv□lve□.Each□embe□ofthegr□uphadadiffer□ntstory□otell,and□heinco□sistencie□i□thei□a□coun□so□ly□dd□□to□hemy□teryofthem□ssingn□ne.□/p>□p>Investi□ators□earnedthatthegrouphadb□□nfrien□□for□ears,□utrecentlytherehadbeenten□iona□on□them.Rumor□ofd□sagreeme□t□and□□gumentsd□□i□gthetripb□gantosurface,leadi□□aut□oritiestospecu□atew□etherfoulp□ayw□s□nvolved.□achmembe□ofthegroup□a□adif□eren□□torytote□□,andtheinconsistenci□si□th□iraccou□tsonlyaddedt□themyst□ry□fthemi□s□ngni□e.