Inve□ti□atorslearnedth□tthegrou□hadbeenfriendsfor□□ar□,butr□ce□tlytherehadbeente□siona□ongthem□Rum□rsof□i□a□re□men□sandargum□nts□uringt□e□□□pbeg□ntosurface,leadingau□horitiestosp□cula□ewhe□herfoulpl□ywasi□volved□Each□emberofthegrouphadad□□f□rentstorytotell,an□t□einconsis□□nciesintheira□□o□ntsonly□d□edto□hemystery□fth□missin□nine.□/p><□>Inve□tiga□orslearnedt□□t□hegroupha□bee□frien□□foryear□,butrecentlyt□e□ehadbeente□sionamongthe□□Ru□orsof□isagreementsandar□□men□sduringt□etripbeg□ntosurf□ce,leadingauthorities□□speculatew□eth□rfoulplay□a□i□volve□.Eachmemberofthe□r□uphada□ifferents□ory□otell,andt□ein□onsistenciesintheiraccountsonlyad□edtothemysteryofth□miss□n□nine. Inves□ig□□or□learned□hat□heg□oup□ad□eenfri□ndsfor□e□rs,□□trecent□ythe□ehadbe□ntensionamo□gthem.Rum□rsof□isagreementsandar□□□entsduringthetripbegant□surfa□e,leadingauthorit□es□o□pec□la□ew□etherf□ul□lay□asi□vol□ed.□ach□□mberof□h□group□a□adifferentstoryt□tell,andthei□co□□□s□encies□nt□eiraccounts□nlyadded□othemysteryofthemissin□ni□e. Inv□sti□atorslearne□t□a□the□rouphadbeenfriendsforye□□s,butr□ce□tlyt□erehadbeentension□mongthem.Ru□or□ofdisag□e□me□tsandar□umentsdurin□thet□ip□egantosurface,l□ad□nga□thoritiest□speculatewhetherfoulplayw□sinvolv□d.□□□hmemberof□he□rouphadadiff□ren□□to□y□o□el□,an□theinc□nsistenciesintheiraccoun□□□nl□□ddedtothemy□teryofthe□issin□nine.□/p□ I□v□stigatorslear□edthatthegrouphadb□enfriendsforyears,butrece□tlyth□rehad□ee□tensio□□mon□them.Rumors□□□isagr□ementsan□argu□entsd□□ingthetr□p□egantosur□□ce,leadingau□ho□itiest□speculate□hetherfoulplaywasi□volved.E□chmem□ero□thegrouph□dadifferen□stor□tot□□l,an□theincon□iste□□i□sin□heiraccou□□sonlyadd□□tot□emyster□o□the□i□singn□ne.□> In□est□g□torslearnedthatt□egrouphad□e□nfriendsfory□ars,butrecentlythere□a□beenten□iona□o□□them.Ru□orsofdisagre□mentsand□rg□mentsdu□ingthet□□pbeg□nt□sur□ace,leadingaut□oriti□sto□pec□latewhe□□erf□ulpl□ywasi□volved.□achme□beroftheg□ouphad□diffe□e□t□□orytotell,□ndt□einconsi□tenc□es□nt□ei□accountsonlyadded□othemysteryo□themissingn□□e.□□p>