Qaadir and Naazir Lewis; Lawrenceville, Georgia twin brothers shot dead: victims of foul play or murder-suicide at the hands of their twin sibling?
Two Georgia twin brothers found shot dead in what authorities believed to be a murder-suicide is being regarded as suspicious by family members and alleged victims of foul play after their bodies were found at the summit of Bell Mountain, near the North Carolina border.
The discovery of the bodies of Qaadir Malik Lewis and Naazir Rahim Lewis, both 19, came as a shock to family members, after believing the twins to be in Boston visiting friends, only to later find out the twin brothers had missed their flight the day before, on March 7th, WXIA-TV reported.
Were Lawrenceville, Georgia brothers incapable of ever hurting each other?
The twins, who according to family members don’t hike were found roughly 90 miles away from their home of Lawrenceville. The brothers’ bodies were found by a hiker around 11:05 a.m. March 8, with gunshot wounds on both their corpses.
‘We want answers, we want to know exactly what happened to the twins,’ their aunt, Samira Brawner told WXIA.
The twins were inseparable, according to family members, and had no known history of conflict.
‘They’re very protective of each other. They love each other,’ their uncle Rahim Brawner told the outlet. ‘They’re like inseparable. I couldn’t imagine them hurting each other because I’ve never seen them get into a fistfight before.’
The family said the brothers had booked a flight to Boston for 7 a.m. last Friday but never made their flight. Just 24 hours later, they were found dead in an area the family said they had never visited before.
The family said the brothers’ plane tickets were found in their wallets on the mountain.
‘How did they end up out in the mountains? They don’t hike out there, they’ve never been out there,’ Brawner said. ‘They don’t know anything about Hiawassee, Georgia. They never even heard of Bell Mountain, so how did they end up right there?’
Murder-suicide or victims of foul play?
The Georgia Bureau of Investigations, GBI in a release stated that their preliminary findings suggest a murder-suicide, but the family strongly disputes that conclusion.
‘We knew right away that wasn’t true,’ Brawner told WCNC.
Added their aunt, Yasmine Brawner, ‘They had a huge support system. We know them. They wouldn’t do anything like this. To say they did this to each other? No. Something happened in those mountains, and we want answers.’
The family have since made an emotional plea for anyone who may have seen the twins in the days leading up to their deaths to come forward.
‘Somebody knows something,’ Samira Brawner said.
‘They didn’t just walk up that mountain and die. Something happened to them.’
The GBI confirmed that autopsies have been completed, but the agency is still awaiting additional forensic test results along with additional investigative work before issuing a final ruling on the cause of death.
Authorities did not name the brother they believe carried out the alleged murder-suicide.
As of early Monday, an online GoFundme campaign to help cover the funeral costs for the twins had garnered $22,300.
