Twin 19-year-old brothers had been discovered shot to loss of life on prime of a Georgia mountain a day after lacking a flight to Boston to go to mates — and their household is refusing to just accept probers’ murder-suicide idea.
Qaadir and Naazir Lewis of Lawrenceville disappeared March 7 after lacking their 7 a.m. flight, with the kids discovered useless by a hiker the following day on the summit of Bell Mountain close to the North Carolina border.
Grieving uncle Rahim Brawner mentioned the kids had been inseparable and would by no means damage one another, even because the Georgia Bureau of Investigations is treating the case as a murder-suicide.
“They’re very protective of each other. They love each other,” Brawner informed native WXIA-TV on Friday of the brothers. “I couldn’t imagine them hurting each other because I’ve never seen them get into a fistfight before.”
The brothers’ aunt, Yasmin Brawner, mentioned the kids additionally had a “huge support system” who they knew would have have helped them if there have been indicators of hassle or suicidal tendencies.
“We know them. They wouldn’t do anything like this,” Yasmine informed the outlet. “To say they did this to each other? No. Something happened in those mountains, and we want answers.”
The aunt has since began a GoFundMe to assist pay for her nephews’ funeral bills. She famous that the twins had “dreams of starting their very own clothing line” sooner or later.”
The household mentioned it has but to listen to solutions on how Qaadir and Naazir traveled from the airport to Bell Mountain, saying the kids have by no means been there, nor are they identified to hike.
The brothers’ our bodies had been discovered by a hiker round 11:05 a.m. March 8, with gunshot wounds on each their corpses.
Their household mentioned the brothers had been discovered with their airplane tickets nonetheless inside their wallets.
The GBI mentioned autopsies for the brothers have been accomplished however that officers are nonetheless ready for added forensic assessments earlier than issuing a ultimate ruling on the reason for loss of life.
Authorities didn’t title the brother they consider carried out the murder-suicide.
