The 19-year-old twin brothers found fatally fired in a Georgia mountain this month has rejected a police theory that one killed the other and then itself in an apparent murder-suicide.
Qaadir Malik Lewis and Naazir Rahim Lewis, who were about to turn 20, were found by hikers at the Bell Mountain Summit in Hiawassee on the morning of Saturday, March 8. The Georgia investigations office said in a statement that both men had arms injuries and “preliminary investigation reveals deaths from murder for murder”. “
“They are very protective of each other. They love each other,” Rahim Brawnner, an uncle, told NBC Wxia affiliate in Atlanta. “They are like inseparable. I could not imagine that I have been hurt because I have never seen them in a fist fight.”
The GBI said in a brief update on Sunday that the autopsies have been completed in the couple, but a forensic medical failure had not been released because more forensic tests were needed. NBC News has communicated with the GBI to comment.
Lawrenceville’s couple, Georgia, had planned to travel to Boston to see friends and should fly at 7 am on March 7. The authorities say they never made the flight, and their bodies were found 90 miles from their home in an area that their family says they had never visited.
The family of the twins has said that the police explanation makes no sense, arguing that the children were close and had no conflict history.
“We want answers, we want to know exactly what happened to the twins,” said Samira Brawnner, an aunt, Wxia.
The family said they were baffled why the couple ended up in an unknown mountain that is popular among hikers and tourists and not far from the North Carolina state line. The twin plane tickets were still in their wallets.
“How did they end in the mountains? They don’t walk around, they have never been there,” said Brawnner. “They know nothing about Hiawassee, Georgia. They didn’t even hear about Bell Mountain, so how did they end right right there?”
The GBI declared that its preliminary findings suggest a murder-suicide, but the family strongly disputes that conclusion.
“We immediately knew that was not true,” said Brawnner.
Yasmine Brawnner, another aunt, told Wxia: “They had a great support system. We know them. They would not do anything like this. To say that they did this to each other? No. Something happened in those mountains, and we want answers.”
On a GOFUNDME page established to raise money for funeral expenses, Yasmine Brawnner wrote: “In new recent reports, they said they took their lives. My nephews would not do this!
The page had raised more than $ 22,500 from Monday morning.
