Twin Brothers from Georgia have been admitted to a remote mountain in the state, about 90 miles from home and hundreds more from Boston where they should be.
Qaadir and Naazir Lewis, both 19, from Lawrenceville near Atlanta, were discovered last weekend at the top of Bell Mountain, a picturesque but insulated peak in Towns County near the border with North Carolina.
The twins had sustained fatal shot wounds before their bodies were found by a walker.
But their grieving family is stunned about what happened, because they say that the brothers should be in a plane to Boston to see their friends and were found dead in the rugged wilderness instead.
“They are very protective against each other. They love each other, “said their uncle Rahim Brawner to 11alive. “They were inseparable. I could not imagine that they hurt each other because I have never seen them in a fist fight. '
The twins had booked a 7 -hour flight to Boston on Friday 7 March and had been enthusiastic to visit friends, but they never got into their flight.
Only 24 hours later they were found dead, the family told that their airline tickets had still been put in their wallets.
'How did they end up in the mountains? They don't walk outside; They have never been there, “said their aunt Samira Brawner.
Qaadir and Naazir Lewis, both 19, from Lawrenceville near Atlanta, were shot at the top of Bell Mountain, a picturesque but insulated peak in Towns County near North Carolina
“They are very protective against each other. They love each other, “said their uncle Rahim Brawner. “They were inseparable. I couldn't imagine they hurt each other. '
The aunts and uncles of the boys desperately look for what clarity about how the teenagers died
“They know nothing about Hiawassee, Georgia. They have never heard of Bell Mountain. So how did they end up there? '
In a statement that has only deepened the fear of the family, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has indicated that it will point out provisional findings of suicide suicide – but the family rejects such findings fiercely.
The GBI confirmed that autopsies have been completed, but said that further forensic tests are still being treated, so that the official cause and the way of death is not yet resolved.
“We immediately knew that wasn't true,” Samira said. “We want to answer, we want to know exactly what happened to the twins.”
Another aunt, Yasmine Brawner, also shared the disbelief of the family.
“They had a huge support system. We know them. They wouldn't do such a thing. To say they have done this to each other? No. Something happened in those mountains, and we want to answer. '
For the family, the idea is that one brother has killed the other before turning the gun in itself, not only unimaginable, but also completely inconsistent with their relationship.
“They came from a family of love and twins wanted so much for their future – they had dreams to start their own clothing line,” Yasmine shared on the GoFundMe page set up to cover funeral costs for the couple.
Qaadir and Naazir Lewis, both 19, were expected by their friends in Boston during the weekend that their bodies were discovered
For the family, the idea is that one brother has killed the other before turning the gun in itself, not only unimaginable, but also fully inconsistent with their relationship
Although Bell Mountain is a well -known tourist place, family members say it is not somewhere that the brothers had once mentioned or even visited earlier
The family is also confused by the location where the brothers were found, at the top of Bell Mountain, a picturesque but insulated peak in Towns County near the border with North Carolina
The family is also confused by the location where the brothers were found.
Although Bell Mountain is a well -known tourist place, family members say it is not somewhere that the brothers had once mentioned or even visited earlier.
The family has since made an emotional plea for anyone who saw the twins in the days prior to their death to come forward.
“Someone knows something,” said Samira Brawner.
“They didn't just walk on that mountain and die. Something happened to them. '
