Mystery surrounds Georgia deaths of twin brothers found shot on mountain

The household of duplicate Georgia brothers, Qaadir Malik Lewis and Naazir Rahim Lewis, 19, bash not judge the 2 died of murder-suicide, arsenic authorities say. 

The brothers, from Gwinnett County, Georgia, were recovered dormant astatine the apical of Bell Mountain by hikers connected March 8, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said successful a media release.

"Both men were recovered with gunshot wounds," the connection said. "The preliminary probe reveals the deaths to beryllium a execution suicide."

A Sunday update said, "A GBI aesculapian examiner has completed the autopsies, but the authoritative ME ruling and results are pending further forensic tests." The bureau is assisting the Towns County Sheriff's Office with the investigation. 

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A photograph from erstwhile duplicate brothers Qaadir Malik Lewis and Naazir Rahim Lewis were babies. (GoFundMe)

"My nephews wouldn’t bash this," their aunt, Yasmine Brawner, said connected a GoFundMe leafage to assistance the household with memorial expenses. "They came from a household of love, and twins wanted truthful overmuch for their future, they had dreams of starting their precise ain covering line."

She added, "Something happened astatine Bell mountain," calling for further investigation. 

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Qaadir Malik Lewis and Naazir Rahim Lewis, 19, were recovered dormant with gunshot wounds astir 2 hours from wherever they lived. (GoFundMe)

The twins were scheduled to alert to Boston connected March 7 to sojourn friends, but they ne'er made their formation retired of Atlanta, household members told section FOX 5. The TV presumption reported the teenagers inactive had their hose tickets successful their wallets erstwhile they were recovered dead.

The household added that the boys had ne'er visited the country wherever they were found, which is astir a two-hour thrust from wherever they lived successful Lawrenceville. 

The household rejects investigators' preliminary findings that the boys died of murder-suicide. (GoFundMe)

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"They’re precise protective of each other. They emotion each other," their uncle, Rahim Brawner told WXIA-TV. "They’re similar inseparable. I couldn’t ideate them hurting each different due to the fact that I’ve ne'er seen them get into a fistfight before."

"How did they extremity up retired successful the mountains?" Brawner questioned. "They don’t hike retired there, they’ve ne'er been retired there. They don’t cognize thing astir Hiawassee, Georgia. They ne'er adjacent heard of Bell Mountain, truthful however did they extremity up close there?"