The family of the 19-year-old twins found dead on Bell Mountain on March 8 have new questions for authorities after seeing new surveillance video of the two brothers just hours before a hiker discovered their bodies.
Yasmine Brawner, the aunt of Qaadir and Naazir Lewis, shared a news report on Facebook that included footage of her nephews entering a Shell Gas station in Lawrenceville, Ga., about 12 hours before they were found slain.
The family said they have also learned that the twins took an Uber to the airport that Friday morning after scheduling a trip to Boston, but changed their plans when the car failed to drop them off in time for their flight.
They now have several questions, like how the two young men drove their unreliable car to Bell Mountain and managed to get inside the gates of the facility, which closes at 9 p.m., at which time they were still close to home.
“This gas station here, around 10:30 p.m., the twins are seen drinking water, eating snacks. And dressed how they would normally dress,” the twins’ aunt, Samira Brawner, told 11 Alive.
“They pretty much walked inside the gas station and walked out, and you know that’s all—that’s all she saw,” Samira added.
Despite this new evidence and the fact that the autopsies for both teenagers are complete, the medical examiner is declining to officially rule on both manner and cause of death for the teens “pending additional forensic tests,” the GBI announced in a statement.
The GBI also did not respond to a request to comment on this latest development.
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Deputies with the Towns County Sheriff’s Office were the first to arrive on the scene on March 8 and found that both teens had suffered gunshot wounds, according to a GBI news release.
Those deputies then alerted the GBI, and based on a preliminary investigation, the two agencies said they believed the deaths resulted from a murder-suicide. (The official ruling will be made by the medical examiner.)
Family members, however, are disputing the assertion from authorities about a murder-suicide.
“My nephews wouldn’t do this! They came from a family of love, and twins wanted so much for their future, they had dreams of starting their very own clothing line,” Yasmine previously said after launching a GoFundMe to raise money for their funerals.
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Yasmine said that the two teens had no connection to Bell Mountain, which is located 90 miles north of their home in a series of posts shared on Facebook.
She also said on Facebook that the gas station where they were seen the night before their deaths was located just a few minutes away from their home.
“We are not going to sweep this case up under the rug, we want to know the truth of what happened to Qaadir and Naazir so our family can have closure. It is so many unanswered questions that keeps us up at night,” Yasmine said earlier this month on Facebook.
The older sister of the two brothers is also rejecting the initial assertion from authorities about their deaths.
“They were a bright light on some of my darkest days and were some of my biggest supporters,” wrote Kairee Powell on Facebook.
She and other family members have now created the hashtag “#JusticeForQaadirAndNaazir” to raise awareness.
“Unfortunately Something happened at Bell mountain that ended the lives of 19 year old Qaadir and Naazir, which needs to be further investigated,” Yasmine said of the deaths.
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.
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