Sister Details Last Conversation She Had with 19-Year-Old Twin Brothers as Officials Determine They Died by Suicide

Officials person concluded their investigation into nan deaths of 19-year-old twins Qaadir and Naazir Lewis, who were found dormant astatine nan apical of a Georgia mountain – and announced a displacement from their preliminary findings erstwhile it came to their mode of death.

On Wednesday, May 21, nan Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced that they’d ruled that some young men died by suicide, a alteration from nan agency’s first findings connected March 9, successful which they classified their deaths arsenic a “murder suicide" based connected preliminary evidence.

“The broad investigation indicates nan injuries causing their deaths were self-inflicted,” nan agency said. The GBI said nary further accusation will beryllium released erstwhile contacted by PEOPLE. The GBI Medical Examiner’s Office and Towns County Sheriff’s Office directed PEOPLE to nan GBI property release.

Since Qaadir and Naazir’s bodies were recovered by hikers astatine nan apical of Bell Mountain successful Hiawassee, Ga., connected March 8, family members said they didn't judge that nan young men —who had planned connected a taking a day cruise successful April and dreamed of being entrepreneurs — would wounded themselves aliases each other, CNN reported.

“My nephews wouldn’t do this!” nan twins’ aunt, Yasmine Brawner, wrote successful a GoFundMe page she organized successful hopes of hiring an interrogator to thief pinch nan case. (Brawner did not instantly respond to PEOPLE’s petition for comment.)

“[They] wanted truthful overmuch for their future, they had dreams of starting their very ain clothing line,” she added.

On March 7, nan time earlier nan siblings were recovered dead, Naazir was scheduled to alert to Boston to spot friends, according to CNN. Officials said that he went to nan airdrome but ne'er boarded nan plane. Instead, he returned to his location successful Lawrenceville, an Atlanta suburb.

What prompted Naazir and Qaadir to recreation from their hometown to Hiawassee, almost 90 miles away, is unclear. But cellular location information helped investigators found a timeline from nan siblings’ location to Bell Mountain. Surveillance footage besides emerged, which showed nan twins entering a Shell Gas position successful Lawrenceville, Ga., astir 12 hours earlier they were discovered dead.

Other grounds that led to their charismatic uncovering includes records that show “Naazir purchased ammunition utilized successful nan gun,” according to nan GBI. The ammunition was delivered to Naazir’s location 2 days earlier his last travel pinch his brother. 

Additionally, net history from their phones "showed searches for really to load a gun, termination rates successful 2024, and different related searches."

For nan brothers’ family, location are still unending questions – and pain.

“For a batch of our family, it’s excessively much,” a family personnel told CNN. “They are highly traumatized.”

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The twins’ older sister, Kai'ree Powell, remembered her past time pinch them. On March 6, nan 3 siblings watched a sitcom astatine her location successful Atlanta and talked astir life.

“They asked maine … ‘If you didn’t person immoderate worry and fears, what would you do?’ And I told them that I would want to creation because I’ve ever wanted to beryllium a dancer,” Powell told CNN. “And they said, ‘You should do that. I really dream that you do that.’ ”

"That was nan past point they said to me," she added.

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