The GBI is assisting the Towns County Sheriff’s Office with a death investigation on Bell Mountain in Hiawassee. Hikers found two men dead at the top of Bell Mountain. They have been identified as twin brothers, Qaadir Malik Lewis and Naazir Rahim Lewis, 19, of Lawrenceville.
“On Saturday…about 11:05 a.m., the Towns County 911 Center received notification that two people were found dead at the top of Bell Mountain,” according to a GBI news release. “The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested by the Towns County Sheriff’s Office shortly after the discovery.”
The GBI says both men were found with gunshot wounds. The preliminary investigation reveals the deaths to be a murder suicide.