TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is assisting the Towns County Sheriff’s Office with a death investigation on Bell Mountain in Hiawassee, Georgia. Hikers found two men dead at the top of Bell Mountain.
The men were identified as twin brothers, Qaadir Malik Lewis and Naazir Rahim Lewis, both 19, of Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia.
On Saturday, March 8, 2025, at about 11:05 a.m., the Towns County 911 Center received notification that two people were found dead at the top of Bell Mountain.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested by the Towns County Sheriff’s Office shortly after the discovery.
Both men were found with gunshot wounds.
The preliminary investigation reveals the deaths to be a murder suicide.
A GBI medical examiner has completed the autopsies, but the official ME ruling and results are pending additional forensic tests.
The death investigation is active & ongoing.
GEORGIA - A Georgia man in need of an emergency heart transplant was added to…
TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. — Voters in Towns County will head to the polls Nov. 3…
PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. - Two people were injured Thursday evening after a single-engine airplane crashed…
STEPHENS COUNTY, Ga. - A 51-year-old Martin woman was arrested Monday after deputies reportedly found…
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. - A juvenile was detained Tuesday following an altercation involving multiple juvenile…
HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. - An elderly Cornelia woman initially thought a family member had entered…