Georgia's firefighter accused of sharing photos of Twins Death's scene

A volunteer firefighter was fired and arrested after being accused of taking pictures at the place of the dead in Two brothers from Georgia And by sharing it publicly, the Georgia investigative office announced on Tuesday.

The 42 -year -old man was accused of obstructing crimes about the investigation of Qaadir Malik Lewis and Nazir Rahim Lewis, both 19.

The television station in Atlanta 11alive reported that the firefighter was was fired from the Fire Department of Towns County on March 14 for violating the protocol of the department. USA Today addressed the Department and Towns County, but did not receive an immediate answer.

The hikers found the bodies of the two brothers on the morning of March 8, The office said previously. There was no new information about the death investigation in Tuesday’s announcement.

Investigators said I think the death of the brothers was a murder murder, but the boys’ family rejected this.

“I could not imagine that they hurt each other because I never saw them in a fist,” their uncle, Rahim Brawner, told KSDK-TV.

The agency said on Sunday that the autopsies were completed, but the official decision of the medical examiner was waiting for the medical -legal tests.

USA Today addressed the firefighter on Tuesday, but did not receive an immediate answer. It is not clear if he has a lawyer.

Family rejects assumption of killing the murder

The Gemini family told the media press that they thought the twins visited friends at Boston at the time, adding that the brothers reserved a flight to Boston for 7 in the morning, on Friday, but never made flight. Less than 24 hours later, the two were found dead in an area they would have visited with air tickets in wallets.

It is not clear as soon as the two brothers arrived on the mountain and why they were there.

“How did they get to the mountains? They never walk there. They never were there,” Brawner told KSDK. “I don’t know anything about Hiawassee, Georgia. They didn’t even hear about Bell Mountain, so how did they get there?”

Located near the border with North Carolina, Bell Mountain is about two and a half hours drive. The hometown of the boys, Lawrenceville, a suburb of Atlanta, is located about 30 miles northern -est from the city center.

“To say that they did this to each other? No. Something happened in those mountains and we want answers,” the aunt of the Yasmine Brawner brothers told KSDK.

Brawner set up a GoFundme To cover the funeral expenses for brothers with a $ 20,000 goal. The account raised more than $ 23,000 Monday morning. In the description of the account, she again rejected the request to suicide the crime.

“Unfortunately, something happened at the Bell Mountain that ended the life of Qaadir and Nazir, 19 years old, which must be investigated,” Brawner wrote.

The case has echoes of the Kobe Bryant process

Statements to share photos of a death scene had echoes of the scandal that followed Sharing photos with helicopter accident That killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others on January 26, 2020.

In 2023 the Bryant family set requests against Los Angeles County For a total of $ 28.5 million after Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, won a Decision of $ 15 million against the county.

Bryant sued the county a few months after the accident, claiming that the employees of the county sheriff and firefighters used their personal phones to take and share Horrible photos from the accident scene of his daughter Gianna and her husband Kobe.

Her lawyers said that the first respondents have no legitimate business reason because they did so and instead violated their privacy rights using photos as souvenirs or fun objects.

The scandal of photos cost the county more than $ 51 million in settlements, including 19.95 million USD for CLIFF CIMster applicant colleague and $ 1.25 million each for two other families Those lost loved ones in the same accident.

In September 2020, California adopted the so-called “Kobe Bryant Law“This made the first respondents take the first respondents Unauthorized photos of dead victims to accident or crime scenes.

Contribution: Brent Schrotenboer