Twins Qaadir and Naazir Lewis at their high school graduation in 2024. Courtesy Yasmine Brawner

On the night of March 7, Naazir and Qaadir Lewis pulled into a Shell station near their home in suburban Atlanta, gassed up their black Nissan Altima and bought some water and beef jerky.

As they tossed out trash from the back seat, a basketball bounced out of the car, a fleeting moment of teen normalcy captured on the gas station’s security cameras. The twin brothers drove off into the night, leaving it behind.

About 12 hours later, a hiker discovered their bodies at the top of remote Bell Mountain, nearly 90 miles north near Georgia’s border with North Carolina. The 19-year-olds lay side by side on their backs, with their legs straight and their arms outstretched. Each was found with a

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