GA - Twin brothers miss flight to Boston, found dead 24 hours later in Georgia mountains, 14 Mar 2025
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Yes did he sign up as fire volunteer with an ulterior motive.
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In this area all homicides/suicides and most other major cases are turned over to the GBI. We are small towns and have small town police forces and sheriffs officesBBM. IMO, it depends upon how "clean" your police force is. Judging from what I've read about this region and its past, I don't know enough about this particular police force to assume they're qualified to determine the way these deaths occurred.
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Towns County Schools was made aware that a crime scene photo had been shared with some of our students on Monday. In collaboration with local law enforcement, our administration promptly initiated an investigation and took appropriate measures to ensure the photo was no longer in the possession of any students. The students involved were unaware of the illegal nature of how the photo was distributed and were fully cooperative with the administration during the investigation. Due to FERPA regulations, we are unable to comment on specific student discipline matters.
www.11alive.com
Family outraged after firefighter arrested, accused of sharing Bell Mountain crime scene photo of twin brothers found dead
The GBI arrested Towns County Volunteer firefighter Scott Kerlin for allegedly sharing a crime scene photo of twin brothers Qaadir and Naazir Lewis.
www.11alive.com
The 11Alive article also provides some information that I don't believe has been mentioned before.Towns County Schools was made aware that a crime scene photo had been shared with some of our students on Monday. In collaboration with local law enforcement, our administration promptly initiated an investigation and took appropriate measures to ensure the photo was no longer in the possession of any students. The students involved were unaware of the illegal nature of how the photo was distributed and were fully cooperative with the administration during the investigation. Due to FERPA regulations, we are unable to comment on specific student discipline matters.
Family outraged after firefighter arrested, accused of sharing Bell Mountain crime scene photo of twin brothers found dead
The GBI arrested Towns County Volunteer firefighter Scott Kerlin for allegedly sharing a crime scene photo of twin brothers Qaadir and Naazir Lewis.
Excerpts below (bbm):
"The family said the twins just got their licenses last year and shared a vehicle."
"The family said the twins had been at their sister's house in Chamblee the night before, on March 6, watching movies before heading back to their home in Lawrenceville, where they lived with their stepmom and father."
"The family said the car was found parked at Bell Mountain on the morning of Saturday, March 8."
"Family said the twins' phones, wallet and plane ticket were found inside their car. They said the twins' stepmom mentioned bags were found in the car but didn't elaborate on what was inside the bags."
Interesting (imo) that the brothers wallets / phones were left inside the car and not their persons.
"The gate (to Bell Mountain) is open from approximately 8 a.m. until end of daylight...when closed, the gate prevents any vehicle's from entering the parking lot."
This would imply (imo) the brothers couldn't have arrived/parked at the mountain until after 8am when the gate was open.
Not what I was thinking at all. Figured he might have friends interested in seeing photos. MOO
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I feel like this volunteer firefighter is guilty of being a bad person and trying to get attention by circulating the photos. he is just an ignoramus and nothing more nefarious...or....did he just come upon them on accident? how did he become the person on scene and who instructed him to go there?
He looks very angry in the arrest photos..mOO
He looks very angry in the arrest photos..mOO
I can’t even begin to try to comprehend the hurt and rage …. To lose family under questionable circumstances is one thing but to learn later that they were degraded in death…Towns County Schools was made aware that a crime scene photo had been shared with some of our students on Monday. In collaboration with local law enforcement, our administration promptly initiated an investigation and took appropriate measures to ensure the photo was no longer in the possession of any students. The students involved were unaware of the illegal nature of how the photo was distributed and were fully cooperative with the administration during the investigation. Due to FERPA regulations, we are unable to comment on specific student discipline matters.
Family outraged after firefighter arrested, accused of sharing Bell Mountain crime scene photo of twin brothers found dead
The GBI arrested Towns County Volunteer firefighter Scott Kerlin for allegedly sharing a crime scene photo of twin brothers Qaadir and Naazir Lewis.
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But they were found on/near a trail - they didn't try to hide themselves from hikers.
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I remain suspicious of these deaths and am glad GBI is heading the investigation.
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This quote reads like a single photo was shared with some students -- I wonder if perhaps the FF's child was responsible for distributing a photo. JMO
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I don't think he necessarily needed to share it specifically with students. Reports are that he shared the photo publicly. Sharing it anywhere on a public forum or social media would mean it was right there for anyone, students included, to find. MOO
This is close to where I live. Right across the border from my NC town. Most volunteer firefighters here are also first responders. When a call goes out from dispatch after a call has been made to the Sheriffs office they, 99 times out of 100, also dispatch the first responders from the fire department that is over the area in question. I had a good friend who was the assistant chief of a local volunteer fire department. 98% of all calls he went on were medical in nature and/or car wrecks. Very rarely is there a fire. In fact in all the time I knew him until he passed I believe his department only had 2 or 3 fires over a period of many years. The volunteer fire departments here are expected to do way more than just fires. They also are dispatched for stuff like traffic control during wrecks, help elderly who have fallen, and basically try to get to the event and keep things under control until EMTs and/or police arrive. Since these are very rural areas each community has its own volunteer fire department and they can reach a call faster than LE and EMTs because they are close to the call.
This guy who took the pictures knew better. Even though pretty much all of our fire departments here are volunteer departments they are still trained. It’s nothing like the firefighting schools of say the NYFD but they do have basic training. This guy probably thought he could make a quick buck…or go viral…who knows. LE need to see how many other cases he has worked on and see if he had pictures from them as well. He’s in a world of trouble.
So if any are wondering why a firefighter was at the scene this is why.
This guy who took the pictures knew better. Even though pretty much all of our fire departments here are volunteer departments they are still trained. It’s nothing like the firefighting schools of say the NYFD but they do have basic training. This guy probably thought he could make a quick buck…or go viral…who knows. LE need to see how many other cases he has worked on and see if he had pictures from them as well. He’s in a world of trouble.
So if any are wondering why a firefighter was at the scene this is why.
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Kerling was part of the emergency response team at the location on the top of Bell Mountain on March 8, according to local CBS affiliate WANF.
WXIA confirmed with the Towns County Jail that Kerlin bonded out. He was charged with misdemeanor obstruction. The charge is not related to the investigation into the death of the Lewis twins.
lawandcrime.com
We know from other reports that Town County terminated Kerling from his volunteer position for violating protocol. Kerling personally took the photo while on location during a call-out and no doubt has some apologies to make...
WXIA confirmed with the Towns County Jail that Kerlin bonded out. He was charged with misdemeanor obstruction. The charge is not related to the investigation into the death of the Lewis twins.
Firefighter shared crime scene photos of 'inseparable' twins found dead on mountain peak: GBI
A Georgia firefighter is out of a job after he allegedly shared crime scene photos connected to the case of twins who were found shot dead.
lawandcrime.com
We know from other reports that Town County terminated Kerling from his volunteer position for violating protocol. Kerling personally took the photo while on location during a call-out and no doubt has some apologies to make...
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If he did, that could really mess up a kid. That is a worthless parent. M00
Great explanation. My dad was FDNY but I have friends living in smaller towns who say the firefighters fulfill so many roles, often including EMT services, because there are usually more health- and accident-related needs than fire needs. Honestly my heart sank when I heard it was a FF (or any first responder) who took and distributed photos.
Did I miss his apology?Kerling was part of the emergency response team at the location on the top of Bell Mountain on March 8, according to local CBS affiliate WANF.
WXIA confirmed with the Towns County Jail that Kerlin bonded out. He was charged with misdemeanor obstruction. The charge is not related to the investigation into the death of the Lewis twins.
Firefighter shared crime scene photos of 'inseparable' twins found dead on mountain peak: GBI
A Georgia firefighter is out of a job after he allegedly shared crime scene photos connected to the case of twins who were found shot dead.
We know from other reports that Town County terminated Kerling from his volunteer position for violating protocol. Kerling personally took the photo while on location during a call-out and no doubt has some apologies to make...
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IANAL, but I would imagine that disclosure of evidence in a potential crime that is intended at that time to be held closely by LE can inform both those involved in the crime as well as others who might falsely claim to have been involved. So, LE loses the use of the details of that evidence as a tool to discern potential involvement or culpability when they are interviewing witnesses, potential persons of interest, and suspects.
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This is why I was pondering upthread about the context in which the firefighter shared the photo...I think that's really important. There have been cases where victims are mocked by first responders, but there are also more legitimate reasons to share a photo (although still breaking protocol) -- really curious what the context and accompanying text was.
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