Community rallies behind family of teen brothers found dead in Garner fire

From school to a Garner swim team to their own musical brotherhood, the loss of two brothers, 15-year-old River Collins and 13-year-old Jet Collins, is being remembered throughout the community.

The community is also rallying around their mother, Kerrith McDowell, who now has to bury two sons, after they, along with her husband, were found dead with gunshot wounds in a burned home, in a case now being considered an arson and homicide.

McDowell’s fellow Duke nurses have been organizing a fundraiser that has raised tens of thousands of dollars, as she navigates life ahead after the unthinkable…

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