Candice survived but Kristin died when the 29-year-old twins from Surrey Hills in Melbourne shot themselves at a shooting range in Denver, Colorado, last week .
The twins had hired .22 calibre handguns and ammunition and, after shooting targets for more than an hour, turned the guns on themselves.
Candice remains in a serious condition in Colorado's Swedish Medical Centre, where her parents are at her side after flying from Melbourne at the weekend.
“Our family asks that you respect our privacy during this difficult time but wanted to share a recent photo of our daughters with you,” parents Ernest and Kelsay Hermeler said in a statement today.
Candice told investigators the twins had planned to kill themselves, but has refused to explain why.
Colorado police have formally closed their investigation into the double shooting, saying there was “not any more that can be done on this case”.
The closure of the case comes after the discovery of links between the twins and the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.
In letters to Columbine shooting survivor Brooks Brown, Kristin said she was someone who had “been rejected, victimised and ostracised”.
Mr Brown's father told The Australian he believed police had prematurely closed the investigation into the twins' shooting.
The Hermeler twins completed Year 12 at Melbourne's exclusive Methodist Ladies College, where classmates recalled them as quiet, socially awkward and withdrawn.
One Year 12 classmate said she wouldn't have been surprised if the twins has been bullied at school. “It was a bitchy school,” she said.
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