Few clues in deaths of Va. Tech students.

[dgibby]

They were the cream of the crop," sighed the Rev. Gerald Kroll of Heritage Baptist Church in Lynchburg, summing up the short, happy lives of David Metzler and Heidi Childs.

Metzler, 19, of Lynchburg and Childs, 18, of Forest were found shot to death Thursday morning in the remote Caldwell Fields area of the Jefferson National Forest in Montgomery County. Metzler was found dead in his 17-year-old Toyota. The body of Childs, his girlfriend of four years, was found outside the car. Montgomery County Sheriff Tommy Whitt said of the crime scene: "It's brutal. It's ugly."

Brutal and ugly. The words are the antithesis of the lives the two teenagers led, according to friends who struggled to come to grips with the reality that two of the sweetest people they ever knew were gone so abruptly.

More at link:http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/217077

And:

Recruits from the New River Criminal Justice Training Academy search for more clues at Caldwell Fields in Jefferson National Forest.
Montgomery County deputies are patrolling today on the road where the bodies of two Virginia Tech students were found Thursday morning.

At least three deputies were out this morning on Craig Creek Road, off U.S. 460. Montgomery County Lt. Brian Wright said they wanted to give residents of the area some peace of mind as well as be on the lookout for anyone who might have information about the apparent killings of David Metzler and Heidi Childs.

Addison Field, the day-use area where their bodies were found, was closed off by deputies Thursday as they combed the site for potential evidence. Today, the site is empty except for some shattered vehicle glass toward the back of the lot.

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"We want to make sure we don't leave anything uncovered," Wright said.

He said no suspects have been developed in the teenagers' deaths, which are being considered a double homicide. The sheriff's office has said it appeared they had been shot. Their bodies were taken to the medical examiner's office in Roanoke for autopsies, but Wright said the sheriff's office had not yet received their autopsy reports

More at link:

http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/news/2009/08/

Me:


This double homicide occurred one year after a VT student was beheaded by another student in the Student Union and two years after the campus massacre.

http://a11news.com/1340/virginia-tech-beheading/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18134671/

Seems like more tragedy than one school should have to handle. I really feel for them.


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[Chemisse]

1. I didn't know about the beheading

That is a lot of violence for one campus, very bad luck I guess.

[dgibby]

2. It was really gruesome.

She was just sitting there, having a cup of coffee.

[Chemisse]

3. jesus! I wonder if parents are getting nervous about sending their kids there - nt