130: MURDER: Heidi Childs and David Metzler
Detective Perspective
Derrick Levasseur & Square Mile Studios
4.9 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
On the morning of August 27, 2009, a man walking his dog made a devastating discovery at Caldwell Fields, a campground in the Jefferson National Forest near Blacksburg, Virginia.
In a parking area, two Virginia Tech students - 18-year-old Heidi Childs and 19-year-old David Metzler - had been shot and killed.
Just 12 hours earlier, the couple had gone to the campground to talk and spend time together. They were expected to return home that night, but they never did.
More than 15 years later, the murders of Heidi and David remain unsolved, and detectives are still searching for the person or people responsible.
If you have any information in this case, you can contact the Virginia State Police at 540-375-9589. There is a $100,000 reward for information.
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| 0:25.1 | For 10% off, go to crimecon.com.com.com and use the code Birmingham at checkout. On the morning of August 27, 2009, a man walking his dog made a devastating discovery at Caldwell Fields, |
| 0:47.3 | a campground in the Jefferson National Forest near Blacksburg, Virginia. |
| 0:51.8 | In a parking area, two Virginia Tech students, 18-year-old Heidi Childs, |
| 0:56.7 | and 19-year-old David Metzler, had been shot and killed. Just 12 hours earlier, the couple |
| 1:02.2 | had gone to the campground to talk and spend time together. They were expected to return home |
| 1:07.4 | that night, but they never did. More than 16 years later, the murders of Heidi and David remain unsolved, |
| 1:15.0 | and detectives are still searching for the person or people responsible, |
| 1:18.9 | as well as why they decided to take two innocent lives. |
| 1:26.9 | Music The Hey everyone. Welcome back to Detective Perspective. My name is Derek Lavasser. I'm a licensed private investigator and former police detective. Each week I'll be covering an unsolved case and story format. |
| 2:03.6 | I'll then give you my perspective on the investigation and provide contact information for the individuals or organizations connected to the case so that if you have any tips, you can contact them directly. |
| 2:15.0 | And maybe you can help solve a case. |
| 2:17.0 | So if you're someone who's |
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| 2:33.2 | This case, Heidi and David, is going to be one of those |
| 2:37.2 | instances where, for the most part, law enforcement has been pretty tight-lipped about certain things. |
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