Two Virginia Tech students, a quiet date under the stars, and by morning — a double murder that still haunts the Appalachian woods. Over fifteen years later, the killer has never been found. Today we head to Caldwell Fields to ask: who took Heidi Childs and David Metzler’s lives- and why?

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Episode Sources:
Virginia State Police, WDBJ7, Medium, The Quester Files, Navigating Advocacy

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