David Metzler
- Age
- 18
- Gender
- M
- Race
- White
- Eye color
- unknown
- Hair color
- unknown
#09-18061Tier-2 extracted
David Metzler
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Aug 27, 2009
Recovery location
Montgomery Co., VA
Coordinates
38.1807, -81.3288
Days open
6,127
Victims
ExtractedHeidi Childs
Case narrative
Source text · highlightedThursday, August 27, 2009, Heidi Childs and David Metzler were found murdered at Caldwell Fields, a Jefferson National Forest rural recreation area located within Montgomery County, Virginia, over which there is concurrent state and federal jurisdiction. Caldwell Fields is located within Montgomery County near the Craig County line on Route 621 - Upper Craig's Creek Road. The criminal investigation determined that Heidi and David were killed in the evening hours the previous day, Wednesday, August 26, 2009 and that both victims were shot to death. The thirteen-year criminal investigation includes numerous interviews of residents of the local communities, resulting in the identification of persons of interest and suspects in Montgomery, Craig, and Roanoke Counties. Within the local region, the murders are sometimes referred to as the Caldwell Fields murders or the Metzler-Childs murders. The multi-agency criminal investigation continues to develop leads and interview witnesses.
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2Weaponfirearm
Locationpublic_outdoor
Date2009-08-26
AddressRoute 621 - Upper Craig's Creek Road
Ageuncertain
Genderuncertain
About these fields →qwen3:14b · 6/5/2026
Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 38.1807
- Longitude
- -81.3288
- Precision
- —
- Address
- Caldwell Fields
Possibly related cases (0)
No plausible matches in geographic + temporal proximity. Methodology →
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- Address
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