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Don Childs struggles daily with the innocence that his daughter, Heidi Childs and David Metzler went with to Caldwell Fields in Montgomery County this past August.
Don, his wife Laura, and Keith and Susan Metzler have had to clean out their children's apartments, shut off cell phones and close bank accounts.The parents of Heidi Childs and David Metzler are asking for any information that might lead to an arrest, conviction and some finality for the families.
News7 spoke with Don Childs Monday.
Clearly the couple's killer is still out there, and Don Childs says the families' sorrow is stronger now than it's ever been.
"They had their guitars. They were going to go and play their guitars around a camp fire and get back to campus."
Don Childs struggles daily with the innocence that his daughter, Heidi Childs and David Metzler went with to Caldwell Fields in Montgomery County this past August.
Now, two months later, he's taking steps towards some kind of closure.
"It was hard to close it out and not to hear her voice anymore," says Childs.
Don, his wife Laura, and Keith and Susan Metzler have had to do things parents should never have to do. Cleaning out apartments, shutting off cell phones and closing accounts.
"Her bank account. I go to the bank and explain to them what the situation is and her cell phone. We communicated constantly with her cell phone," says Childs.
Now, Childs is asking everyone to remember where they were the days surrounding the murders.
"Someone down the street might have seen something. That's what we're trying to get out there for people to come forward, to not be afraid. It's anonymous," says Childs.
He says any bit of information or observation could be enough to find out who killed this young couple.
"Oh yeah, I remember seeing that particular vehicle or I was on the way to the store and I saw this vehicle. That's what we're hoping, to kindle some memory," says Childs.
As they wait, the Childs and Metzler's say they take strength in knowing they will see their children again.
"We are comforted to know that they are in heaven and it'll just be a matter of time that we'll be rejoined with them," says Childs.
The reward for information is now $70,000.
Anyone with information, should call the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department at 540-382-2951.
Investigators say they do NOT believe there is any connection to the Morgan Harrington case.
