Montgomery Co. sheriff talks about double homicide investigation & frustrations

Montgomery County Sheriff Tommy Whitt keeps pictures of Heidi Childs and David Metzler inside of his office. “Keeps it constant on my mind ... not that I would forget it,“ said Whitt.

The couple was found shot to death in the Caldwell Fields section of the county back in August.

Whitt calls their killings brutal and more than one month later the crime is also unsolved.

“It is frustrating, yes. It concerns me that no one has been arrested and concerns me the person or persons that committed this crime is still somewhere ... either in our community or has left the community.“

Police are being very tight lipped about the investigation, but the sheriff admits they are sitting on information. “We know certain things that they won’t necessarily know we know so therefore if we release it, it becomes common knowledge to everyone and it would in fact jeopardize the investigation.“
     
When asked if he’s confident the case will be solved, Sheriff Whitt says “I think it will, but I can’t put a time frame on it.“

Families of the victims are hoping a reward, that’s well over $50,000 and growing, will bring someone forward with information.

But, the sheriff doesn’t want the reward amount to dictate when someone does speak up. “If there’s a person sitting out there that knows something about this crime that’s just waiting on the reward pool to grow, then I would say shame on them.“

Investigators are still chasing down leads and looking forward to the day they can call Childs and Metzler’s families about a break in the case. “I wish that day had been the day of or the day after the double homicide,“ said Whitt.
   
If you have any information about the deaths of Childs and Metzler, call the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 540-382-2951. No amount of information is too small.