RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Authorities stepped up patrols Friday near an area of Jefferson National Forest where a Virginia Tech couple described by their minister as “godly young people” were found slain. A man walking his dog early Thursday found the bodies of David Lee Metzler, 19, of Lynchburg and Heidi Lynn Childs, 18, of Forest in the parking lot of a day use area and campground that is a popular hangout for Virginia Tech students. Autopsies were being performed, but Montgomery County Sheriff Lt. Brian Wright said both students appear to have been shot sometime late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. 
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