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Va. Tech Couple Shot Dead in Forest

Campground killing apparently random

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 28, 2009 4:32 AM CDT

(Newser) – Two Virginia Tech students have been found murdered in a campground near the school, bringing fresh horror to a campus already rocked by tragedy, the Roanoke Times reports. Police have found no murder weapon, motive or suspect. They believe an attacker shot the sophomore couple in a "random act of brutal violence." Virginia Tech was the scene in 2007 of the massacre of 32 students and teachers. Earlier this year a student was beheaded by a male friend.

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Runners run past Norris Hall at the start of a 3.2 mile run in honor of the 32 victims of the April 16, 2007, shootings at Virginia Tech. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

A family member wipes her face as she places a flower on a memorial marker during ceremonies this year marking the second anniversary of the April 16, 2007, shootings at Virginia Tech. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Students with the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets stand a watch at a memorial candle in front of Burruss Hall, in remembrance of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre earlier this year. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, P. Kevin Morley)

Murder victims Heidi Lynn Childs, 18, and David Lee Metzler, 19, pose together in a photo from Childs' Facebook page.

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Va. Tech Couple Shot Dead in Forest