I was looking for any updates and I don't see anything in 2020. The 11 year mark is coming up and I don't really expect LE to put on a PC like they did last year - if they even do anything. I did find a poster that states there is a $100,000 reward available. I'm hoping there is someone that knows something and can really use the money!
I just found a recent article on the billboard. Evidently the decision to put it up now, during the holiday season, rather than the 11 year mark in August was more exposure.View attachment 268923
This billboard was recently put up on Rt. 460 not too far from the area of the murder.
Good choice outside of Hwy 460. Although, I don't know if I would consider it a 'well-traveled'. I've biked on it between Hwy 460 and the town of New Castle during an annual cycling event in that area.This sounds encouraging:
Billboad seeking information in Childs/Metzler murders goes up along Rt. 42
As I recall, there's a woman on Facebook who is former law enforcement. I think she stated that police know who was responsible. It seems like she said he was a drunk redneck type at the time of the murders. He's moved from the area, married, has children and is successful, now. If so, it sounds like they just don't have enough to go to trial. If there was DNA at the scene (wasn't it on a bullet cartridge?), he must have been able to explain it away enough that a jury could find reasonable doubt.
A few years after the murders the sheriff stated they had the killer's DNA. With the latest advances in DNA and family tracings I wonder why that hasn't been tried. Assuming the DNA profile obtained is of high enough quality.
Again LE mentions the vehicles they still had not identified a couple of years later.I've wondered about that, also. I do hope this killer is brought to justice very soon... it's been so long
Last year's news report (updated July 2020):
Heidi Childs' dad says DNA evidence is 'huge'