Police are asking the public for help in their investigation of the deaths of two Virginia Tech students whose bodies were found in the Jefferson National Forest.

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said Monday investigators want to speak with anyone who was in the areas of Caldwell Fields and the forest shooting range between 8 a.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. Thursday.

A man walking his dog early Thursday found the bodies of 19-year-old David Lee Metzler of Lynchburg and 18-year-old Heidi Lynn Childs of Forest in the parking lot of a day use area and campground in the forest.

Police have said the students appeared to have been shot.

Separate funerals for Metzler and Childs were scheduled for Monday afternoon at Heritage Baptist Church in Lynchburg.

©2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.