US EditionMissing Virginia high school football coach wanted on charges of child pornography
Travis Turner faces 10 charges including possession of child pornography; Virginia State Police have issued 10 warrants and are actively searching near his home.
- Virginia State Police confirmed an active search began Friday for Travis Turner, 46, Union High School head football coach last seen Nov. 20; Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents visited his Appalachia home.
- Wise County Schools placed an unnamed staff member on administrative leave with pay while an external agency reviews an allegation, describing it as standard procedure and not a determination of wrongdoing.
- Search teams focused on woods near Turner’s residence using drones, K-9 units, ground crews and a helicopter; Turner, 6-foot-3 and 260 pounds, was last seen walking into the woods wearing gray sweat clothing.
- Assistant coach Jay Edwards has led the Union High School Bears in Turner's absence, keeping the team unbeaten at 12-0 and advancing to face Ridgeview on Nov. 29.
- The community has reacted with shock and organized prayer vigils as search teams concentrated Monday around Appalachia with K-9s and drones, while officials have not said if foul play is suspected.
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Virginia Coach Vanishes Into Woods With Gun
A high‑school football coach in Virginia has vanished into the woods with a gun just as police prepared to interview him on a string of child‑pornography and solicitation charges, his family and local authorities confirmed. The missing coach — 46‑year-old Travis Turner, formerly head coach at Union High School in Big Stone Gap — has not been seen since around November 20. Turner is charged with five counts of possession of child pornography and …
An undefeated high school football team from rural Virginia won a regional semifinal game last weekend under highly unusual circumstances: without their head coach, who, according to police, disappeared just two days prior. This week, authorities clarified the situation just days before the next playoff game, stating that Union High School coach Travis Turner is wanted on five counts of possession of child pornography and five counts of using a …
A high school coach is missing and he's wanted on child porn charges. What we know about the search.
Travis Lee Turner is seen while coaching. | WCYB (CNN) — An undefeated rural Virginia high school football team won a regional semifinal game last weekend in highly unusual circumstances: without their head coach, who police said had disappeared just two days before. This week, authorities made the situation clearer just days before the next playoff game, saying Union High School’s Coach Travis Turner is wanted on five counts of child pornograph…
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