US EditionMissing Virginia high school football coach wanted on charges of child pornography
Travis Turner faces 10 warrants including child pornography charges while missing; his undefeated Union High team won a regional semifinal without him.
- 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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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…
Virginia high school football coach wanted on child pornography charges remains missing
Law enforcement is searching for a Virginia high school football coach who has been missing since last week and is wanted on multiple child pornography charges.Virginia State Police announced that Union High School head football coach Travis Turner, 46, is wanted for five counts of possession of child pornography and five counts of using a computer to solicit a minor.Authorities discovered Turner was missing when they went to his home in Appalac…
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