US EditionThe Fugitive Coach: A WJHL+ Special
The Turner family denies Leslie Turner's involvement in Travis Turner's disappearance and urges him to return and face court allegations, cooperating fully with Virginia police.
- December 1, 2025, Adrian Collins released a statement denying Leslie Caudill Turner aided Travis's disappearance and urged his return.
- On November 20 Turner vanished from his rural Virginia home, and his wife filed a missing-person report with the Virginia State Police the next day, who classified him endangered missing on November 22.
- His wife said Turner left without keys, contact lens supplies, wallet, and prescription medications, alarming the family, and the family said he had walked into nearby woods multiple times before.
- The United States Marshals Service joined ground searches and deployed K-9 units, drones, and a helicopter while warning Turner `may be armed`, as searches remain active.
- Days after Travis Turner disappeared last month, Virginia prosecutors charged him with five counts of child pornography and five counts of using a computer to solicit a minor, while the family said he was not wanted when missing.
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The Fugitive Coach: A WJHL+ Special
WISE COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — The search for Union High School football coach Travis Turner has garnered national attention. Turner faces five counts of possession of child pornography and five counts of using a computer to solicit a minor. The U.S. Marshals Service has offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to [...]
Wife of Virginia football coach wanted for possession of child pornography pleads with him to 'face the allegations'
Travis Turner is seen in an undated photo released by Virginia State Police. (Virginia State Police) (APPALACHIA, Va.) — The wife of a Virginia high school football coach who went missing days before being wanted on charges involving child sexual abuse material and solicitation of a minor is pleading with him to “face the allegations by defending yourself in a court of law,” as he remains missing for two weeks. Travis Turner, 46, of Appalachia, …
Wife of Missing High School Coach Addresses Talk She Helped Him Disappear
Leslie Caudill Turner, the wife of missing high school football coach Travis Turner, addressed rumors that she aided in her husband’s disappearance. “Criminal charges were not obtained against Travis until days after he failed to return home,” the family’s attorney said in a statement to Us Weekly on Wednesday, December 3. “He was not a fugitive nor wanted by law enforcement at the time he went missing. His wife was not helping him escape, she w…
Missing coach Travis Turner left without essentials as family urges him to face child porn charges: Attorney
The family of missing Virginia high school football coach Travis Turner urges him to return home and face child pornography charges through their attorney.
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