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The fugitive Virginia<\/a> high school football coach who disappeared amid a\u00a0child pornography investigation\u00a0was last seen entering a wooded area with a firearm, a family attorney has said.<\/p>\n

Travis L. Turner, 46,\u00a0the decorated head coach of Union High School\u00a0in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, left his residence to walk into a “heavily wooded and mountainous area” on Nov. 20, attorney Adrian Collins said in a statement on behalf of the family obtained by WCYB<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The last known contact the family had with Travis occurred on or about Thursday, Nov. 20, after he left his residence to walk in the woods with a firearm,” the statement reads, noting that no warrants for his arrest had been made prior to his disappearance.<\/p>\n

VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL COACH LABELED ‘FUGITIVE’ AS LOCAL COMMUNITY ALLEGES LONG-KNOWN ACCUSATIONS: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

When he didn’t come home that evening, his wife notified local law enforcement but was told she had to wait 24 hours to file a missing-person<\/a> report, according to the statement. She submitted the report to Virginia State Police (VSP) the next day.<\/p>\n

The family said that they, along with friends, have searched the surrounding woods, though their efforts have been limited by bad weather and the need to avoid interfering with the official search.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, five days after Turner was last seen, authorities announced that they had obtained 10 warrants to charge him with five counts of possession of child pornography and five counts of using a computer to solicit a minor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Authorities said the investigation remains ongoing and additional charges are pending. Turner is now considered a fugitive, the VSP said.<\/p>\n

VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH CONSIDERED ‘FUGITIVE’ FOLLOWING MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE: POLICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Turner was reported missing on Friday, Nov. 21 \u2014 a day after he was last seen \u2014 as Virginia State Police investigators were returning to his Appalachia home to speak with him about the case. Police said they had visited the home on Nov. 20, the day he disappeared, and were not seeking to arrest him at that time.<\/p>\n

Turner\u2019s wife Leslie Caudill Turner responded after her husband was charged, telling\u00a0The Daily Mail<\/a>\u00a0that “none of that is true.”<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s a good dad and a good husband, and we want him home. That\u2019s it,” she said. “I don\u2019t know anything. I don\u2019t know anything. I\u2019m sorry.”<\/p>\n

Police have launched an extensive search across Wise County utilizing drones, K-9 units and foot patrols. He was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, sweatpants and glasses,\u00a0according to<\/a>\u00a0Virginia’s missing person database.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about Turner\u2019s whereabouts is asked to contact the\u00a0Virginia State Police<\/a>\u00a0at (276) 228-3131.<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Julia Bonavita and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/fugitive-football-coach-disappeared-woods-gun-family-says <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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