Missing Virginia High School Football Coach Wanted On Charges Of Child Pornography

Virginia constabulary obtained an apprehension warrant for nan missing coach of an undefeated precocious schoolhouse shot team, officials said Tuesday, successful relationship to a kid pornography probe.

Travis Turner, 46, “is wanted connected 5 counts of possession of kid pornography and 5 counts of utilizing a machine to solicit a minor,” according a connection by Virginia State Police spokesperson Robin Lawson.

"The investigation remains ongoing," Lawson added. "Additional charges are pending."

Police are utilizing dogs and drones successful hopes of uncovering Turner, who is "now considered a fugitive," Lawson said.

Turner, caput coach of nan Union High School Bears from Big Stone Gap, went missing connected Thursday as his squad was preparing for a playoff game, officials said.

Without Turner connected nan sidelines, Union this past play defeated the Graham H.S. G-Men, 12-0, to beforehand successful nan Class 2 playoffs.

Union (12-0) will play Ridgeview successful nan region last connected Saturday afternoon, pinch nan victor going to nan authorities semifinals connected Dec. 6.

The enigma surrounding Turner's disappearance deepened erstwhile authorities constabulary disclosed connected Monday that agents were seeking to question and reply him arsenic “part of nan investigation,” VSP spokesperson Matthew Demlien said then.

Demlien stressed that past week’s attempted constabulary sojourn was not aimed astatine arresting Turner astatine that time.

Union H.S., with astir 660 students, is successful nan far southwest area of Virginia, astir 170 miles westbound of Virginia Tech successful Blacksburg and astir 140 miles northeast of nan University of Tennessee successful Knoxville.

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