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<\/p>\nThe family of missing high school football coach Travis Turner now claims he left his house with a firearm before his disappearance.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is believed to have entered a heavily wooded and mountainous area. At which point, no warrants had been issued for his arrest,\u201d said Adrian Collins, an attorney representing the Turner family, in a statement released on Friday, November 28.<\/p>\n
According to Collins, Turner\u2019s last known contact with his family was on November 20, when \u201che left his residence to walk in the woods with a firearm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Turner, the head coach at Union High School in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, was being investigated for child pornography and soliciting a minor prior to his disappearance.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s been missing since November 20.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Travis did not return home that evening, his wife promptly notified local law enforcement. She was advised that a missing-person report could not be taken until at least 24 hours had passed,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cThe following day, she filed a missing-person report with the Virginia State Police. The family has cooperated fully with law-enforcement in their ongoing efforts to locate Travis. Family members and friends have also conducted search efforts in the surrounding woods. These efforts have been limited by weather conditions and with respect for the official operations underway.\u201d<\/p>\n
Virginia State Police revealed on Tuesday, November 25, that Turner, 46, is wanted on five counts of possession of child pornography and five counts of using a computer to solicit a minor.<\/p>\n
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Authorities claim they were on their way to the Turner residence on November 20 to speak with him about the open investigation, but were made aware at that time that Turner was no longer at his house.<\/p>\n
On November 22, Turner was listed as an \u201cendangered missing person,\u201d Virginia State Police 1st Sgt. Jason Day told News Channel 11.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had went into the woods right near the general location of his house, and that\u2019s basically where we\u2019ve focused our search on,\u201d Day said.<\/p>\n
Turner\u2019s wife, Leslie Caudill Turner, broke her silence regarding her husband\u2019s disappearance in a since-deleted Facebook post on Friday, November 21.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just wanted to get on here for a second to clear up something, as of right now, 10:25 PM on Friday night, Travis is missing, & that\u2019s all we know,\u201d Leslie wrote. \u201cWe love him & need him here with us. Thank you to everyone who has reached out with love & support. It means more than you know. Just keep praying that he comes home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leslie defended her husband against authorities\u2019 accusations, telling the Daily Mail that \u201cnone of that is true.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a good dad and a good husband and we want him home. That\u2019s it,\u201d Leslie told the Daily Mail in a story published on Tuesday, November 25. \u201cI don\u2019t know anything. I don\u2019t know anything. I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cWe are all just hanging in there until we get news.\u201d<\/p>\n
Just days before Turner\u2019s disappearance, the Union High School football team advanced in the Virginia state playoffs, defeating Lee High School in the regional state quarterfinals on November 15.<\/p>\n
The following week, on November 22, the team beat Graham High School in the state regional semifinals, and is now scheduled to play Ridgeview High School in the state regional finals on Saturday, November 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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