A highschool soccer coach who went lacking final week is needed for possession of kid sexual abuse materials and utilizing a pc to solicit a minor, authorities in Virginia stated Tuesday.
Travis Turner, 46, of Appalachia, Virginia, has been lacking since Nov. 20, in keeping with the Virginia State Police. The Union Excessive College soccer coach is taken into account a fugitive, police stated.
State police on Monday obtained 10 warrants for Turner, together with 5 counts of possession of kid pornography and 5 counts of utilizing a pc to solicit a minor, authorities stated. The investigation stays ongoing and extra prices are pending, police stated.
Travis Turner is seen in an undated photograph launched by Virginia State Police.
Virginia State Police
Brokers with the state police’s Bureau of Legal Investigation Wytheville Area Workplace have been en path to Turner’s house on Nov. 20 as a part of an investigation, not an arrest, after they have been knowledgeable he was not there, police stated.
“Police are actively trying to find Turner,” Virginia State Police stated in a press release on Tuesday. “Since his disappearance, VSP has utilized numerous belongings, together with search and rescue groups, drones and k9s, to help within the search. VSP’s important precedence is finding Turner safely; he’s now thought-about a fugitive.”
Travis Turner is seen in an undated photograph launched by Virginia State Police.
Virginia State Police
Turner is a bodily schooling trainer and head soccer coach at Union Excessive College, within the Clever County public faculty district, in keeping with the varsity’s web site. Amid his disappearance, the soccer workforce has superior to the Virginia regional remaining, scheduled for this weekend, throughout their 12-0 season.
ABC Information has reached out to the Clever County Public Colleges for touch upon the fees Turner is going through.
College officers had beforehand stated a Clever County Public Colleges employees member had been positioned on administrative go away, however didn’t establish the worker.
“A employees member has been positioned on administrative go away with pay whereas an exterior company evaluations an allegation that was reported to the division,” the varsity district stated in a press release to ABC Information on Monday. “That is normal process and isn’t a dedication of wrongdoing. This case additionally includes an energetic law-enforcement matter, and the division can not remark additional.”
Clever County Public Colleges Superintendent Mike Goforth stated Monday that the varsity district is unable to offer extra particulars because of the “personnel and regulation enforcement parts.”
Anybody with info on Turner’s whereabouts is requested to contact Virginia State Police Division 4 at 276-484-9483 or electronic mail questions@vsp.virginia.gov.
