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 Faculty 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 fees are pending, police stated.
Travis Turner is seen in an undated picture launched by Virginia State Police.
Virginia State Police
Brokers with the state police’s Bureau of Prison Investigation Wytheville Area Workplace had been en path to Turner’s dwelling on Nov. 20 as a part of an investigation, not an arrest, once they had been knowledgeable he was not there, police stated.
“Police are actively looking for Turner,” Virginia State Police stated in an announcement on Tuesday. “Since his disappearance, VSP has utilized a variety of property, together with search and rescue groups, drones and k9s, to help within the search. VSP’s most important precedence is finding Turner safely; he’s now thought-about a fugitive.”
Travis Turner is seen in an undated picture launched by Virginia State Police.
Virginia State Police
Turner is a bodily schooling instructor and head soccer coach at Union Excessive Faculty, within the Smart County public faculty district, in keeping with the college’s web site. Amid his disappearance, the soccer group has superior to the Virginia regional closing, scheduled for this weekend, throughout their 12-0 season.
ABC Information has reached out to the Smart County Public Colleges for touch upon the costs Turner is dealing with.
Faculty officers had beforehand stated a Smart County Public Colleges workers member had been positioned on administrative go away, however didn’t establish the worker.
“A workers member has been positioned on administrative go away with pay whereas an exterior company opinions an allegation that was reported to the division,” the college district stated in an announcement to ABC Information on Monday. “That is commonplace process and isn’t a willpower of wrongdoing. This case additionally includes an lively law-enforcement matter, and the division can not remark additional.”
Smart County Public Colleges Superintendent Mike Goforth stated Monday that the college district is unable to offer further particulars because of the “personnel and regulation enforcement elements.”
Anybody with info on Turner’s whereabouts is requested to contact Virginia State Police Division 4 at 276-484-9483 or e-mail questions@vsp.virginia.gov.
