A Virginia high school football coach who is wanted on criminal charges related to child pornography and soliciting a minor with a computer was last seen walking into the woods with a firearm, according to reports.
Travis Turner, 46, of Appalachia, Virginia, is wanted on five counts of possession of child pornography and five counts of using a computer to solicit a minor, according to the Virginia State Police. The agency has not shared details on what led to the charges but noted that additional charges are pending.
Turner, who was a well-known figure around Southwest Virginia and the head football coach at Union High School in Wise County, was last seen on Nov. 20. State police said in a Nov. 25 news release that authorities are "actively searching" for Turner.
Adrian Collins, an attorney representing the family of Turner, told local television stations WCYB and WJHL that the family's last known contact with Turner was on Nov. 20 after he "left his residence to walk in the woods with a firearm."
"He is believed to have entered a heavily wooded and mountainous area," Collins said in a statement, the television stations reported on Nov. 28 and Nov. 29. "At which point, no warrants had been issued for his arrest."
