Missing high school coach Travis Turner left home without essential items as family pleads for him to face child porn allegations

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Missing high school coach Travis Turner left home without essential items as family pleads for him to face child porn allegations
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Virginia high school football coach Travis Turner vanished without his essential items before being pursued on child pornography charges — as his family released a distressing message begging him to face the allegations.

Turner left his car, keys, contact lenses and glasses and medication that he takes daily at his Appalachia home before he was last seen walking into the woods on Nov. 20, “Travis’ wallet, license, cash, and all its contents were left in the home. Travis is prescribed certain daily medications which he needs, those were left in the home,” Collins said.High school football coach Travis Turner left his home without his essential items, including his daily medication, before going missing.“This was something he had done multiple times throughout the years,” Collins said of his walks into the woods. Halle Berry bashes Gov. Gavin Newsom at NYT summit just before he takes stage: 'Should not be our next president either'Read the eerie messages scrawled on blackboard at Jeffrey Epstein's private island Turner’s wife, Leslie Caudill Turner, contacted law enforcement when her husband never returned and then filed a missing person report the next day. Collins said that the football coach was not a fugitive at the time he went missing since police had not yet charged him with any crime until days after he vanished.Facebook/Leslie Turner The family’s attorney revealed his wife and kids are “distressed” by his disappearance and are praying for his safe return. “Leslie pleads for you to come home and face the allegations by defending yourself in a court of law. Don’t leave your family to fight this battle without you,” Collins said. was first cast as a simple missing person’s case before state police announced that the 46-year-old married father is wanted for five counts of child pornography and another five of using a computer to solicit a minor. “VSP is still searching for Turner with the assistance of the FBI and US Marshals Service,” Virginia State Police said.Turner’s wife, Leslie Caudill Turner, contacted law enforcement when her husband never returned and then filed a missing person report the next day.Authorities have warned he may be armed and urged caution before approaching him.Before his disappearance, the head coach was leading the school’s football team to an undefeated season. The team has won two playoff games since he vanished, and is now heading to the state semi-finals following a regional championship win on Saturday. Halle Berry bashes Gov. Gavin Newsom at NYT summit just before he takes stage: 'Should not be our next president either'Read the eerie messages scrawled on blackboard at Jeffrey Epstein's private island8 celebrity book club picks to read this month from Reese Witherspoon, Jenna Bush Hager and moreHBO Max’s New ‘Mad Men’ 4K Remaster Is A Sloppy Disaster That Mistakenly Includes Shots Of Crew Members Operating A Vomit Machine Taylor Ann Green Escalates Social Media Beef With ‘Southern Charm’ Star Salley Carson: “Stop Comparing Me To A Narcissistic and Desperate Newcomer” ‘The View’ Hosts Debate Whether Pete Hegseth’s Narco Terrorist Boat Strikes Count As War Crimes: “Somebody Is Responsible”High school football coach Travis Turner left his home without his essential items, including his daily medication, before going missing.Turner's wife, Leslie Caudill Turner, contacted law enforcement when her husband never returned and then filed a missing person report the next day.

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