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Virginia State Police Intensify Search for Union High Coach Travis Turner

State police are searching wooded areas near his Appalachia home following a non-arrest investigative visit to his residence.

Overview

  • Virginia State Police issued a statewide alert Monday and continued an active search using drones, K-9s and search teams concentrated near Turner’s home.
  • Special agents were dispatched to his residence Thursday as part of an early-stage investigation not intended to arrest him, but he was gone before they arrived.
  • Wise County Public Schools Superintendent Mike Goforth said Turner is on administrative leave as the district previously noted a staff member was placed on leave pending an external review.
  • Authorities say witnesses placed Turner near woods by his home; he was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and glasses.
  • Assistant coach Jay Edwards is leading Union High, which won 12-0 over Graham and is scheduled to face Ridgeview in the Region 2D final on Nov. 29.