Missing high school coach Travis Turner is being investigated for child porn and soliciting a minor, police reveal

Missing high school football coach Travis Turner was being investigated for child porn and soliciting a minor when he vanished as cops were heading to his home, it was revealed Tuesday.The 46-year-old married father has been the subject of a missing person’s probe ever since he disappeared when cops headed to his home Appalachia, Va.last Thursday, with officials initially staying mum on the nature of the investigation.Police finally revealed Tuesday that Turner — the head grid coach at Union High School in Big Stone Gap — is wanted for five counts of child pornography and another five of using a computer to solicit a minor.Ten warrants were issued for his arrest late Monday, cops said.“Police are actively searching for Turner,” state police said in its Tuesday update, without elaborating on the exact nature of the allegations.The bizarre saga kicked off when Turner was listed as a missing person on the Virginia State Police database late last week when he disappeared Thursday in the middle of an undefeated season.Cops said they were heading to the coach’s home as part of the “early stages of an investigation” when he vanished.“This was part of the investigation, and not to arrest him.  While in transit, the agents were informed that Turner was no longer at the location,” police said.

In a since-deleted Facebook post obtained by News Channel 11, Turner’s wife Leslie Caudill Turner said Friday that the coach was missing — “and that’s all we know.”“We love him and need him here with us,” she wrote.“Just keep praying that he comes home.”The mystery surrounding his disappearance only deepened when officials at Wise County Public Schools — which oversees Union High — revealed that an employee within the district had been placed on administrative leave.Initially, cops nor the school would confirm if Turner was the employee in question.

This is a developing story....