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\n Related: <\/span>Wife of Missing High School Coach Addresses Talk She Helped Him Disappear<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tLeslie Caudill Turner, the wife of missing high school football coach Travis Turner, addressed rumors that she aided in her husband\u2019s disappearance. \u201cCriminal charges were not obtained against Travis until days after he failed to return home,\u201d the family\u2019s attorney said in a statement to Us Weekly on Wednesday, December 3. \u201cHe was not a [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Dr. del Carmen, a professor and associate dean at Tarleton State University, is not directly connected to the Turner case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe United States Marshals Service got involved for the search on Monday, December 1, which Dr. del Carmen said indicates the search for Turner might extend far beyond rural Virginia, where Turner was last seen entering the woods behind his home with a firearm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cYou\u2019ve got now two entities at the federal level and that should tell us that they are probably expecting that this individual fled the state, that it has become a multistate kind of fugitive task force and secondly, the resources of the federal government are being used, which law enforcement locally obviously lacks oftentimes,\u201d the criminologist said. \u201cNow you\u2019ve taken it to a whole different level of sophistication, a whole different level of technology and resources as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nThe Marshals issued a $5,000 reward<\/a> for information about Turner\u2019s whereabouts on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\nAuthorities have kept most of the search and any intel about Turner\u2019s location close to the vest, but Dr. del Carmen said that doesn\u2019t mean progress isn\u2019t being made.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cDon\u2019t assume that because there\u2019s radio silence that that simply means nothing is going on behind the scenes,\u201d he explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWith the search now into its second week, Dr. del Carmen said all hope is not yet lost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve had fugitives for months, sometimes years, and they\u2019re eventually found somewhere,\u201d he offered.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTravis has been married to his wife, Leslie Caudill Turner<\/strong><\/a>, since 2001 and the couple share three children: sons Bailey<\/strong>, 25, and Grayden<\/strong>, 21, and daughter Brynlee<\/strong>, 11.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
The United States Marshals Service got involved for the search on Monday, December 1, which Dr. del Carmen said indicates the search for Turner might extend far beyond rural Virginia, where Turner was last seen entering the woods behind his home with a firearm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ve got now two entities at the federal level and that should tell us that they are probably expecting that this individual fled the state, that it has become a multistate kind of fugitive task force and secondly, the resources of the federal government are being used, which law enforcement locally obviously lacks oftentimes,\u201d the criminologist said. \u201cNow you\u2019ve taken it to a whole different level of sophistication, a whole different level of technology and resources as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The Marshals issued a $5,000 reward<\/a> for information about Turner\u2019s whereabouts on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n Authorities have kept most of the search and any intel about Turner\u2019s location close to the vest, but Dr. del Carmen said that doesn\u2019t mean progress isn\u2019t being made.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t assume that because there\u2019s radio silence that that simply means nothing is going on behind the scenes,\u201d he explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With the search now into its second week, Dr. del Carmen said all hope is not yet lost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had fugitives for months, sometimes years, and they\u2019re eventually found somewhere,\u201d he offered.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Travis has been married to his wife, Leslie Caudill Turner<\/strong><\/a>, since 2001 and the couple share three children: sons Bailey<\/strong>, 25, and Grayden<\/strong>, 21, and daughter Brynlee<\/strong>, 11.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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