Turner disappeared on November 20, 2025, just hours before law enforcement was set to question him about newly filed felony charges. Witnesses reported seeing him walking into a wooded.
Shortly after his disappearance, arrest warrants were issued. Turner faces five counts of possession of child pornography and five counts of using a computer to solicit a minor.
The U.S. Marshals Service, Virginia State Police, and FBI have been involved in the search. Nothing has turned up.
Turner’s charges stem from text and picture exchanges between him and a 16-year-old girl at the school. He is alleged to have exposed himself in the photos during the exchange.
The girl’s family is furious with Union High School principal Jerred Chandler. They say their daughter was interviewed about the texts, but the school never called them to discuss the matter.
“It all happened very quickly,” said the source. “First came the accusation, then the police became involved. Then Turner went missing. It was overwhelming.”
“From my perspective, most of the anger was directed at him. He’s a married teacher with three children. He should have known better. I’m also very upset with how the school handled it and their failure to report it properly.”
The family says it approached the school to demand an explanation for why it hadn’t been contacted. Officials refused to answer. There has been no official school investigation.
According to the family, Chandler suggested that Turner had been tricked into communicating with someone pretending to be someone else a claim the family disputes.