MANHUNT: PERVY HS FOOTBALL COACH TRAVIS TURNER “ALIVE,” IN HIDING
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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4.2 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Nancy Grace dives into the baffling disappearance of Travis Turner, a legacy high school football coach from Wise County, Virginia, who vanished into the rugged Appalachian Mountains just as law enforcement arrived to arrest him. Facing multiple felony counts of possessing child pornography and soliciting a minor, Turner’s sudden flight has ignited fierce community outrage over escaped justice. Joined by an all-star panel, Nancy breaks down the timeline of the search and exposes a history of systemic failures within the school district. Together, they challenge the theory that Turner took his own life in the woods, exploring the plausibility of a powerful community figure with deep ties, cash, and a loyal support network fleeing the country.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Stephen Murray - (Wise County, VA) Concerned Parent, Stepdaughter attends Union High School, where fugitive Travis Tuner was coached football
- Dr. Janie Lacy - (Orlando, FL) Licensed Psychotherapist and CEO of Life Counseling Solutions, Author of "How To Heal From A Toxic Relationship: A Guide To Reclaiming Your Mental Health and Happiness", Host of "Let's Talk About It with Janie Lacy” Podcast on YouTube, , Instagram & Facebook: @JanieLacy
- Mike Gould - (NY) Former Lieutenant and Founding member of the NYPD K-9 unit, leader of several investigations into missing persons and serial killers, Former National Guardsman and Secret Service Detail member for two presidents.
- Mike Jaafar "Big Case Mike" - (Dearborn, MI) Criminal Defense Attorney, Founder: 800-BIG-MIKE
- Alexis Tereszcuk - (Los Angeles, CA) Crime Stories Investigative Reporter
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.8 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.2 | The Manhunt is on for a pervy high school football coach, Travis Turner. |
| 0:17.6 | Rumors swirling, he is in fact alive and in hiding. |
| 0:22.5 | Good evening. |
| 0:23.2 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:24.0 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 0:25.1 | I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:26.8 | The coach vanished as law enforcement was on their way to his house to talk to him. |
| 0:35.3 | This man's a fugitive now. |
| 0:37.3 | This person that you trusted was not worthy of your trust. to talk to him. This man's a fugitive now. |
| 0:41.5 | This person that you trusted was not worthy of your trust. |
| 0:44.8 | They would probably fall for some Zanee conspiracy theory like the child porn was planted on his computer. |
| 0:48.9 | On the run in hiding in the Appalachian Mountains |
| 0:52.6 | or has he already left the country? |
| 0:56.3 | This guy is not stupid. If so many other people can't escape and leave the country, just example, |
| 1:04.1 | Caitlin Armstrong, R.J. McLeod, I could go on. He can too. This coach, high school coach |
| 1:10.7 | out of Virginia, Travis Turner, disappears into the Appalachian Mountains, literally as law enforcement on their way to question him about inappropriate illicit child images and alleged solicitation of minors. |
| 1:28.4 | Joining us an all-star panel, but the person that would know best of all, aside from |
| 1:33.5 | all of the experts, special guest joining us tonight, Stephen Murray from Wise County, Virginia. |
| 1:39.8 | His stepdaughter attends the high school where Travis Turner coached football. |
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