In this quiet Virginia town, a football team whose coach went suspiciously missing is winning every game without him

Union High School football players lift a trophy after winning a game Saturday, November 29, pushing them into the state semifinals. WCYB

Cheers rang out as hands lifted the gleaming trophy high, a symbol of victory for this undefeated small-town Virginia football team. But in the midst of Saturday’s celebration, one key figure was glaringly absent – someone who should have been at the heart of it all.

Eleven days earlier, Union High School football coach Travis Turner is believed by his family to have walked out of his home in Appalachia carrying a firearm, disappearing into the thick, mountainous woods. He hasn’t been seen since.

Virginia State Police said they were on their way to visit Turner at his home, but when they arrived, the coach was already gone. Days later, they announ