The fugitive Virginia high school football coach who disappeared amid a child pornography investigation was last seen entering a wooded area with a firearm, a family attorney has said.

Travis L. Turner, 46, the decorated head coach of Union High School in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, left his residence to walk into a "heavily wooded and mountainous area" on Nov. 20, attorney Adrian Collins said in a statement on behalf of the family obtained by WCYB.

"The last known contact the family had with Travis occurred on or about Thursday, Nov. 20, after he left his residence to walk in the woods with a firearm," the statement reads, noting that no warrants for his arrest had been made prior to his disappearance.

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When he didn't come home that evening, his wife notified local law enforcement but was told she had to wait 24 hours to file a missing-person report, according to the statement. She submitted the report to Virginia State Police (VSP) the next day.

The family said that they, along with friends, have searched the surrounding woods, though their efforts have been limited by bad weather and the need to avoid interfering with the official search.

On Tuesday, five days after Turner was last seen, authorities announced that they had obtained 10 warrants to charge him with five counts of possession of child pornography and five counts of using a computer to solicit a minor. 

Authorities said the investigation remains ongoing and additional charges are pending. Turner is now considered a fugitive, the VSP said.

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Turner was reported missing on Friday, Nov. 21 — a day after he was last seen — as Virginia State Police investigators were returning to his Appalachia home to speak with him about the case. Police said they had visited the home on Nov. 20, the day he disappeared, and were not seeking to arrest him at that time.

Turner’s wife Leslie Caudill Turner responded after her husband was charged, telling The Daily Mail that "none of that is true."

"He’s a good dad and a good husband, and we want him home. That’s it," she said. "I don’t know anything. I don’t know anything. I’m sorry."

Police have launched an extensive search across Wise County utilizing drones, K-9 units and foot patrols. He was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, sweatpants and glasses, according to Virginia's missing person database.

Anyone with information about Turner’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Virginia State Police at (276) 228-3131.

Fox News' Julia Bonavita and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.

An Illinois man was arrested after he allegedly intentionally set his family's home on fire following a heated argument on Thanksgiving, according to police.

Erik J. Crump, 21, was charged with aggravated arson and residential arson in connection with the incident.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called around 7:30 p.m. Thursday to a home in the 40100 block of North Lone Oak Road in Beach Park for a reported argument. 

Family members told deputies they were frustrated because Crump had been antagonizing others in the home, though officers said no crime had occurred.

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Deputies deescalated the situation, and Crump agreed to separate from the family for the rest of the evening.

About an hour later, deputies returned to the home for reports of a fire.

When firefighters arrived, they saw a man matching Crump’s description standing near the roadway armed with a knife, before he fled.

Deputies set up a perimeter, and a sheriff’s K9 tracked his scent to a dead-end, indicating he may have left in a vehicle.

Crump was later located at a storage facility in the 39400 block of North Lewis Avenue and taken into custody without incident.

Detectives determined that Crump had been told after the earlier argument that he would be kicked out of the home. He allegedly returned, used an accelerant to ignite his bedroom, and fled as the fire spread, causing major damage.

The family then noticed smoke filling the home and immediately evacuated.

"It’s nothing short of a blessing that nobody was injured or killed in this senseless act," Sheriff John D. Idleburg said in a statement. "While families across Lake County were sitting down for Thanksgiving, our dispatchers were answering the call, and our deputies were out responding to them."

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"Our team, along with our fire service partners, responded within minutes, secured the area, helped ensure the fire was extinguished, and took this individual into custody before anyone else was put at risk," he continued. "I am incredibly proud of their professionalism and their commitment to keeping our community safe every hour of every day."

The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, after reviewing the circumstances of the incident, approved the aggravated arson and residential arson charges.