Overview

• Human remains were discovered in a remote wooded area south of Leavenworth during a coordinated search, and investigators say preliminary indicators point to Travis Decker.
• The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office is processing the site with Washington State Patrol’s crime scene response team, and DNA testing is underway.
• Sheriff Mike Morrison said the remains are severely decomposed and dispersed by animals, which may make determining cause or timing of death difficult.
• The location is less than a mile from where Decker’s three daughters were found in June near Rock Island Campground, according to officials.
• Decker, 32, had been charged with three counts of first‑degree aggravated murder and three counts of first‑degree kidnapping, with earlier forensic tests matching his DNA to plastic bags, cable ties and bloody handprints as a multiagency manhunt and a $20,000 reward sought his capture.