Overview

• Chelan County’s sheriff said Washington State Patrol crime-lab tests on clothing and human remains found Sept. 18 south of Leavenworth were a positive DNA match to Decker.
• The remains were located less than a mile from where his three daughters were discovered on June 2, after a drone detected an anomaly that led searchers to clothing and partial remains.
• Federal court filings show the U.S. Marshals advised Decker is deceased, prompting prosecutors to seek dismissal of the case and quash the arrest warrant.
• Earlier forensic testing found Decker’s DNA on plastic bags and cable ties at the girls’ bodies, identifying him as the sole suspect in their suffocation homicides.
• Chelan County says the homicide case is closed following the identification, while the coroner continues work to determine how and when Decker died in the mountainous area.