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Male Blood Evidence Refines Manhunt for Army Veteran in Daughter Killings

Investigators are focusing their search on Ingalls Creek trails after tests confirmed male blood at the crime scene

Officials have been searching in the mountain wilderness of the Cascades near where Decker's daughters were found.
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Overview

  • Autopsies showed Paityn, Evelyn and Olivia Decker were suffocated with plastic bags over their heads and zip-tied wrists
  • Decker’s 2017 GMC Sierra pickup was recovered at Rock Island Campground with bloody handprints on the tailgate and personal items seized for forensic testing
  • Local, state and federal agencies have entered a second week of searching Ingalls Creek and Valley High hiking areas for the 32-year-old suspect
  • Court documents reveal Decker, a former Army infantryman and 75th Ranger Regiment veteran, had been living in his truck and researched moving to Canada before the killings
  • Authorities consider Decker dangerous and have charged him with murder, kidnapping and unlawful flight while offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to his arrest