Overview

• A family camping in the Bear Creek area of Sawtooth National Forest reported seeing a man matching Travis Decker’s description on July 5, prompting authorities to shift search operations.
• Multi-agency teams from the U.S. Marshals Service Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force, U.S. Forest Service and local sheriff’s offices are canvassing campers and residents in rugged terrain.
• Bloodied handprints and DNA from Decker’s abandoned truck at Rock Island Campground have definitively linked him to the suffocation homicides of his three daughters.
• Decker, a former Army infantryman and trained survivalist, is considered armed and dangerous though officials believe he poses no broader risk to public safety.
• A $20,000 reward remains posted for information leading to Decker’s arrest as authorities evaluate new tips without any confirmed capture or proof of survival.