Overview

• Search teams suspended operations in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest after interviewing a hiker who matched Decker’s description and confirming he was not the suspect.
• Law enforcement agencies have maintained a broader manhunt across Washington’s Cascade Range since the girls’ bodies were discovered at Rock Island Campground.
• Decker, a former Army infantryman trained in wilderness survival and facing mental health struggles, is considered armed, dangerous and capable of eluding capture.
• Investigators linked Decker’s DNA to blood on his abandoned truck and confirmed his daughters Paityn, Evelyn and Olivia died by suffocation.
• The U.S. Marshals Service has issued a $20,000 reward for information leading to Decker’s arrest.