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Search for Travis Decker Shifts Focus to Finding His Remains After Daughter Murders

After medical examiners confirmed his daughters died by asphyxiation, authorities enlisted federal support to continue the search

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Overview

  • Investigators found 9-year-old Paityn, 8-year-old Evelyn and 5-year-old Olivia Decker on June 2 near Rock Island Campground with plastic bags over their heads and zip ties on their wrists
  • Chelan County authorities have charged Travis Decker with three counts each of first-degree murder and kidnapping in connection with the killings
  • The manhunt involves local police, federal agents, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Washington National Guard as Decker is considered armed and trained in survival
  • Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office reports no confirmed evidence that Decker remains alive, prompting a shift in resources toward locating his remains
  • Decker, a homeless U.S. Army veteran diagnosed with PTSD and borderline personality disorder, had custody concerns raised by his ex-wife before the tragedy