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U.S. Marshals Say Travis Decker Is Dead as Prosecutors Move to Dismiss Case

Local officials await DNA results on bones recovered near the crime scene, leaving formal identification unresolved.

FILE - A photo of Travis Decker (left), who is wanted for the murders of his three young daughters (pictured on the right). (Credit: Wenatchee police & family of three the Decker girls)
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A photo showing Travis Decker, with the Chatter Creek Campground area in the background. This remote area of Grindstone Mountain is where human remains believed to be Travis Decker were found on Sept. 18, 2025. (KOMO / Wenatchee Police Dept.){ }

Overview

  • U.S. Attorney S. Peter Serrano filed to dismiss the case and quash the arrest warrant after the Marshals advised that Decker is deceased, according to court documents dated Sept. 23.
  • Search teams located clothing and skeletal remains on Sept. 18 near Grindstone Mountain, less than a mile from where the three girls were found in June.
  • Chelan County authorities say DNA testing of the bones at the Washington State Crime Lab is still pending, with the sheriff’s office suggesting the Marshals announced the death prematurely.
  • A dive team recovered a key fob from Icicle Creek consistent with Decker’s truck, and items found with the remains included a shirt, shorts, a bracelet and chewing tobacco linked to him.
  • Earlier forensic testing had matched Decker’s DNA to plastic bags and cable ties at the homicide scene, establishing him as the sole suspect in the killings that prompted a months-long manhunt.