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

Local investigators are waiting for DNA identification of remains found near the campground.

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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Overview

  • A federal court filing says the U.S. Marshals Service advised that Travis Caleb Decker is deceased, leading prosecutors to seek dismissal of the complaint and to quash his arrest warrant.
  • Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison says DNA results on bones recovered on Sept. 18 are still pending, and local charges will stand until the lab confirms the identity.
  • Search teams located clothing and skeletal remains near Grindstone Mountain less than a mile from Rock Island Campground, and several bones were sent to the Washington State Crime Lab.
  • A drone-guided search led to a neon shirt, U.S. Ranger shorts, a bracelet, chewing tobacco and a key fob consistent with Decker’s belongings, according to investigators.
  • Earlier forensic testing matched Decker’s DNA to plastic bags and zip ties used in the killings of Paityn, Evelyn and Olivia, which the medical examiner ruled homicides by suffocation.