From the Associated Press: Authorities say they have found remains they believe are Travis Decker, an ex-soldier wanted in the deaths of his three daughters, in the mountains of Washington state.
The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Thursday that it was processing the site with the help of the Washington State Patrol crime scene response team. They will follow up with DNA analysis, it said.
“While positive identification has not yet been confirmed, preliminary findings suggest the remains belong to Travis Decker,” the statement said.
Decker, 32, has been wanted since June 2, when a sheriff’s deputy found his truck and the bodies of his three daughters — 9-year-old Paityn Decker, 8-year-old Evelyn Decker and 5-year-old Olivia Decker — at a campground outside Leavenworth.
The little girls’ bodies were discovered bound with zip ties, with plastic bags placed over their heads.
Just three days earlier, Decker had failed to return his daughters to their mother’s home in Wenatchee, about 100 miles east of Seattle, after a scheduled visit.
Decker was a U.S. Army veteran with training in survivor skills. He had served from March 2013 to July 2021 and was deployed to Afghanistan for four months in 2014.
BREAKING: Authorities say they have located human remains, believed to be the body of triple-murder suspect Travis Decker. https://t.co/Zw5Qu9ghzc pic.twitter.com/NEL3rdwdL7
— FOX 13 Seattle (@fox13seattle) September 19, 2025
Officials find remains they believe are Travis Decker, wanted in killings of his 3 young daughters >> https://t.co/OvxlQnVBSL pic.twitter.com/0xRh2SC6ex
— 13 Action News (@13abc) September 19, 2025
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