US EditionRemains found in Washington state are of Travis Decker, wanted in daughters’ killings, officials say
DNA tests confirmed Travis Decker's identity after a three-month search following the murder of his three daughters, with over 100 officials involved in the manhunt, sheriff said.
- Travis Decker, a 32-year-old former Army infantryman, was wanted for the deaths of his three young daughters, whose bodies were found in early June near Leavenworth, Washington.
- Decker failed to return the girls after a scheduled visit, and his former wife reported worsening mental health issues about a year prior to the deaths.
- Authorities conducted a months-long search involving over 100 officials across hundreds of square miles of remote, mountainous terrain using land, air, and water resources.
- Forensic tests confirmed Decker's remains were found this month less than a mile from where the girls' bodies were discovered, and an autopsy ruled the cause of death as suffocation.
- The discovery and identification of Decker's remains concluded the extensive search and underscored the tragic end to the case, which had included a $20,000 reward offered to anyone providing tips that would help authorities apprehend him.
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Father Suspected of Murdering His Three Daughters Confirmed Dead
The whereabouts of Travis Decker – the man police say murdered his three young daughters in a Washington campground – has finally been determined by DNA results on human remains found last week near the scene of the crime.
Fugitive dad Travis Decker confirmed dead as DNA matches remains found in Washington state: officials
Military veteran Travis Decker's remains were found in Washington wilderness, ending a three-month manhunt after he murdered his daughters Paityn, Evelyn and Olivia.
DNA confirms suspected child killer Travis Decker is dead
Four months after a Washington state man vanished after a weekend custody visit, investigators have found and identified his remains. Travis Decker, who is accused of killing his three daughters, was found last week and identified on Thursday. DNA results showed that the remains found in a remote wooded area near Leavenworth belonged to Decker. Manhunt in Washington Investigators had been looking for Decker since Memorial Day weekend, when he to…
The Washington Hispanic
The Epoch TimesForensic evidence confirmed that the human remains found on a remote mountain in Washington State this month were those of Travis Decker, a former soldier wanted to kill his three little daughters last spring, confirmed by the authorities on Thursday. His remains were discovered on a steep, remote and wooded hillside in the upper part of Grindstone Mountain, in downtown Washington, less than a mile (1.6 km) from the camp where the bodies of 9-ye…
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