Man's blood found at campsite where 3 young sisters found dead as search for their father continues in Washington state [View all]
Source: CBS news
Updated on: June 10, 2025 / 6:47 AM EDT / CBS/AP
Blood discovered at a campsite where three young Washington state sisters were found dead last week belonged to a male, authorities said Monday, as the search continued for their father, a former soldier with extensive survival skills.
Investigators have been looking for Travis Caleb Decker, 32, since the night of May 30, when he failed to return the girls to their mother's home in Wenatchee, about 100 miles east of Seattle, after a scheduled visit.
Three days later, a sheriff's deputy discovered the bodies of 9-year-old Paityn Decker, 8-year-old Evelyn Decker and 5-year-old Olivia Decker down an embankment at a campsite in the Cascade Mountains. The campsite, west of Leavenworth, is about 11 miles from the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs from the U.S.-Mexico border to the U.S.-Canada border............................
................Last September his ex-wife, Whitney Decker, wrote in a petition to modify their parenting plan that his mental health issues had worsened and that he had become increasingly unstable, often living out of his truck. She sought to restrict him from having overnight visits with the girls until he found housing.
An autopsy on Friday determined the cause of death to be suffocation, the sheriff's office said. The girls had been bound with zip ties and had plastic bags placed over their heads..............
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/travis-decker-manhunt-male-blood-campsite-girls-killed-washington-state/
Such a horrible way to kill children--tie their hands and put plastic bags over their heads.
I hope this cruel man gets invested with bug and mosquito bits!!
He obviously thought more of his dog, as the article says they found him alive at the campsite.
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