MYSTERY SOLVED

Remains Found of Dad Accused of Killing 3 Daughters

Travis Decker has been on the lam since failing to return the girls.

Human remains believed to be those of triple child murder suspect Travis Decker were discovered in a remote wooded area in Washington state, the local sheriff’s office said. Decker was accused of murdering his three young daughters, 9-year-old Paityn, 8-year-old Evelyn, and 5-year-old Olivia. Decker has been on the run since May 30, when he failed to return his children home after a three-hour court-mandated visitation period as part of a custody agreement. His “severely decomposed” body was found south of Leavenworth, less than a mile away from where the girls’ lifeless bodies were found with plastic bags wrapped around their heads in June. The time or cause of his death has not yet been revealed, and he is expected to be formally identified over the weekend. Decker was an Army veteran with wilderness survival skills. “While positive identification has not yet been confirmed, preliminary findings suggest the remains belong to Travis Decker,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. Authorities also confirmed they had been in contact with the Decker family to update them on the investigation and their findings.