FBI bushwhacks in Washington forest for traces of Travis Decker, wanted in deaths of 3 daughters
Travis Decker, a 32-year-old Army veteran, is wanted for the murder and kidnapping of his three daughters, with a $20,000 reward offered for information leading to his arrest.
- The FBI is searching a Washington campground where three children were found dead for evidence related to Travis Decker, the suspected killer of his daughters.
- The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to Decker's arrest, as he has evaded authorities for nearly three months.
- DNA evidence matched only Decker's DNA to items allegedly used in the killings, but no conclusive evidence has been found indicating whether he is dead or alive.
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FBI hunt for Travis Decker intensifies near site daughters’ bodies were found
The FBI is intensifying its search for Travis Decker — wanted in the death of his three young daughters — near the Washington state campground where their bodies were found nearly three months ago.
Search intensifies for father suspected of killing 3 daughters; FBI returns to Washington campground
Authorities have returned to the rugged wilderness area where the bodies of three young sisters were found in June.For nearly three months, federal, state and local personnel have searched the mountainous, wooded areas near Leavenworth, Washington, looking for Travis Decker. The military veteran is accused of suffocating his three daughters 9-year-old Paityn, 8-year-old Evelyn and 5-year-old Olivia. "We don't get frustrated though, we're not gon…
Travis Decker charged: Can he face the death penalty?
Despite the gravity of the accusations against Travis Decker, the fugitive father accused of murdering his three young daughters at a remote campsite 18 miles west of Leavenworth, the federal charge he currently faces does not qualify for the death penalty. Decker has been federally indicted in U.S. District Court in Spokane for Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution, which is a nonviolent offense that carries a maximum sentence of five years in p…
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Search for Travis Decker returns to campground where girls' bodies were found
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The FBI on Monday launched an intensive two-day search for clues to the whereabouts of Travis Decker near the Washington state campground where his three young daughters were found dead in early June. Authorities are also focusing their search in an area near Leavenworth, Washington. Atwood Lake deaths of Amish father, 4-year-old child preceded by ‘spiritual delusion,’ said sheriff The FBI’s Seattle field office and…
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