Remains Of Travis Decker Likely Found, Says Chelan Co. Sheriff’s Office

UPDATE Friday, September 19th

The Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison provided a little more clarity into the discovery of remains and evidence that suggest alleged triple murderer Travis Decker of Wenatchee has been found dead.

Decker, 32, is charged in the murder of his three daughters; 9-year-old Paityn; 8-year-old Evelyn; and 5-year-old Olivia Decker

Morrison addressed reporters Friday afternoon and described evidence discovered at a site on Grindstone Mountain west of Leavenworth.  The items included a shirt, shorts, a bracelet and chewing tobacco that authorities think belonged to Decker.  A key fob was found in a nearby stream and the remains of two feet and a femur bone.

Last Thursday, Morrison says AI analysis of drone video detected a shirt , and a ground search of the area led investigators to the site less than 3/4ths of a mile from the Rock Island campground where Decker's 3 young daughters were found murdered on June 2nd

The Sheriff's office plans to announce the state crime lab findings and any positive identification of the remains as soon as the DNA analysis is complete.

ORIGINAL POST September 18th

The remains of triple murder suspect Travis Decker have likely been found.

According to a press release from the Chelan County Sheriff's Office, the body of the 32-year-old Wenatchee man who's accused of murdering his three young daughters at a remote campsite west of Leavenworth on June 2 may have been discovered during a search of a wooded area in Chelan County this week.

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Investigators say the remains were located south of Leavenworth, and while they have not yet been positively identified, all evidence suggests they belong to Decker, who has been missing since May 30 when he failed to return 9-year-old Paityn Decker; 8-year-old Evelyn Decker; and 5-year-old Olivia Decker to their mother's house after picking them up for a scheduled visitation earlier in the day.

The girls were found deceased from manual asphyxiation at Rock Island Campground three days later, and an intensive manhunt for Decker was launched by multiple law enforcement agencies who have been searching for him ever since.

The Sheriff’s Office says it's currently processing the scene where the remains believed to be Travis Decker were discovered with the assistance of the Washington State Patrol, and a DNA analysis of the remains is pending.

This week's search was headed up by the US Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force and also included the assistance of the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Forest Service, Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, and the FBI.