Investigators have linked a second supply of DNA proof to Travis Decker within the deaths of his three daughters earlier this 12 months.
On June 2, authorities discovered the our bodies of Olivia, 5, Evelyn, 8, and Paityn, 9, on the Rock Island campground close to Icicle Street in Leavenworth, Washington. The women have been reported lacking after their father, Decker, now 33, didn’t return the women to their mom following a scheduled visitation on Might 30.
The women have been discovered with plastic luggage over their heads; a DNA evaluation by the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab confirmed Decker’s DNA matched the DNA profiles obtained from the plastic luggage, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a information launch on Tuesday.
In June, autopsies decided that the reason for demise for every of the women was suffocation, and the style of demise was murder.
Zip ties discovered “within the speedy space of the our bodies” additionally examined optimistic for Decker’s DNA, the information launch mentioned.
Now, the sheriff’s workplace is ready for extra proof to be examined by the crime lab, in accordance with Chief Ryan Moody with the sheriff’s workplace.
A earlier DNA evaluation of crime scene proof additionally implicated Decker. Gadgets taken from the scene matched blood samples additionally discovered on the campsite, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned July 1.
The sheriff’s workplace hasn’t obtained new info concerning Decker’s whereabouts or if he is useless or alive, in accordance with the information launch, however they proceed to speak with native, state and federal regulation enforcement companions to coordinate search efforts.
Decker was a member of the Army Nationwide Guard and served within the U.S. Army from 2013 to 2021 as an infantryman, in accordance with a Nationwide Guard spokesperson. Throughout his enlistment, he deployed to Afghanistan.
The women’ mom, Whitney Decker, filed for divorce from Decker in November 2022. In Chelan County Superior Courtroom filings, she described his struggles with psychological well being and mentioned he had borderline persona dysfunction.
On the time the women went lacking, Decker was allowed visits each different weekend — Fridays via Sundays — within the Wenatchee Valley, however they weren’t permitted to be in a single day.
In a court docket declaration, Whitney Decker mentioned the women’ father struggled to keep up stability and housing since their separation, and that his psychological well being points have been affecting their daughters.
As a part of a parenting plan, he was ordered to bear a psychiatric analysis associated to anger administration. The analysis ought to’ve been accomplished inside 30 days, however court docket information present he by no means accomplished the analysis.
Decker’s whereabouts stay unknown.
He is 5-foot-8 with black hair, brown eyes and was final seen carrying a tan or inexperienced shirt and darkish shorts.
The U.S. Marshals Service continues to be providing a reward of as much as $20,000 for info main on to Decker’s arrest. He’s needed on three counts of aggravated first-degree homicide and three counts of first-degree kidnapping.
Officers proceed to ask the general public to report any sightings or suspicious exercise by calling 911 or contacting the closest U.S. Marshal’s workplace or the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Heart at (800) 336-0102 or USMS Suggestions at usmarshals.gov/suggestions.
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